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Error 500 Internal Server Error: finding the cause, step by step

The short answer: error 500 means “something went wrong on the server and I cannot say what”. The cause is almost always in the error log, and almost always one…

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Website statistics without Google: Matomo on your hosting, or Plausible on a VPS

The short answer: to know how many people visit your site you do not have to hand the data to Google. Matomo does the same job and runs on your…

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Before you publish your website: a ten-point launch checklist

The short answer: the day the site goes live is the worst day to find out the form does not work. These ten checks take an hour and catch almost…

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CyberPanel, aaPanel and CloudPanel on a VPS: free panels and the questions to ask first

This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access. On shared plans the panel is cPanel, and you neither choose nor install another one.…

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Product reviews in WooCommerce: switching them on, verified owners and moderation

The short answer: reviews give confidence to those who have not bought yet. In WooCommerce you switch them on with one setting, and you can require that only people who…

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A domain or subdomain opens the wrong site: the document root and how to check it

The short answer: each domain and subdomain on a hosting account points to a folder (the “document root”) and shows what is in that folder. If one shows another’s site,…

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WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS): what it is and whether to switch

The short answer: HPOS is a newer way for WooCommerce to store orders, in tables of their own rather than mixed with the pages and posts of WordPress. In recent…

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The parts of a web address: scheme, domain, port, path, query and fragment

The short answer: a web address (a URL) is read from left to right, in pieces, and each piece is handled by a different part of the chain. Take this…

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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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Query strings explained: what comes after the question mark, and what it changes

The short answer: everything after the ? in an address is the query string: name=value pairs separated by &, up to the end of the address or a “#”. The…