mduo

thanks man!

I see backups more suitable for a slighlty different topic. Something like "how to take care of your website" where there would be db otpmization, recurring backups, daily & monthly snapshots, etc.

My take: You just don’t shoot some keywords on forums and wait for people to bring up all the answers. You need to do your part as well.

Interesting points here, specifically 2). What do you mean by asking the developer his thoughts about hosting?

I wrote about WordPress just because it's what I've direct experience with. Within the post, in fact, I wrote that these tips apply to other CMSs and other development-related jobs you outsource.

Do you have any tips related to WordPress I should add to my list? If so, let me know :)

Thanks man, happy you enjoyed it!