# Practical guides for planning and caring for your website

> Practical website planning guides covering redesign, hosting, maintenance, account responsibilities and the information needed for a useful project brief.

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A clearer starting point

Good website decisions start with clear responsibilities and a useful brief. These guides help you prepare for a redesign and understand the work that continues after a website is launched.

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01 / THE DETAILS

## Prepare for a website redesign

A redesign involves more than replacing the visual layout. Important content, page addresses, accounts and integrations need an explicit decision before anything moves.

[Read the website redesign checklist](https://staging.prescottwebdesign.com/resources/website-redesign-checklist/) for a practical sequence covering the existing-site inventory, content responsibilities, testing, launch and follow-up. Use it to gather information for your team or a website provider.

02 / THE DETAILS

## Understand hosting and maintenance

Hosting makes the website available on a server. Maintenance covers the tasks agreed for the website and its software. Domain renewals, email, backups, content changes and new development can have different owners and charges.

[Read the hosting and maintenance guide](https://staging.prescottwebdesign.com/resources/website-maintenance-vs-hosting/) to compare responsibilities, schedules and the questions to ask before selecting a service.

03 / THE DETAILS

## Turn the guidance into a project brief

Start with your current website, the main problem you want to solve and the action a visitor should take. Add the content you have ready, the systems that must continue working, the people responsible for approvals and any target date.

General planning guidance does not replace the scope agreed for your project. Use [our pricing page](https://staging.prescottwebdesign.com/pricing/) for published website examples, [website care plans](https://staging.prescottwebdesign.com/service-plans/) for actual maintenance schedules, or [send your requirements](https://staging.prescottwebdesign.com/contact/) for a discussion.

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## Your next website starts here.

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