To be freed from the shackles of Fatcow, I’ll set up a web hosting environment within my own Hostgator account for each of your sites, and will get your domain registrations transferred from the rotund heifer to GoDaddy. I have defined the series of tasks required to effect this Great Escape (see below).
During the course of this process, there may be intermittent website outage as pointers get updated, etc. Any outages should be short-lived if they even happen at all. Task lists are shown below.
DeanasGarden.com |
| One-Time Tasks |
| Install BackupBuddy & create site backup from Fatcow servers |
| Create Addon Domain for DeanasGarden.com on Hostgator |
| Point domain at Hostgator servers |
| Restore backup to addon domain, root directory |
| Set up GoDaddy account for Deana |
| Purchase domain transfer to move domain to GoDaddy |
| Execute domain transfer from Fatcow to GoDaddy |
| Cost: $0.00 (already paid) |
Hosting fees for DeanasGarden.com (annual): $95.52 + $3.16 PayPal processing fees = $98.68
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Joe: You’ve got a combination of one-time and recurring things as follows:
TheJoeWhiteHeadShow.com |
|
| One-Time Tasks | Cost |
| 50% of cost to resolve Fatcow malware situation (done) | $75.00 |
| Install BackupBuddy & create site backup from Fatcow servers | $4.17 |
| Create Addon Domain for TheJoeWhiteHeadShow.com on Hostgator | $4.17 |
| Restore backup to Addon domain, root directory | $12.50 |
| Point domain at Hostgator servers | $4.17 |
| Create FTP user for TheJoeWhiteHeadShow.com | $4.17 |
| Configure folder structure for maintenance | $4.17 |
| Configure FileZilla | $4.17 |
| Test site functionality, fixing as necessary | $25.00 |
| Install ARYO Activity Log plugin | $1.67 |
| Install Easy Updates Manager & enable auto-update of Core WP, Themes, and Plugins | $4.17 |
| Check standard plugins list & install subset (with Deana’s agreement) | $8.33 |
| Create backup admin user (in case primary gets hacked) | $4.17 |
| If username admin exists, install & run Admin renamer extended | $2.50 |
| Add site to InfiniteWP | $2.50 |
| Set max # revisions via WP Edit Pro | $0.83 |
| Add rule to client Outlook inbox to copy notifications to Important Website Info folder | $1.67 |
| Execute domain transfer from Fatcow to GoDaddy | $12.50 |
| Purchase domain transfer to move domain to GoDaddy | $7.00 |
| Add website to DSAMS processing | $4.17 |
| PayPal Fees | $5.89 |
| Total One-Time Tasks (I’ll send you a PayPal invoice for this) |
$192.89 |
Recurring Expenses for Joe:
1) Hosting fees for TheJoeWhiteheadShow.com (annual): $95.52 + $3.16 PayPal processing fees = $98.68
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2) Monthly subscription to DigitalProminence Security & Maintenance Service (DSAMS): $50.00/mo.
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As soon as I receive payment for the outstanding items shown above, I will schedule the “Fatcow Escape” project tasks. Parts of the project will require coordination, specifically a freezing of content changes when we get to a particular point. My understanding is that Deana will be the only one doing content changes on either site, so I will coordinate with her on this.
Any questions, etc., please let me know!
Looking forward to working with both of you!! 🙂