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Subdomain or folder: where to put a blog, a shop or a test site

Short answer: what should strengthen the main site, such as a blog of articles, goes better in a folder (asuaempresa.ao/blog). What is technically separate, such as a test site, an…

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Pointing a subdomain to another server or service: A record or CNAME

You want the main site to stay with us and shop.asuaempresa.ao to open somewhere else: a shop platform, a status page, an application on a server of yours? That takes…

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Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS and www to the bare domain in nginx or Apache

On a VPS you choose one canonical address (for example https://yourdomain.tld) and send everything else there with a 301 redirect: HTTP to HTTPS, and www to the bare name (or…

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A second domain for the same business: redirect, alias or separate site

Short answer: if you hold two names for the same business (another extension, the old name, a typo you registered) and there is a clear main name, the best thing…

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Testing a backup: a restore drill on a test subdomain, step by step

A copy that was never restored is a hope, not a backup. The real test is putting it back on a test subdomain, next to the real site, and seeing…

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HTTPS for a container: a certificate and a domain

For an application running in a container to show the padlock, you need a domain pointing at the VPS and a certificate. The most common route is nginx in front…

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I renewed my hosting but the domain still shows as expiring: two renewals, two dates

Renewing hosting does not renew the domain, and renewing the domain does not renew the hosting. They are two services with separate invoices and separate dates, which is why one…

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301 redirects when you change a page or a domain

You changed a page’s address, deleted an article or switched domain. Anyone holding the old address (in a bookmark, a search result, a link on another site) now lands on…

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What stops working if you do not pay: website, e-mail, DNS and domain, one by one

Not paying an invoice does not wipe everything at once: there are three phases, and each one stops different things. First the service carries on, then it is suspended (it…

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What to write in a support ticket for a site, e-mail, domain or invoice problem

A ticket that answers the obvious questions by itself usually gets solved in the first reply. What changes from one problem to another is what we ask for: for a…