Who writes this

This site is written by the practice at webdesign.uk, which builds and maintains websites for clubs, societies, parish councils and charities, as well as for businesses. The two kinds of client end up needing different things explained to them, and this site is written for the first group: the volunteer who has just been told they are now in charge of the website, and is trying to work out what that actually involves.

Why a committee is a different reader

A business usually has someone who owns the website problem for as long as the business exists. A committee does not work that way. Officers change every year or two, the person who built the site or registered the domain (the web address, held at a registry under a named registrant) has often moved on before anyone thinks to ask them anything, and whatever they knew about logins, renewals or hosting generally leaves with them. The next secretary or treasurer inherits the site with no notes and no introduction to how it works. That is the situation this site is written for: a volunteer working out what they have been handed.

What the practice sells

webdesign.uk builds websites, and separately offers the Living Site, a maintained website service aimed at exactly this problem: a site that stays registered, updated and accessible to whoever is on the committee this year. It is one option among several a committee might choose, described where it is relevant.