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Incubator Q&A Can I use a domain name I already own with my AWS-hosted website?

I'm hoping to move my website to cloud hosting using AWS. Can I use my existing domain with AWS, or do I need to buy a new domain at AWS? If I can use the domain I already own, how do I transfer ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Incubator Q&A Split articles into multiple pages to improve bounce rate?

My website has long articles. Many users click to a single article, read it, and leave our site. I want more of these users to engage more with our site. I have Google Analytics installed and I'm...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

Question Webmasters bounce-rate engagement usability
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Incubator Q&A Can I get a list of broken links to my site from Google Search Console?

I've been looking through Google Search Console trying to find a place where it shows me broken links to my site, but it may be that the information I'm looking for isn't available there. I've fou...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

Question Webmasters google-search-console broken-links 404
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Incubator Q&A Can I use Selenium to automate CLS testing?

I've been bitten several times by cumulative layout shift (CLS) issues with my website. I've found out about them when I view the reports in Google Search Console. We have a good set of tests for...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Loosen quality standards without losing our power users

I've been a heavy user of SO/SE for quite some time on and off. I never really understood the issue other longtime users have with "bad questions". It's one thing when it's something obvious like ...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A Can I use a domain name I already own with my AWS-hosted website?

Yes. If you are hosting it on an EC2, AWS has the Elastic IP service that provides you with a static IP on demand. Amazon docs explain it in detail. Just set up the eIP and point your DNS to that. ...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I back up a WordPress website?

I haven't used WordPress in a long time, but it has its own internal functionality for taking backups: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/wordpress-backups/ This is likely the easiest opti...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I configure Cloudflare to redirect my alternate domain name with HTTPS support?

Cloudflare lets you add many domains and each will get their own free tier of service. Here is a screenshot of my Cloudflare account. Each of those domains is an alternate domain that has been co...

posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Can I ask Google to stop indexing every URL that isn't in my XML sitemap?

I have an XML sitemap containing all the URLs that I want search engines to index. Unfortunately Google is indexing some URLs that are not in my XML sitemap. Is there a setting in Google Search C...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

Question Webmasters google-search-console search-engine-indexing xml-sitemap
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Incubator Q&A Will improving my domain authority (DA) as measured by Moz help SEO?

I've been working on improving my site's domain authority as reported by Moz in the hopes that it helps our Google rankings. I have some doubts about it though. Google won't be able to see Moz's c...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Why is a self-referencing hreflang required?

I recently implemented hreflang tags in my website to tell search engines about content translations in several languages. I was very surprised to find that a self-referencing hreflang is required...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

Question Webmasters seo hreflang transalation internationalization
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Incubator Q&A Rewrite rule or mod_proxy config for reverse proxy in Apache?

I looks like either RewriteEngine on RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost:8080/$1 [P,L] or ProxyPass "/" "http://localhost:8080/" ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://localhost:8080/" would allow...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Is digest authentication more secure than basic authentication over HTTPS?

I don't know the full answer, but according to the official docs (linked in question): No. However, this does not lead to a significant security advantage over basic authentication. and On...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I construct my first buildings?

In Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, the realistic mode requires bringing workers to construction sites and paying money to instantly complete is not allowed. But how will I build my first...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I construct my first buildings?

The customs houses provide some "foreign workers". These workers are assumed to come from neighboring provinces for temporary work. You need to purchase a bus for your construction office and set t...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How to prevent power outages when rebuilding power lines?

When I want to extend my power lines, I first have to delete some so I can add a power switch. Sometimes I also have to delete entire power line sections so I can move them further out. But in real...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I make new cities?

How do I create new cities (white labels on the map)? I saw the "Make City" tool, but I can't figure out how to use it. How does it work?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I make new cities?

The "Make City" tool is not for creating cities. It's more like a palette, where you can pick a few related buildings, and plop them down more efficiently (supposedly) than going to their usual men...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Meta What should the "webmasters" site name and url be?

I'm recommending sticking with Webmasters as the name with webmasters.codidact.com as the URL. It is the shortest and most succinct way to encompass the entire scope of the site. The problem with...

posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Which search engines crawl, render, and index content from single page applications that rely on client side JavaScript rendering?

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...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

Question Webmasters seo single-page-application server-side-rendering client-side-rendering
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Incubator Q&A What security best practices are applicable to any public website?

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...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Meta Video games: site scope

On-topic Game and mod development is on-topic given that the question is specific to video games and not about general programming. Questions about tools, engines and APIs used in video game ...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta Are questions about selling one's crafts allowed?

I think it should be off-topic. Since Codidact is an international site and laws, taxes, shipping and so on are very localized, it would seem that such questions would: Quite easily stray far f...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Incubator Q&A What would be the best weapons and gear for a cybernetic speedster to use

I recently started to make a story about super heroes and in the story after the ending of a big war many nations started to develop super human projects to deal with the already existing factor of...

0 answers  ·  posted 29d ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  edited 24d ago by Melchizadek ‭

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Incubator Q&A What would be the potential of cellular cybernetics and it be more or less practical than nanoscopic robotics

So as I was thinking about characterizations I started thinking about cybernetics, and I started to wonder about the concept of cellular cybernetics and what the possibilities of such technology wo...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by trichoplax‭

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