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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…

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TXT records in practice: long values, quotes and several records on one name

The short answer: a TXT record holds text, and it is where SPF, DKIM, DMARC and the domain verifications for Google, Microsoft and many other services live. It looks like…

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Checking DNS from the command line: dig and nslookup, and how to read the answer

The short answer: dig and nslookup ask the DNS directly what it answers for a name. They are the quickest way to know whether a change has arrived, where your…

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Changing who owns a domain: a contact update or a change of registrant, and what to expect

The short answer: changing the holder’s e-mail or phone is a contact update. Changing who the holder is (from a person to the company, or from one company to another)…

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Preparing for a traffic spike: a campaign, a launch or a live event

A traffic spike is not solved on the day: it is solved in the days before. What brings a site down in a campaign is not the total number of…