Website Maintenance
Is Hosting Included in Website Maintenance?
A quote that says hosting is included tells you very little. Here are the four usual setups and the questions that make…
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Website Security
Fake Domain Renewal Emails: How to Spot the Scam
Fake renewal invoices, suspension notices and "someone wants your brand" emails explained, with a quick way to check any of them and…
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Website Security
DDoS Attacks and Small Business Websites
A plain explanation of DDoS attacks for small business owners: how to tell one from a hack or a genuine rush of…
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Website Security
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule for Business Websites
Three copies, two kinds of storage, one off-site. What the 3-2-1 backup rule means for a website's files and database, how host…
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Website Security
SSL Certificate Expired: What Visitors See and the Fix
When an SSL certificate expires, browsers block your site with a full-screen warning. How to confirm the cause, why automatic renewal breaks,…
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Website Speed
Is Bot Traffic Slowing Your Website? Read the Logs First
Crawlers, scrapers and login attackers use the same server resources as customers. Here is how to find them in your logs and…
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Agency Resources
Who Should Own Client Hosting and Domains? An Agency Guide
Most agencies never decide who owns client hosting and domains; it just happens. Here is how to compare the arrangements and settle…
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Website Speed
When to Upgrade Hosting for Speed: Three Tests First
A bigger plan only helps if the server is the bottleneck. These three tests show whether it is, before you pay for…
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Website Speed
Cloudflare Caching for WordPress: Defaults, HTML, Purging
Cloudflare caches your static files by default but not your pages. How to read its cache header, cache HTML safely and keep…
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Agency Resources
Agency Client Offboarding: Ending a Client Cleanly
The ending is what a client remembers longest. A practical guide to offboarding a WordPress client: accounts, licences, handover and access.
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