[Hidden-tech] Taking over for a deceased webmaster

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hi Anne,

Happy New Year!
You'd need to prove to the existing hosting provider that your client  
does in fact own the domain in question -- probably in writing with  
identification/notarization, depending upon their policies. They will  
then provide you with all the server access info you need.
Unfortunately, that "deceased webmaster" story will become more and  
more common as more and more of us dotcom boomers edge up the age  
scale... the epitaph of the tech age: "Beloved Webmaster"

You can do a whois search to find out the domain hosting info...

Technical Contact:
Lumberjack, Inc.
    Tom Welch *******@LUMBERJACK.COM)
    +1.7277868070
    Fax: (727) 789-6241
    36468 US 19 N
    Palm Harbor, FL 34684
    US

Best,
Kimo


On Jan 9, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Anne Campbell wrote:

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> I've been asked to take over updating a Web site for a friend's  
> father-in-law. The site was maintained by someone else for several  
> years, but he has died, and the father-in-law doesn't have any of  
> the passwords for their Web hosting or domain name registration.  
> They want me to manually copy the site and create a whole new  
> domain name and hosting account, and I'm willing to do that, but  
> first I'd like to find out if it's possible to regain control of  
> the existing site. These are extenuating circumstances, after all.
>
> Does anyone have experience with such a thing? The site is http:// 
> www.healingloveofchrist.com/ , if that helps.
>
> (Interesting story - when my friend first told me about the  
> situation, she said "The site used to be updated by somebody else,  
> but he's late." I thought she meant that he was just slow in making  
> the updates, but she meant "late" as in "the late Gerald Ford.")
>
> Thanks very much -
> Anne
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