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A practical look at quote emails for a veterinary clinic
A practical look at quote emails for a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles quote emails, including a contact form with nine fields.
What a florist needs to know about staging sites
What a florist needs to know about staging sites. How a florist handles staging sites, including a parked domain with only a logo.
What cabin rentals needs to know about robots.txt
What cabin rentals needs to know about robots.txt. How cabin rentals handles robots.txt, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
Managing lastmod dates at a photo studio
Managing lastmod dates at a photo studio. How a photo studio handles lastmod dates, including a 404 that still returns 200.
How a bakery should handle static hosting
How a bakery should handle static hosting. How a bakery handles static hosting, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
Why MX records matters for a bakery
Why MX records matters for a bakery. How a bakery handles MX records, including a parked domain with only a logo.
certificate renewals: a field note from a walk-in clinic
certificate renewals: a field note from a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles certificate renewals, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
Why 404 pages matters for a language school
Why 404 pages matters for a language school. How a language school handles 404 pages, including a 2 MB photo in a 320-pixel slot.
Setting up holiday hours for a dental office
Setting up holiday hours for a dental office. How a dental office handles holiday hours, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
quote emails for a restaurant
quote emails for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles quote emails, including a contact form with nine fields.
Setting up nameservers for a garage
Setting up nameservers for a garage. How a garage handles nameservers, including a form that emails a shared inbox.
certificate renewals for a restaurant
certificate renewals for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles certificate renewals, including a CAA record that blocks the new CA.
A practical look at Google Business hours for a roofing crew
A practical look at Google Business hours for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles Google Business hours, including a backup that was never restored.
A practical look at staging sites for a hardware store
A practical look at staging sites for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles staging sites, including a contact form with nine fields.
What a plant nursery needs to know about certificate renewals
What a plant nursery needs to know about certificate renewals. How a plant nursery handles certificate renewals, including a 2 MB photo in a 320-pixel slot.
Why shared inboxes matters for a garage
Why shared inboxes matters for a garage. How a garage handles shared inboxes, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
CAA records: a field note from a hardware store
CAA records: a field note from a hardware store. How a hardware store handles CAA records, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
SPF: a field note from a hardware store
SPF: a field note from a hardware store. How a hardware store handles SPF, including a certificate that expires on a Sunday.
Managing static hosting at a walk-in clinic
Managing static hosting at a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles static hosting, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
A practical look at chat widgets for a roofing crew
A practical look at chat widgets for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles chat widgets, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
MX records for a hardware store
MX records for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles MX records, including a contact form with nine fields.
A practical look at domain mailboxes for cabin rentals
A practical look at domain mailboxes for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles domain mailboxes, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
What a veterinary clinic needs to know about staging sites
What a veterinary clinic needs to know about staging sites. How a veterinary clinic handles staging sites, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
Setting up robots.txt for a plumber
Setting up robots.txt for a plumber. How a plumber handles robots.txt, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
Managing CSV exports at a veterinary clinic
Managing CSV exports at a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles CSV exports, including query-string copies of the same page.
Setting up domain mailboxes for a plumber
Setting up domain mailboxes for a plumber. How a plumber handles domain mailboxes, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
Managing CAA records at a yoga studio
Managing CAA records at a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles CAA records, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
Setting up robots.txt for a print shop
Setting up robots.txt for a print shop. How a print shop handles robots.txt, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
Setting up PDF rate sheets for a plumber
Setting up PDF rate sheets for a plumber. How a plumber handles PDF rate sheets, including identical titles on every inner page.
Setting up PDF rate sheets for a driving school
Setting up PDF rate sheets for a driving school. How a driving school handles PDF rate sheets, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
Setting up image compression for a hardware store
Setting up image compression for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles image compression, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
Setting up cookie banners for a print shop
Setting up cookie banners for a print shop. How a print shop handles cookie banners, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
How a language school should handle DMARC
How a language school should handle DMARC. How a language school handles DMARC, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
staging sites for a walk-in clinic
staging sites for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles staging sites, including a parked domain with only a logo.
Managing quote emails at a marina
Managing quote emails at a marina. How a marina handles quote emails, including a contact form with nine fields.
Why nameservers matters for a small hotel
Why nameservers matters for a small hotel. How a small hotel handles nameservers, including a form that emails a shared inbox.
Why chat widgets matters for a language school
Why chat widgets matters for a language school. How a language school handles chat widgets, including a CAA record that blocks the new CA.
Why Google Business hours matters for a driving school
Why Google Business hours matters for a driving school. How a driving school handles Google Business hours, including a backup that was never restored as a.
A practical look at image compression for a driving school
A practical look at image compression for a driving school. How a driving school handles image compression, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
Setting up CMS logins for a dental office
Setting up CMS logins for a dental office. How a dental office handles CMS logins, including identical titles on every inner page.
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