
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 Myers 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 Myers businesses compete for seasonal visitors and a fast-growing year-round population at the same time. Contractors, medical practices, restaurants, and marine services here usually need a site that ranks for neighborhood searches across Lee County, loads quickly on a phone, and makes calling or booking a single tap.
Websites rarely need only one thing done to them. For Fort Myers businesses I also take on website migration in Fort Myers and website redesign in Fort Myers, and just up the road I cover website maintenance in Cape Coral and website maintenance in Bonita Springs.
The worst month to discover your site is unmaintained in Fort Myers is September. Updates here run on a schedule built around the season, not against it: the heavy work happens in the slow months, and nothing risky ships in the weeks before the winter rush. Backups sit off-site and outside the region, so a storm that takes out power across Lee County does not take the site with it, and your team gets a way to post closure and reopening notices from a phone.
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. Most of the work runs remotely, which keeps costs down, but I am based in Southwest Florida and glad to meet in Fort Myers for a kickoff or launch review when it helps.
Yes, as long as it is hosted outside the region. I set sites up on cloud hosting with servers elsewhere, so a power or internet outage at your office does not take the site down, and I show your team how to post closure or reopening notices from a phone.
No. Hosting keeps the server running; it does not update your plugins, test that the update did not break your forms, or notice that your contact form stopped sending mail three weeks ago. Good hosting is a requirement for this work, not a substitute for it.
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.
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.