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I'd like to have a backup of my WordPress website. It looks like I'll need to back up the database, some settings, and some uploads. How do I create backups for my site?
I've seen recommendations that search engines like "fresh" content and that I should be continually launching new content on my website for SEO. Is that always the case? That seems to directly co...
I've been hosting my website on shared hosting, but I'm tired of paying their monthly fee. I want to move my website to my home computer. How do I need to configure my DNS records to make that ha...
Meta issue: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288441 I uploaded an image into this question: How accurate are the browser usage statistics at caniuse.com? However it isn't showing up. When I upl...
Web Builders would make a decent name with web.codidact.com as the URL. It's more modern that "Webmasters" and covers more of the site scope than "Web Developers."
I created my account a few days ago; this is my very first post here. IRC I have participated in online forums as an active member since 2008. One of the things that I have learned is that each onl...
When I needed to cut a 4' circle out of the middle of a sheet of plywood, I fabricated a compass by tying a long-enough piece of non-stretchy string to a tack or finishing nail -- I forget which, b...
You can try using pressure with a hard object. Just run something like a pen or plastic knife over the edge of the hem while pushing down (probably after sewing). The pressure will create a crease,...
There's a number of ways to send the user to another URL in JS (from [1]): // Simulate a mouse click: window.location.href = "http://www.w3schools.com"; // Simulate an HTTP redirect: window.l...
I've read that for usability and SEO, the the <title> tags on your pages should contain both the article title and your brand name. I'm wondering which order is better for them? Which of th...
Personally, I prefer the domain name to be branded, but short as possible and catchy. It's not the domain name that will make a website more searchable, it's more the content, the structure and pe...
It would be much easier if our website could use a single page application (SPA) framework such as React or Angular without relying on server side rendering (SSR). I've heard that some search engi...
Most WordPress sites that I know of are hosted on other servers. Any reasonable LAMP server, which includes most typical low-cost web hosting services, can host WordPress. Many web hosts include "o...
I think at least some aspects of Steam are already on topic as per the existing proposal, and simple logic/common sense: Usage of Steam to run games (eg. Proton, updates, compatibility modes, ov...
Let's say I want to host a public website, for use by anyone on the internet. I am deliberately leaving the exact nature of the website vague, because I want to ask for general things that are appl...
I've added a template to the help, linked from both the "how to propose a community" help topic and the posting guidance when you start a proposal post. We don't yet have a way to pre-populate the...
Website Management Q&A about all the stages of hands-on website management. Questions and answers about the whole website lifecycle, from conception, development, launching, opera...
I like the crayon rail games. I've played a lot of Iron Dragon, some EuroRails, and a smattering of others. I'd like to introduce acquaintances who aren't already experienced gamers to this cate...
In riichi mahjong, the term suji is often thrown around when deciding what tiles to discard. What is suji, and how does it factor into mahjong strategy?
When discarding a drawn tile that already exists in your hand, is it better to discard the draw (tsumogiri) or discard from hand (tedashi)? Assuming that you're not planning to riichi (open hand o...
I created https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/288863 but I was not trying to set the agenda - I was merely trying to reproduce what the author of https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288095 intended (a...
I've heard the term "wall fishing" in the context of interior wiring of a house. What does this mean?
The mouse market is divided into two main areas: Cheap, no-name brand mice that are very low quality and hard to use "Gamer mice" which are premium-priced, use high quality parts, attempt (with...
Consider the following claim: In any causal relationship X -> Y, it is always possible to find an intermediate effect A such that X -> A -> Y. This is a claim about nature, not our c...
Common general-purpose battery types available on the market today are: Disposable batteries, usually with some sort of zinc chemistry Older, generic rechargeable batteries, usually nickel chem...
