491 results for «e-mail» (page 28 of 50)
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A support request that gets a fast answer: what to include, by type of problem
The short answer: the fastest answer is the one that does not need a question back. A request with the site address, what you expected, what happened and when usually…
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Recurring invoices and payment reminders: automating the follow-up for a service business
In a service business (retainers, maintenance, monthly fees) it pays to automate issuing the invoice and the payment reminder, and keep by hand only what needs judgement: a dispute, a…
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A test copy (staging) of your WordPress site: changing things safely
The short answer: a test copy is a second site, identical to yours, that only you see. You try the new theme, the big update, the plugin you do not…
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Ten mistakes first-time website owners make, and how to avoid each one
The short answer: nearly all the problems of a site’s first months repeat from person to person. Most are not technical: they are not having the account and domain in…
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Your domain contact details: why they must be real, and how to keep them up to date
The short answer: when you register a domain, your details (name, e-mail, phone, address) are tied to it as the holder. Registries require them to be true and current: it…
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Spaces, accents and symbols in links and file names: URL encoding without broken links
The short answer: an address can only carry a limited set of characters. Everything else (a space, an accented letter, many symbols) travels as % followed by two hexadecimal digits:…
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Collecting subscribers and sending a newsletter from a WordPress site
The short answer: the site collects the addresses (with a form), but it should not be the one sending a message to many people. For that you use a proper…
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Affiliate or reseller: which suits someone who builds sites for clients
The short answer: if you build sites, shops or e-mail for other people, you have two ways to earn from hosting: recommend us as an affiliate, or resell. As an…
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Orange cloud or grey cloud at Cloudflare: which records to proxy and which to leave DNS only
The short answer: every record in Cloudflare’s DNS has a cloud beside it. Orange (Proxied) means visitors talk to Cloudflare and Cloudflare fetches what it needs from the server. Grey…
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I paid twice or paid the wrong invoice: what happens to the money
Paying twice, or paying the wrong invoice, is not lost money: it is recorded on your account and can be sorted out. What matters is not paying a third time…





