Mark Bolton
Creator of HostCheck
About Mark
Mark Bolton is the creator of HostCheck, a practical website preview tool built to help developers, agencies, and business owners test a website on a new server before changing live DNS records.
The site focuses on one core problem: reducing avoidable risk during migrations, server moves, hosting changes, and pre-launch checks. HostCheck and its supporting guides are designed for people who need fast, practical answers rather than abstract theory.
Role at HostCheck
Mark oversees the direction of the tool, reviews the quality of public content, and handles owner-level business enquiries. The aim is to keep HostCheck useful, direct, and focused on real operational tasks such as previewing staging servers, checking virtual host behaviour, and validating a site before DNS changes go live.
Why This Site Exists
HostCheck exists because website migrations are still too easy to get wrong. A single DNS change can expose broken templates, missing files, SSL problems, or incorrect server configuration to every live visitor. The goal of the site is to make that process safer by giving users a simple way to preview and verify first.
Alongside the tool itself, HostCheck publishes practical guides covering DNS, hosting, migration planning, troubleshooting, and operational checks. Those guides are intended to support the same audience that uses the preview tool.
Contact
Owner and business enquiries can be sent directly to mark@hostcehck.co.uk.