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
Florida · Remote-friendly
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 Sarasota 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.
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Worked for
- Nielsen
- Athlean-X
- Samtek
- Antamba
- Bikerevier
- Island Painting
- 100k+
- daily visitors kept online
- Athlean-X
- +40
- Lighthouse points on client redesigns
- Client sites
- On schedule
- government content migration, in progress
- Samtek, 2026
01 — What’s included
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.
- 01WordPress core, theme and plugin updates, staged and tested before they go live
- 02Off-site daily backups, with a restore tested so you know it works
- 03Security hardening, malware scanning and uptime monitoring with alerts
- 04A monthly report in plain language: what changed, what it cost you, what to decide
- 05A small allowance of content edits each month at no extra charge
- 06A named developer who answers, and who already knows how the site was built
Local context — Sarasota
Sarasota has a strong arts, hospitality, and professional-services economy alongside the usual coastal trades. Businesses here often have an established site with years of content and rankings worth protecting, which makes careful migrations and redesigns, not from-scratch rebuilds, the right call more often than not.
Websites rarely need only one thing done to them. For Sarasota businesses I also take on website speed in Sarasota and website migration in Sarasota, and just up the road I cover website maintenance in Fort Myers and website maintenance in Cape Coral.
Website maintenance in Sarasota
Sarasota businesses more often than not have a site with years of history behind it, and the usual condition is plugin sprawl: thirty extensions, half of them abandoned upstream, each one a way in. Maintenance here starts with an audit that says which can go, which must be replaced, and which are holding the site together. After that it is the routine — staged updates, verified backups, monitoring — on a site with far less surface left to attack.
Who I build for in Sarasota
- Arts, culture, and nonprofitsEvent calendars, ticketing or donation links, and accessible design matter, because the audience spans every age and device.
- Tourism and hospitalityVisitors plan on phones, often from out of state, so fast pages, clear directions, and booking links decide who gets the reservation.
- Professional servicesLaw, financial, and medical offices need a credible site with clear practice-area pages and contact paths that respect privacy.
- Coastal trades and home servicesA page for each trade and area, plus a simple quote form, turns local searches into calls.
02 — Proof
A few of the sites behind this service. Live links where the client allows it.
Nielsen
2022—2024Developed 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.
- Gutenberg
- Chart.js
- Google API
- WordPress
Island Painting
2021Designed and developed a WordPress-based promotional site for a local business, optimizing performance and tracking for lead generation.
- WordPress
- JavaScript
- PHP
- HTML
Result
100k+
Daily visitors
A custom Laravel cart and checkout that stayed fast for more than 100,000 visitors a day, promotions included.
03 — Process
Four steps and no surprises: you approve the scope before work starts and the site before it launches.
01
Discovery
A short call or email exchange about your goals, your customers and what is not working today. Free, with no commitment.
02
Proposal
A written scope, timeline and fixed price, so you know exactly what you are getting before anything starts.
03
Development
The work happens on a staging site you can open at any time, with plain-language updates at agreed checkpoints.
04
Delivery
Testing, a launch in a low-traffic window, documentation and a handoff session, then support while your team settles in.
04 — Questions
01Can we meet in person in Sarasota?
Yes, when it helps. Most Sarasota projects run remotely by video call and email, and I can meet in person for a kickoff or launch review.
02We have years of content. Can you keep it?
Yes. Preserving existing content and rankings is the core of how I handle migrations and redesigns. Every page is inventoried and either kept at the same address or redirected, and nothing is removed without your approval.
03What does maintenance cost?
A flat monthly price, set by the size of the site and whether it takes orders. You get the number after the audit, and it does not move without you agreeing to it first.
04I already pay for hosting. Is this not the same thing?
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.
05What happens if the site goes down?
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.
05 — Service areas
I work with businesses across Florida, on both coasts. Pick your city for details specific to your area.
Nearby areas
- Website maintenance · Fort MyersLee County
- Website maintenance · Cape CoralLee County
- Website maintenance · Bonita SpringsLee County
Other services in Sarasota
- Website migrationMove from Contentful, Squarespace, Wix, Drupal, or old WordPress with every page inventoried and every URL redirected.
- Website redesignModernize an existing site: faster, mobile-first, accessible, and ready for local search.
- Business websitesA new site for your business that loads fast, ranks locally, and is easy to update.
- E-commerce websitesWooCommerce stores that stay fast as the catalogue grows, with a checkout that does not lose the sale.
- Website speedSlow pages fixed at the cause, measured on a real phone and verified against Core Web Vitals.
Related guide
Tell me what you need. You’ll get a fixed quote, a timeline, and a clear next step within one business day.
- 01Free first conversation
- 02No commitment
- 03Fixed quote, no hourly surprises
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06 — Contact
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.
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