must leave site unattended, Iraq calls...

[BMP]

Im getting called up for overseas deployment, and have to leave (1 year, but maybe 2) I'm wondering how best to leave my site up and running while I'm away?

Should I do nothing, and hope it stays up? I dont know that I have any techie friends or family that can manage it while I'm out of the country. I've been hosted by POWWEB since 2003 and never had a glitch except for one incident of a virus that crept onto the server. They've been a great host overall. I'll pay before leaving so the hosting is covered for the next few years, my only concern is if they email the webmaster (me) about changing the host server and I cant respond. Will this cause my site to go offline, or does that only affect how I ftp to the server?

I have no script or forum running so its a basic site with static html content.

Thanks for any input, I'm just feeling a little concern over not being able to attend directly to my site for an extended period of time.

[tbonekkt]

First of all and most importantly, thank you for serving the country. You'll never know how much it means to those of us not able to serve.

As long as you pay for the hosting account in advance, you should be fine. Also, make sure your domain is registered for as long as you think you'll be away.

[BMP]

Thanks Tom, I plan to have it both domain and host paid for the next few years. I keep looking over this checklist of things to 'tie up' before leaving such as bank accounts, which the banks will seize for lack of activity. My concern regarding the hosting was "lack of activity" would cause it to close. So long as thats not the case then all is well. Thanks again

[stevel]

I would suggest that you find someone you trust to subscribe to the "announcements" section of the forum and who can fix things on your behalf if need be. Since you have a static site, most of the things that can go wrong are not likely to affect you.

[tobylee]

Bless you for serving and may you stay safe.

[ncoer.com]

I ran my websites fine from Iraq and Kosovo, you will have internet access.
You have nothing to worrier about. (Unless you are going to do black Opps??)

[Jago]

Good luck out there.. You're going to need it :) The PowWeb Staff wishes you a safe return.