Web Development and Managed Hosting
Engineer Austin, based in Georgetown, Texas, designs and builds websites, then keeps them online, secure, backed up and up to date long after they launch. Our own team built this website and manages its hosting. We do the same for small businesses and Texas public entities on our own hosting server environment, which we administer on a high-availability platform in professional data centers, not on equipment in our office: HTTPS kept current, daily backups we test, updates tried on a staging copy first, and the domain, DNS and email records looked after in one place.
Development, hosting and the records around it
- Web design and development. New sites planned, designed and built by our team, from page structure and navigation to accessible markup, structured data for search and working forms, with you approving each page before launch.
- Managed hosting. Your site runs in our hosting server environment on a high-availability platform in professional data centers, administered by us, with HTTPS on every page, certificates renewed automatically and modern security headers set, so visitors and browsers trust the site.
- Daily backups, tested. The site and its content are backed up every day and kept off the hosting itself, and we restore from them on a schedule to prove they work, not just that they ran.
- Updates and patching. Content management system, theme, plugin and server software kept current, with security fixes applied promptly and unused plugins and old accounts removed.
- Staging before changes. Updates and redesigns are tried on a private staging copy first, checked, then published to the live site, so a bad update never becomes your visitors' problem.
- Uptime and certificate monitoring. The site, its certificate and its domain renewal are monitored, with problems handled in business hours and emergencies by arrangement.
- Domain, DNS and email records. We manage the domain registration, DNS and the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, aligned so mail sent by the website is accepted rather than filtered as spam.
- Contact forms that actually arrive. Forms send through an authenticated mail service, are protected from spam bots without puzzles your visitors have to solve, and are tested end to end after every change.
- Accessibility review. Pages and documents reviewed against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the standard the Department of Justice adopted for state and local government websites, with findings ranked and fixed where we manage the content.
- Speed. Page weight, images and scripts tuned against Google's Core Web Vitals, including Interaction to Next Paint, so the site loads quickly and responds quickly on a phone.
- Migration without downtime. Moves from an old host or a website builder platform are rehearsed on the new hosting first, and the DNS is switched only when the copy is checked, so visitors and email see no gap.
Typical uses: a small business whose web designer has moved on, a city, district or county office that needs an accessible site on a .gov domain, an organization on a builder platform it has outgrown, and any site whose forms have quietly stopped arriving. Search optimization and email filtering are offered as separate services and pair naturally with hosting.
Public entities and .gov sites
State and local governments, including cities, counties and special districts, must make their websites meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA under the Department of Justice's ADA Title II rule. Compliance deadlines phase in by the size of the population served, and smaller entities and special districts have later dates. We review your site and documents against that standard, help plan the fixes, and host .gov sites the way the .gov program expects: HTTPS only, with the domain held in your entity's name. Our review is advisory; it is not a legal opinion or a certification.
We build your site, or take over the one you have
We build our own sites as fast static sites, which have very little to patch and very little to attack, and we also support common content management systems for clients who want to edit pages in the browser. Either way, the work is quoted in writing before it starts.
A new site, designed and built
Planned, designed and built by our team as a fast site from plain pages, with no database or plugins to keep patched, easy to keep accessible and quick on a phone.
An existing CMS site
We take over a site built on a common content management system, review it, remove what is not needed and bring its software up to date.
A move off a builder platform
Pages, images, forms and redirects moved from a website builder to hosting we manage, with old links pointed to their new pages.
A move from an old host
The site copied, checked on the new hosting and switched over in DNS at a quiet hour, with email records carried across so mail keeps flowing.
Accessibility and speed reviews
A review of any site, hosted by us or not, against WCAG 2.1 Level AA and Core Web Vitals, with numbered findings and a fix list ranked by impact.
Domains brought home
Domains registered by a former designer or employee are moved into your organization's own name, with the DNS documented and renewals monitored.
Built in-house: the site you are reading
Our own team designed and built this website and manages its hosting. It is a fast static site with no database or plugins to patch, written to the WCAG 2.2 Level AA accessibility target and tuned for phones, with structured data for search engines and AI assistants. Its contact forms email our team without storing what you send, its domain, DNS, certificates and email records are managed by us, and its photos come from our own projects. It is the standard we bring to every client site.
