Maybe I'm missing something, but if you've got a new site in dev and it goes bad, why haven't they just reloaded the old site and continue to do business
Scope out the 5 hour documentary "PORNOGRAPHY: The Secret History Of Civilisation" produced by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, directed by Chris Rodley, Dev
making the site first and using it to learn how to build competently - will essentially turn you into something close to a mid to senior level full stack dev