1. Start with the site you actually need to protect
A hosting decision should reflect the firm’s current website, not an imagined future platform. Review the site’s content management system, database, media library, forms, redirects, DNS records, SSL configuration and email records. Identify which parts are essential to client intake and which are informational. A site serving Punxsutawney may also serve people elsewhere in Jefferson County or across Pennsylvania; the borough’s population record does not establish how far your clients come from or how much traffic the site receives. Those questions belong in your own analytics and intake records.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to document the current environment before recommending a move. Request a written inventory of the website, its domains and subdomains, administrative accounts, forms, third-party dependencies and records that must remain unchanged. Keep ownership of the domain and confirm who can make DNS changes.
