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Moving a small business site off WordPress, Webflow or Wix to Astro, finishing sites built with Claude or ChatGPT, free hosting and its limits, and selling from a static site. 11 guides so far. All guides
PHP2Shell: what it is and how to patch your siteTwo serious PHP bugs were patched on October 21. How to check and patch WordPress, Laravel, shared hosting and Docker, and why static sites skip it.Websites
What it costs to maintain an Astro siteA static Astro site costs about $10 a year to keep online, against hundreds for a typical WordPress setup. The real cost is hours: edits and upgrades.Websites
A small store on Astro with Stripe CheckoutUnder about 50 products, Astro and Stripe Checkout can replace a store platform. Real fees next to Snipcart and Shopify, and what you give up.Websites
An Astro storefront with Shopify or WooCommerce behind itAstro builds the pages, Shopify or WooCommerce keeps products, cart and checkout. When that split pays off, and which apps and plugins stop working.Websites
Your Lovable site is not showing up in GoogleLovable now renders pages for search crawlers, so the old JavaScript problem is mostly gone. Still missing from Google? Check these six causes.Websites
Check a site built with Claude or ChatGPT before launchIt looks finished in the preview. Before customers see it: hosting and domain, a form that sends, leaked keys, headers, what Google needs, and upkeep.Websites
Host a small business website for freeCloudflare, Netlify, Vercel and GitHub Pages all host a static site for $0. Which free plan suits a business site, and the limits to know before launch.Websites
Move off Wix to Astro and keep your rankingsWix won't export your site to another host. What you can take, how pages and posts get rebuilt, redirects for Wix URLs, and moving the domain.Websites
Webflow to Astro: what moves and what you rebuildWebflow's code export leaves out the CMS, forms and site search. What comes across, what you rebuild, and the redirect map that keeps your rankings.Websites
Astro vs WordPress for a small business websiteAstro suits most small business sites and handles bookings and logins with a database. Speed, security, editing, upkeep, and where WordPress keeps an edge.Websites
Move a WordPress site to Astro without losing rankingsRankings follow URLs, not the CMS. The redirect map, trailing slash, metadata, forms and comments when a WordPress site becomes an Astro site.Websites