The site is yours
Every site built here can be downloaded as ordinary files and run without us. That is not an emergency measure but a condition of the product, which is why it is written here rather than in small print.
How to publish it elsewhere
- Download the archive from the admin panel - Settings → Export - or from the letter you receive if the plan stops.
- Unzip the folder on your computer.
- Open netlify.com (or vercel.com) and create a free account.
- Drag the folder onto their "drag and drop" area.
- The site is live at an address they give you, usually in under a minute.
What is in the archive
- Every page as a finished HTML file.
- All the photographs.
- The layout, fonts and colours.
- Your enquiries, as a spreadsheet (CSV).
- The content in machine-readable form, if you ever hire a developer.
The domain
The domain is registered in your name and stays yours whether or not you stay with us. If you bought it through us, you get the transfer code (EPP) and can move it anywhere. In Netlify you add it under Domain settings → Add custom domain.
What stops working
The enquiry form. It sent messages through us, so in the archive it is replaced with a link to your email address - more honest than a form that accepts messages and throws them away. Netlify offers a free form if you want a working one.
So does everything we run: the admin panel, the visit counting, the monthly report and the automatic emails.