Damien, Donna is my tech. Slava did the templates, and my webmaster does the rest of the layout etc. I also have 4 part time writers now.
I will be giving Gamesandcasino a whole new look sometime next year – all 1000+ pages worth! 
Sisko, giving out 25% of all profits is huge. Apparently that still doesn’t motivate him. If he is a friend you should be able to explain to him that this is a real business, and it’s not possible to leave it sit for days or even weeks. Especially not at the biggest growth stage.
People never seem to take affiliate business seriously – they treat it like a hobby you can put on the shelf whenever you please.
If you want to make it in this business, you need to work at it just as if you had a brick and mortar business. Likely more.
Maybe you need to find someone new to build a new site, and your friend can continue to play with the old one for 25% of what that makes.
You can have one built that you can update yourself – still have that professional look but be able to manage and add content.