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Website essentials articles.

Plain-English guides to owning and running a business website: domains, backups, security, budgets and choosing the right people to work with.

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Website backups that actually restore: the 3-2-1 rule in practice

A backup you've never restored is a hope, not a plan. How the 3-2-1 rule applies to websites, what to back up, and how to test a restore.

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Who owns your website's domain? How to check, and fix it

If your domain sits in a former developer's account, your website and email are at risk. Here's how to check who owns it, and how to bring it home.

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