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Activity for Stephen Ostermillerâ€
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A: What should the "webmasters" site name and url be? 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." (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #288455 |
Suggested edit: Make name suggestion bold for easy scanning, remove fluff. (more) |
helpful | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288457 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: 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 The problem with "webmasters" is that it is outdated terminology. 20 to 25 years ago it was an actual job title. Co... (more) |
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Post edited: More info based on comments |
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| Edit | Post #288450 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Image upload broken in Incubator Q&A 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 uploaded it created the URL `https://proposals.codidact.com/uploads/teqvdp0qxce3zm8ic42k9aod6ujb` whe... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288449 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How accurate are the browser usage statistics at caniuse.com? I want to exclusively use webp images on my website. I haven't used a browser that doesn't support them in years. However caniuse.com reports that over 3% of users globally can't load them.  |
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| Edit | Post #288448 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How do I set up DNS records for home hosting? 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 happen? Currently my `NS` records at my registrar point to the DNS servers for my web host and they han... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288368 |
I took a stab at rewriting it. Let me know if you think it is clear enough. (more) |
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Post edited: clearer mobile app off-topic examples |
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| Comment | Post #288368 |
Something like that. Google Analytics is available for all Android apps regardless of whether they are built as an embedded web app. Questions about Google Analytics for your website would be on-topic, but questions about Google Analytics for your mobile app would not. (more) |
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Post edited: revert, edited the wrong thing |
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Post edited: Replace with link to new home |
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| Comment | Post #288434 |
Great answer! And our first answer! :) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288435 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Loosen quality standards without losing our power users Our website relies heavily on user generated content and power users that edit, curate, and moderate that content. Recently the amount of content contributed to our site has taken a nose dive. Looking at the data, we're finding that a significant portion of our new content is getting deleted by o... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288433 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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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 using its bounce rate metric to measure this engagement. One idea we've had is to split long article... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288432 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Is fresh content always needed for SEO? 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 contradict other SEO advice I've seen that says that search engines like "evergreen" content. Does it... (more) |
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Post edited: Make it more than a yes no question |
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| Edit | Post #288431 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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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 it to AWS or point it to AWS? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288430 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Can I redirect node/1 to my home page in Drupal? In Drupal, I've configured my home page to be served from `/node/1` as recommended in Setting up your home page | Drupal.org. However `https://mysite.example/node/1` shows the exact same content as the home page. Is there a way to redirect that URL to `https://mysite.example/`? I want to avoid... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288429 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How do I back up a WordPress website? 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? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288428 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Is wordpress.com the official hosting site for the WordPress content management system? I've been told that I should get a WordPress website. Looking into it, there is an open-source content management system available from wordpress.org and hosting available for it from wordpress.com. However, there are also a lot of other hosting providers that will install WordPress. The wordpress.... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288427 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Is digest authentication more secure than basic authentication over HTTPS? Apache has modules for both digest authentication and basic authentication. I've seen recommendations to use digest authentication because it doesn't send the password in clear text. However, if my site is HTTPS, aren't all the headers including the ones for basic authentication encrypted anyway?... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288426 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Why isn't my .htaccess file taking effect? My `.htaccess` files doesn't seem to be doing anything. I've created one in my document root directory and put a redirect into it: ```sh Redirect 301 / https://othersite.example/ ``` However, the redirect isn't happening. I've double checked that I have the file name correct. I can edit t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288425 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Can I configure virtual hosting in .htaccess? My website host gives me a single document root directory for all my domains. I'd like to separate out each of my domains into a separate subfolder. Can I use `.htaccess` in this directory to configure virtual hosting? This is shared hosting, so I don't have access to the Apache configuration fi... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288424 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How do I implement a redirect in JavaScript My web host only lets me upload static files. They don't support `.htaccess` or dynamic scripting. As such, I can't implement 301 redirects between pages. I should be able to put some JavaScript in a static HTML page to redirect the user to another page. How would I do that? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288423 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How do I choose a priority for each URL in my XML sitemap? The XML sitemap protocol defines a priority field that is says "... is relative, it is only used to select between URLs on your site." It doesn't give any guidance on how I should rank my URLs for priority or how the priority field is used. How should I be thinking about filling in values for t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288422 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |