A developer has handed over the website. Can another person install it, change it and recover a failed release using the notes?
List the repository, domain, hosting and external services.
Confirm the intended owner can administer each account.
Keep source, history and open issues together.
With GitHub, review access after a transfer: existing collaborators can remain.
Ask a second person to build a test copy.
Document versions and configuration names; keep secret values in a secure access system.
List payment, email, API and licensed tools.
Record who owns each account, handles renewals and receives failure alerts.
Have the receiving team change a staging page and practise rollback.
Add any missing steps to the handover guide.
Use an ownership register, a reproducible setup and a staging release to confirm the next team can operate the delivered website.
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