Hi,
I understand your frustration. I, as a freelancer, had bad experience with Asian employers.
Skype is okay for communication. When I am not logged in, the most reliable way to contact me is the email - my iPad dings whenever new email reaches my account :)
Please send me the ftp credentials and I'll add the star and the redirect action.
Or, if you have a testing environment, even better.
IP restrictions can be added so that the changes should be visible only to you and me while in development.
Cheers,
Daniel