Every 6 months or so I go through a power struggle with my web support guy. This has been going on for several years. Recently, someone volunteered to take all new photos of me, to re-design & program my site. Now that we're nearing completion and ready to  do some beta testing my regular guy is pulling the ole' passive-aggressive technology excuse stuff on me layered with a few personal issues. Naturally, I'm fed up and want to extract myself from his web control.

My question is, should I be patient and fight the long fight for my previous content and URL or should I move on quickly, register a new domain name and forget what I've lost content-wise? The latter will inevitably affect my business as those who have had my site bookmarked for a long time will have no way of knowing where I went or what the new URL is?

is that you be positoned anywhere on the planet so long as the links you post go back to a server that can be physically anywhere. The only criteria is that it be operable. So when you move and if you've been a good girl (and I suspect that to be true) your followers will beat a path to your door.

If you own the domain name, can't you just host it somewhere else.

Cheers.

If your old webmaster owns the URL, you are out of luck.  Go with the new one, post the changes to all the sites that have you listed, and post it on the boards.  Yes, you will loose a bit for a while.  Your regulars have your number and email so they should be fine.  The occasional, can always check the reviews and find the information again.  The real key is how much you want to dump the old guy.

I like your domain name; if you don't own it it would be difficult to get it back. If your regular clients visit TER or other boards than it should not be hard for them to find your new URL in your profile.

If you do get a new domain name. . . Even though a friend did the new web site for you you should still own your domain name. I do web sites for provider friends. I always encourage them to own thier domain name and hosting service, and give me access to manage it. I told them if our relationship goes sour I could be very nasty.

I agree about owning your own domain name. Just make SURE you get private registration, which will prevent others from being able to access your personal information, such as your name and address.

Who owns the rights to the work in a case like this? It would be pretty easy, I would assume (not too familiar with flash files) to pull the files and save them, uploading them to another domain- if she had the rights. I would think (not knowing the whole situation, of course) that Laney would at least have the rights to the wording used on her site (if she had significant input on it) and the photos (unless the web designer is the photographer as well)(either way, the photos are great!).

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I just changed my URL for the same reasons.....It was long over due and I'm so glad I did it! Just update as much as you can , and leave the rest to word of mouth, you will be fine.....
Luv, Selina

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When you post ads, pictures, or other media to alternate websites, boards, etc., you transfer said ownership. The 'net is a double-edged phenomena. The issues in "soft-land" are murky at best and many a lawsuit goes on for years when the combatants decide to litigate.

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I wrote every sentence, chose every photo, designed and produced the entire site. He programed it for the web.

Thanks for your feedback!

All advice duly noted!

get to see the mask photos! lol!!!!!  see above for my tribute to ya!  You sexy thing you!

register4less.com allows you to park it one place and let someone do you site on another place and they can't do anything if you change servers