483 results for «domain» (page 37 of 49)
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www or no www: which address to choose for your site
Short answer: either will do, and the choice is mostly a matter of taste. What is not a matter of taste is picking just one, making the other redirect to…
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Typebot: building a WhatsApp conversation flow on your own server
Typebot is an open-source program for designing conversations in blocks, connecting boxes on a screen (a question, a choice, a decision) without writing code. The same flow can run in…
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Checking your site’s HTTPS setup: certificate, chain, expiry and protocols
The short answer: the browser’s padlock does not tell the whole story. A site can show the padlock on your computer and fail on other devices because of an incomplete…
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How a website works: from the address you type to the page on your screen
The short answer: when you type an address, the browser asks DNS which server belongs to that name, connects to that server, and the server sends back the page. In…
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A helpful 404 page: what it should say and how to check it works
The short answer: the 404 page is what a visitor sees when the address does not exist. A good one says so clearly, keeps the site’s menu and shows a…
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Track Delivery: finding out what happened to a message you sent
“I sent it, and they say they did not receive it.” Instead of guessing, cPanel has a screen that shows the trail of each message that went through the server:…
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A security.txt file: telling researchers how to report a problem
The short answer: security.txt is a small text file, in an agreed place on your site, that tells whoever discovers a security flaw who to report it to. It is…
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A contact page that gets used: what to put on it
The short answer: the contact page is the one a customer who has decided looks for before buying. If they do not quickly find a way to talk to you,…
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Running a Perl or CGI script on your hosting: permissions, line endings and the 500 that follows
The short answer: Perl and CGI scripts (many old forms and counters) work on hosting, but they are demanding: the file must have execute permission (755), the first line must…
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Marketplace or your own shop: how to decide where to sell
A marketplace is an online shopping centre: it already has the visitors, it has the rules, and it keeps a share of each sale or charges for the space. Your…





