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Browser caching with .htaccess

Browser caching is the kind that lives on the visitor’s own computer: if the logo, the CSS and the JavaScript arrive with an instruction saying “keep this for a while”,…

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Embeddings and semantic search: finding things by meaning in your own content

An embedding is a list of numbers that represents the meaning of a text. Two texts that say similar things get similar lists, even if they share no words. That…

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ModSecurity and web application firewalls: what they do, and what to do when one blocks you

The short answer: a web application firewall (WAF) reads every request reaching your site and refuses the ones shaped like an attack. ModSecurity is the best-known engine, and it is…

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Image optimisation and WebP

Images are often the heaviest part of a page. WebP is an image format made by Google that usually keeps the same look in fewer bytes than JPEG or PNG,…

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MySQL or MariaDB: which one runs here, and does it matter

Shared hosting here runs MariaDB, not Oracle’s MySQL Server. At the time of writing the version is 10.11.16. For almost every site that makes no difference: MariaDB started as a…

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Mixed content after moving to HTTPS: the padlock that will not turn on

The certificate is installed, the site opens on https, and the browser still says “not secure” or shows a padlock with a warning. That is mixed content: the page is…

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Creating a database user and giving it the right privileges

A database without a user is no use to anyone, and a user with too many privileges is an open door. In cPanel you do it in MySQL Databases: create…

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AVIF or WebP: which image format to use, and what to do for old browsers

For most sites, WebP is enough and it is the easier one. AVIF often gives even smaller files on photographs, but it takes longer to produce and not every tool…

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Google Analytics: setting it up and what to look at first

Google Analytics tells you how many people visit the site, where they come from and what they do there. It is a Google product, free to start with, that you…

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Customer data in your shop: consent, data requests and deleting an account

Every order leaves in the shop a name, an address, a phone number and an e-mail. That is personal data, and whoever keeps it has duties: say what it is…