A Cry for Help Which Made Me Want to Cry
E-consultancy.com has many excellent online marketing and e-commerce resources, and I read the blogs and forums regularly. The following posting appeared on the forum a couple of days ago:
This cry for help worried me. Although the forum replies were helpful, it did make me wonder how many other web site owners have no idea where their web site is hosted.
If this is really the case here, it probably means the owner doesn't have all the resources to rebuild the site elsewhere and possibly is without back-ups of the data. And what about the intellectual property ownership? It's something which all developers should be discussing with their customers. My first suggestion would have been to contact the development company. A cursory examination of the source code reveals:
This company even showcases the site:
Now, we have no idea of the background and cannot guess if there is anything amiss. But the site is a card payment enabled e-commerce site, and surely the owner has had to comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council's Data Security Standard (DSS)? Knowing where your web site is hosted would be one of the earlier things to discover.
Let's hope it's sorted soon.
Posted on: 13 November 2008 at 14:52 hrs
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