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shared inboxes: a field note from a yoga studio
shared inboxes: a field note from a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles shared inboxes, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
What a roofing crew needs to know about PDF rate sheets
What a roofing crew needs to know about PDF rate sheets. How a roofing crew handles PDF rate sheets, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
Setting up CAA records for a driving school
Setting up CAA records for a driving school. How a driving school handles CAA records, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
Setting up holiday hours for a language school
Setting up holiday hours for a language school. How a language school handles holiday hours, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
Why Google Business hours matters for a print shop
Why Google Business hours matters for a print shop. How a print shop handles Google Business hours, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
How a hardware store should handle cookie banners
How a hardware store should handle cookie banners. How a hardware store handles cookie banners, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
How a walk-in clinic should handle page weight
How a walk-in clinic should handle page weight. How a walk-in clinic handles page weight, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
lastmod dates for a bakery
lastmod dates for a bakery. How a bakery handles lastmod dates, including a PDF that sales cannot find.
Setting up CMS logins for a hardware store
Setting up CMS logins for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles CMS logins, including identical titles on every inner page.
Setting up domain mailboxes for a walk-in clinic
Setting up domain mailboxes for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles domain mailboxes, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
A practical look at holiday hours for a print shop
A practical look at holiday hours for a print shop. How a print shop handles holiday hours, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
Managing DKIM at cabin rentals
Managing DKIM at cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles DKIM, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
Managing page weight at a small hotel
Managing page weight at a small hotel. How a small hotel handles page weight, including TTL of 300 seconds.
Why contact forms matters for a walk-in clinic
Why contact forms matters for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles contact forms, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
What a small hotel needs to know about DMARC
What a small hotel needs to know about DMARC. How a small hotel handles DMARC, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
What a plant nursery needs to know about DMARC
What a plant nursery needs to know about DMARC. How a plant nursery handles DMARC, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
Setting up analytics tags for a yoga studio
Setting up analytics tags for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles analytics tags, including a certificate that expires on a Sunday.
What a print shop needs to know about mobile forms
What a print shop needs to know about mobile forms. How a print shop handles mobile forms, including a 404 that still returns 200.
How a small hotel should handle booking forms
How a small hotel should handle booking forms. How a small hotel handles booking forms, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
How a plant nursery should handle canonical URLs
How a plant nursery should handle canonical URLs. How a plant nursery handles canonical URLs, including a www record that disagrees with the apex.
PDF rate sheets: a field note from a plant nursery
PDF rate sheets: a field note from a plant nursery. How a plant nursery handles PDF rate sheets, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
image compression: a field note from a marina
image compression: a field note from a marina. How a marina handles image compression, including a parked domain with only a logo.
Managing robots.txt at a marina
Managing robots.txt at a marina. How a marina handles robots.txt, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
How a dental office should handle domain transfers
How a dental office should handle domain transfers. How a dental office handles domain transfers, including a calendar they already pay for.
What a bakery needs to know about domain mailboxes
What a bakery needs to know about domain mailboxes. How a bakery handles domain mailboxes, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
staging sites for a roofing crew
staging sites for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles staging sites, including a contact form with nine fields.
Setting up mobile forms for cabin rentals
Setting up mobile forms for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles mobile forms, including a 404 that still returns 200.
Why XML sitemaps matters for a florist
Why XML sitemaps matters for a florist. How a florist handles XML sitemaps, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
How a florist should handle quote emails
How a florist should handle quote emails. How a florist handles quote emails, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
Why HTTP to HTTPS matters for a yoga studio
Why HTTP to HTTPS matters for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles HTTP to HTTPS, including a booking tool that demands an account.
Managing office hours at a garage
Managing office hours at a garage. How a garage handles office hours, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
How a hardware store should handle holiday hours
How a hardware store should handle holiday hours. How a hardware store handles holiday hours, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
contact forms: a field note from a plant nursery
contact forms: a field note from a plant nursery. How a plant nursery handles contact forms, including query-string copies of the same page.
Why www redirects matters for a veterinary clinic
Why www redirects matters for a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles www redirects, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
What a language school needs to know about www redirects
What a language school needs to know about www redirects. How a language school handles www redirects, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
Why contact forms matters for cabin rentals
Why contact forms matters for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles contact forms, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
How a marina should handle office hours
How a marina should handle office hours. How a marina handles office hours, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
Setting up font loading for a small hotel
Setting up font loading for a small hotel. How a small hotel handles font loading, including a booking tool that demands an account.
Managing lastmod dates at a florist
Managing lastmod dates at a florist. How a florist handles lastmod dates, including a PDF that sales cannot find.
DKIM: a field note from an accountant
DKIM: a field note from an accountant. How an accountant handles DKIM, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
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