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Managing page weight at a language school
Managing page weight at a language school. How a language school handles page weight, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
A practical look at booking forms for a plant nursery
A practical look at booking forms for a plant nursery. How a plant nursery handles booking forms, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
certificate renewals for a small hotel
certificate renewals for a small hotel. How a small hotel handles certificate renewals, including a 2 MB photo in a 320-pixel slot.
What a marina needs to know about font loading
What a marina needs to know about font loading. How a marina handles font loading, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
How a small hotel should handle contact forms
How a small hotel should handle contact forms. How a small hotel handles contact forms, including query-string copies of the same page.
CSV exports: a field note from a hardware store
CSV exports: a field note from a hardware store. How a hardware store handles CSV exports, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
analytics tags: a field note from a hardware store
analytics tags: a field note from a hardware store. How a hardware store handles analytics tags, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
Managing domain mailboxes at a roofing crew
Managing domain mailboxes at a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles domain mailboxes, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
Why CMS logins matters for a driving school
Why CMS logins matters for a driving school. How a driving school handles CMS logins, including identical titles on every inner page.
Setting up canonical URLs for a restaurant
Setting up canonical URLs for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles canonical URLs, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
A practical look at A records for a small hotel
A practical look at A records for a small hotel. How a small hotel handles A records, including query-string copies of the same page.
What a florist needs to know about backups
What a florist needs to know about backups. How a florist handles backups, including three unused font weights.
Managing quote emails at a dental office
Managing quote emails at a dental office. How a dental office handles quote emails, including a parked domain with only a logo.
Setting up CAA records for a walk-in clinic
Setting up CAA records for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles CAA records, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
Why page weight matters for cabin rentals
Why page weight matters for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles page weight, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
Setting up robots.txt for a small hotel
Setting up robots.txt for a small hotel. How a small hotel handles robots.txt, including three unused font weights.
How a veterinary clinic should handle CAA records
How a veterinary clinic should handle CAA records. How a veterinary clinic handles CAA records, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
Managing lastmod dates at a dental office
Managing lastmod dates at a dental office. How a dental office handles lastmod dates, including a calendar they already pay for.
What a photo studio needs to know about page weight
What a photo studio needs to know about page weight. How a photo studio handles page weight, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
What a plant nursery needs to know about lastmod dates
What a plant nursery needs to know about lastmod dates. How a plant nursery handles lastmod dates, including a calendar they already pay for.
A practical look at robots.txt for a plant nursery
A practical look at robots.txt for a plant nursery. How a plant nursery handles robots.txt, including three unused font weights.
booking forms: a field note from a hardware store
booking forms: a field note from a hardware store. How a hardware store handles booking forms, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
CMS logins: a field note from a roofing crew
CMS logins: a field note from a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles CMS logins, including identical titles on every inner page.
Why canonical URLs matters for a marina
Why canonical URLs matters for a marina. How a marina handles canonical URLs, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
How a print shop should handle image compression
How a print shop should handle image compression. How a print shop handles image compression, including a contact form with nine fields.
Managing backups at a hardware store
Managing backups at a hardware store. How a hardware store handles backups, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
shared inboxes for a driving school
shared inboxes for a driving school. How a driving school handles shared inboxes, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
Setting up backups for cabin rentals
Setting up backups for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles backups, including three unused font weights.
How cabin rentals should handle shared inboxes
How cabin rentals should handle shared inboxes. How cabin rentals handles shared inboxes, including TTL of 300 seconds.
Why backups matters for a restaurant
Why backups matters for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles backups, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
A practical look at backups for a marina
A practical look at backups for a marina. How a marina handles backups, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
TLS certificates for an accountant
TLS certificates for an accountant. How an accountant handles TLS certificates, including a form that emails a shared inbox.
A practical look at shared inboxes for a small hotel
A practical look at shared inboxes for a small hotel. How a small hotel handles shared inboxes, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
How a garage should handle 404 pages
How a garage should handle 404 pages. How a garage handles 404 pages, including a CAA record that blocks the new CA.
A practical look at SPF for a dental office
A practical look at SPF for a dental office. How a dental office handles SPF, including a certificate that expires on a Sunday.
What a photo studio needs to know about A records
What a photo studio needs to know about A records. How a photo studio handles A records, including a www record that disagrees with the apex.
How a hardware store should handle TLS certificates
How a hardware store should handle TLS certificates. How a hardware store handles TLS certificates, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
Managing quote emails at a small hotel
Managing quote emails at a small hotel. How a small hotel handles quote emails, including a parked domain with only a logo.
How cabin rentals should handle nameservers
How cabin rentals should handle nameservers. How cabin rentals handles nameservers, including identical titles on every inner page.
image compression for a photo studio
image compression for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles image compression, including a parked domain with only a logo.
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