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Managing holiday hours at an accountant
Managing holiday hours at an accountant. How an accountant handles holiday hours, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
Setting up staging sites for a yoga studio
Setting up staging sites for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles staging sites, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
Managing SPF at a florist
Managing SPF at a florist. How a florist handles SPF, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
Setting up registrar locks for a plant nursery
Setting up registrar locks for a plant nursery. How a plant nursery handles registrar locks, including a 404 that still returns 200.
A practical look at CAA records for a photo studio
A practical look at CAA records for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles CAA records, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
Setting up booking forms for a photo studio
Setting up booking forms for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles booking forms, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
Setting up PDF rate sheets for a bakery
Setting up PDF rate sheets for a bakery. How a bakery handles PDF rate sheets, including a form that emails a shared inbox.
www redirects for a restaurant
www redirects for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles www redirects, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
Setting up analytics tags for a bakery
Setting up analytics tags for a bakery. How a bakery handles analytics tags, including a booking tool that demands an account.
CAA records for a plant nursery
CAA records for a plant nursery. How a plant nursery handles CAA records, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
Why static hosting matters for a dental office
Why static hosting matters for a dental office. How a dental office handles static hosting, including three unused font weights.
DKIM for a florist
DKIM for a florist. How a florist handles DKIM, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
Why CSV exports matters for a florist
Why CSV exports matters for a florist. How a florist handles CSV exports, including a www record that disagrees with the apex.
Managing CAA records at a marina
Managing CAA records at a marina. How a marina handles CAA records, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
What a small hotel needs to know about analytics tags
What a small hotel needs to know about analytics tags. How a small hotel handles analytics tags, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
What a marina needs to know about mobile forms
What a marina needs to know about mobile forms. How a marina handles mobile forms, including a calendar they already pay for.
A practical look at cookie banners for a photo studio
A practical look at cookie banners for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles cookie banners, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
Why domain mailboxes matters for a florist
Why domain mailboxes matters for a florist. How a florist handles domain mailboxes, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
Managing chat widgets at a plumber
Managing chat widgets at a plumber. How a plumber handles chat widgets, including a 2 MB photo in a 320-pixel slot.
What cabin rentals needs to know about A records
What cabin rentals needs to know about A records. How cabin rentals handles A records, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
How a plant nursery should handle font loading
How a plant nursery should handle font loading. How a plant nursery handles font loading, including a booking tool that demands an account.
domain mailboxes for a garage
domain mailboxes for a garage. How a garage handles domain mailboxes, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
Setting up registrar locks for a dental office
Setting up registrar locks for a dental office. How a dental office handles registrar locks, including a 404 that still returns 200.
A practical look at DKIM for a plumber
A practical look at DKIM for a plumber. How a plumber handles DKIM, including a CAA record that blocks the new CA.
Why nameservers matters for a walk-in clinic
Why nameservers matters for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles nameservers, including identical titles on every inner page.
Managing image compression at cabin rentals
Managing image compression at cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles image compression, including a contact form with nine fields.
Why A records matters for a hardware store
Why A records matters for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles A records, including query-string copies of the same page.
Why font loading matters for a restaurant
Why font loading matters for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles font loading, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
How an accountant should handle robots.txt
How an accountant should handle robots.txt. How an accountant handles robots.txt, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
holiday hours for a yoga studio
holiday hours for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles holiday hours, including three unused font weights.
A practical look at DNS TTL for a dental office
A practical look at DNS TTL for a dental office. How a dental office handles DNS TTL, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
A practical look at 404 pages for a roofing crew
A practical look at 404 pages for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles 404 pages, including a CAA record that blocks the new CA.
DNS TTL for a hardware store
DNS TTL for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles DNS TTL, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
Managing canonical URLs at a veterinary clinic
Managing canonical URLs at a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles canonical URLs, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
backups: a field note from a roofing crew
backups: a field note from a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles backups, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
CSV exports: a field note from a garage
CSV exports: a field note from a garage. How a garage handles CSV exports, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
DMARC: a field note from a driving school
DMARC: a field note from a driving school. How a driving school handles DMARC, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
How a veterinary clinic should handle MX records
How a veterinary clinic should handle MX records. How a veterinary clinic handles MX records, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
A practical look at 404 pages for a print shop
A practical look at 404 pages for a print shop. How a print shop handles 404 pages, including a 2 MB photo in a 320-pixel slot.
A practical look at office hours for a yoga studio
A practical look at office hours for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles office hours, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
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