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