Review, move, harden, maintain
Review what you have
We inventory the site, the domain, the DNS and who controls each, and check backups, software versions, forms, accessibility and speed before anything changes.
Build or move it
A new site is built, or the existing one is copied to our managed hosting and tested on staging, then the DNS is switched when everything checks out.
Harden and verify
HTTPS, security headers, email records and form delivery are set and tested, unneeded software and accounts are removed, and a first restore test proves the backups.
Maintain and report
Updates go through staging, backups are tested on a schedule, and the site is monitored, with a short summary of what changed at your review.
A site you own and can see into
- Your domain registered in your organization's name, with renewal monitored.
- A record of your DNS and email records, including SPF, DKIM and DMARC, as deployed.
- Backup and restore-test records on request.
- A log of updates and changes made to the site.
- Accessibility findings against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, ranked, with what was fixed.
- Core Web Vitals results before and after tuning.
How AI speeds this up for you
Update notes, accessibility scan results and speed reports are sorted and summarized with AI assistance in our approval-gated tooling, so issues are found and explained sooner. A person reviews every change before it reaches your live site, every change can be rolled back, and no client secret is ever pasted into a public AI tool. How we use AI.
Kept current. Web standards keep moving: public certificates now last no more than 200 days and are scheduled to drop to 47 days by 2029, Interaction to Next Paint is now the Core Web Vitals measure of how quickly a page responds, and WCAG 2.2 has added to the accessibility guidelines. We automate what must be renewed, re-check sites as standards change, and tell you at your review when something on your site needs attention.
Built and hosted to a written standard
Many websites are set up once and left until something breaks. We build and manage sites to a written standard: what is backed up and how often, how restores are tested, how updates are staged, which records each domain needs, and what is checked after every change. The work is done on engineering principles under a licensed engineering firm. Engineer Austin is Texas Registered Engineering Firm F‑15739, and a licensed Professional Engineer is accountable for the standard.
Who this is for
Small businesses, schools, nonprofits, churches, clinics, and Texas public entities such as cities, counties and special districts, including .gov sites. Hosting is often paired with Microsoft 365 and domain management, backup and disaster recovery, custom software for forms and portals that need more than a web page, SEO and local search, and email security and filtering.
Web development and hosting, answered plainly
Can you build us a new website?
Yes. Our team plans, designs and builds websites, including the one you are reading. We start with what your visitors need to find, build fast, accessible pages, and host and maintain the site afterward if you want us to. The work is quoted in writing before it starts.
Who owns our website and domain?
You do. Your domain is registered in your organization's name, and your content, images and documents are yours. Our hosting setup, scripts and custom code are our intellectual property, licensed for your use while you are a client. If you ever leave, your content and domain access are returned promptly on request. Terms are set out in a written agreement.
Can you take over a site someone else built?
Yes. We review it first, then move it to hosting we manage or manage it where it is, bring its software up to date and remove what is not needed. If the site is past saving, we tell you plainly and quote a rebuild in writing.
Will our site or email go down during a move?
It should not. The site is copied to the new hosting and checked on staging before the DNS is switched, and the email records are carried across so mail keeps flowing. The switch is scheduled at a quiet hour and checked afterward.
Why do the messages from our contact form go missing?
Usually because the form sends mail in a way your domain's SPF, DKIM and DMARC records do not allow, so the receiving server treats it as spam. Because we manage both the site and the domain records, we send form mail through an authenticated service, align the records and test delivery after every change.
Does our city or district website have to be accessible?
Yes. The Department of Justice's ADA Title II rule requires state and local government websites to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, with federal deadlines that phase in by the size of the population served. We review your site and documents against that standard and help plan the fixes. Our review is advisory, not a legal opinion or a certification.
What happens if the site has a problem?
The site, its certificate and its domain are monitored, with problems handled in business hours and emergencies by arrangement. Because the site is backed up daily and restores are tested, a broken update or damaged page can be rolled back to a known good copy.
Start with a written assessment.
Tell us what you have and what is not working. Someone from our team, not a salesperson, replies within one business day by email or phone, and brings in our engineer when your request needs one. The assessment report is yours to keep whether or not you buy anything.