Staying online with your website

A website is an important asset to your business, you find new customers through it and can advertise in a very targeted way. However, a website needs maintenance. In this blog post we share the way to stay carefree online with your website.

Most websites hosted in the Netherlands are often created with WordPress, this is an easy Content Management System with a low barrier to entry. However, there are often other content management systems available that are used based on .NET Core. These websites are known to run extremely stable even with minimal updates.

So it is also often applicable which Content Management System you use, with a less thoughtful choice you can also be bottlenecked by the use of a Content Management System. It may be the case that a Content Management System is no longer supported or actively developed. This means that after a certain period of time you will have to rebuild your website from scratch using a different Content Management System. We therefore recommend always using not only well-supported software, but also software that has a certain populiarity. So that support for this always remains necessary.

What does carefree online mean at MijnHostingPartner.nl?

Carefree online hosting with MijnHostingPartner.nl starts with choosing a hosting package. We have several packages available that can be used to host almost any website. For most use cases, an SSD hosting package is the logical choice. This standard package offers you hosting on SSD disks for more speed. And you will have everything you need to run a modern website. From a free SSL certificate from Lets Encrypt to up to 25 gigabytes of total disk space. You have a place for your database, mail and you name it.

Furthermore we have a server uptime of 99.99% so you can always access and use your website. We achieve this by managing server updates as well as possible and hosting our infrastructure in the most reliable data centers in Utrecht and Amsterdam.

You can also look at the different packages we have developed for different websites. For example, we have special .NET Core packages for websites created in Umbraco or NopCommerce. And also special packages for Managed WordPress hosting, where we take care of all the technical stuff for you. If you have any question about this, don't hesitate to come online for a chat.

Staying up to date with versions and plugins

To keep a website online without worries, it is very important that you keep up with updates of your website. With a WordPress website this also applies to the Theme you use and the plugins. Everything must be kept up to date. This way you prevent leaks that may occur in your website and you always use the latest technology.

We have covered this topic in several blog posts and knowledge base articles, and recommend that you dive in here for more information on how to do this exactly. And don't forget to check the PHP version periodically!

Schedule a monthly update round

We recommend that for most websites and circumstances you schedule at least one day for yourself or a colleague to check and install all updates. Such a schedule gives you in most situations already a huge step ahead of other website administrators. Where sometimes nothing is done to a website for years.

In that monthly round, you need to check a number of steps. Let's cover those below.

• Check the backup and store it on multiple locations
• Read up on dev logs and forums to see what has been changed and how
• Update plugins and theme
• Updating core versions
• Check SPAM comments and other user generated content and remove them if necessary
• Check PHP version / .NET version

As long as you follow this list you can be sure that your website is and stays online without any worries.

Always have a backup strategy working

We all know that backups are an important part of any service you do on a computer. From your photos on your phone, to your collection of music or series. A backup is necessary to ensure that your data is still available at all times. That is why we now have a separate service available.

At MijnBackupPartner.nl you can see the services we offer for making an online backup. Whether this is for your website or personal files.

Use UptimeRobot or Scheduled task for control

As a final tip, we'd like to share that you can keep an eye on your website with a number of different options. Perhaps the easiest option is the third-party tool called Uptime Robot. This simply requires you to enter your website URL. We have had good experiences with this. You can also set up a scheduled task for it in the control panel, with the Check Website Availability task.

If you have any questions about carefree website hosting, please contact us via the chat.