
Athlean-X
2017—2022Developed a custom Laravel-powered backend with a fully bespoke cart and product system. Optimized for performance, scalability, and user-friendly e-commerce experiences.
- Laravel
- WordPress
- JavaScript
- PHP
Most sites are not attacked. They are neglected, and then one plugin update takes the checkout down on a Friday. Maintenance is the unglamorous work that keeps that from happening to a Fort Lauderdale business: updates applied on a schedule and tested first, backups you have actually restored once, and someone to call who does not need a week to learn how your site works.
Updates run on a staging copy first, not on your live site at two in the afternoon. If something breaks there, you never hear about it. You get a monthly note in plain language saying what was updated, what was blocked and why, how the site performed, and anything worth deciding on. There is no contract term and no charge for small edits — a phone number, a price, a new staff photo.
Fort Lauderdale is the center of the marine industry, and that shapes the web work here: yards, brokers and refit specialists all have large photo libraries and clients who may be on another continent. Around it sit hospitality, construction and professional services, most of them serving a mix of residents, seasonal owners and visitors.
Websites rarely need only one thing done to them. For Fort Lauderdale businesses I also take on website redesign in Fort Lauderdale and business websites in Fort Lauderdale, and just up the road I cover website maintenance in Miami and website maintenance in West Palm Beach.
A Fort Lauderdale broker or yard updates listings constantly, which means the site is never static and every update is a chance to break something that was working. Maintenance here covers the media library as much as the software: storage that does not quietly fill, image handling that keeps new uploads from bloating the pages, staged plugin updates, and verified off-site backups of a library that is usually the most valuable thing on the server.
A few of the sites behind this service. Live links where the client allows it.

Developed a custom Laravel-powered backend with a fully bespoke cart and product system. Optimized for performance, scalability, and user-friendly e-commerce experiences.

Developed dynamic Gutenberg blocks to enhance editor capabilities, including a custom Chart.js block that ingested Google Sheets data for real-time visualization. Improved performance, accessibility, and overall usability across the platform.

Designed and developed a WordPress-based promotional site for a local business, optimizing performance and tracking for lead generation.
A custom Laravel cart and checkout that stayed fast for more than 100,000 visitors a day, promotions included.
Four steps and no surprises: you approve the scope before work starts and the site before it launches.
A short call or email exchange about your goals, your customers and what is not working today. Free, with no commitment.
A written scope, timeline and fixed price, so you know exactly what you are getting before anything starts.
The work happens on a staging site you can open at any time, with plain-language updates at agreed checkpoints.
Testing, a launch in a low-traffic window, documentation and a handoff session, then support while your team settles in.
Yes. Large galleries are a delivery problem, not a reason to cut the photos. Images are resized to the sizes actually used, served in modern formats, and loaded as the visitor scrolls, so a page with fifty photos can still load in about a second.
When it helps, yes. Most Fort Lauderdale projects run remotely by video call and email, and I can come over for a kickoff or a launch review. Site visits for photography or a yard walkthrough can be arranged as part of the project.
Monitoring tells me before it tells you, in most cases. Restoring from the previous night's backup is a matter of minutes, and you get a note afterwards saying what happened and what stops it happening again.
Yes, after a short audit. Occasionally the audit turns up a site held together badly enough that maintaining it costs more than fixing it, and in that case I tell you plainly rather than bill you monthly to hold it upright.
No. It is month to month, cancel whenever, and the backups and documentation are yours to take with you. I would rather keep clients because the work is worth it.
I work with businesses across Florida, on both coasts. Pick your city for details specific to your area.
Tell me what you need. You’ll get a fixed quote, a timeline, and a clear next step within one business day.
Send me your current website address and what is not working for you. I will reply within one business day with a clear scope, timeline, and price, or tell you if I am not the right fit.