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The Four Files Nobody Links To

Every website has four plain-text files no visitor ever sees: robots.txt, sitemap.xml, security.txt, and llms.txt. Search engines, security scanners, and AI agents read them on every visit.

What each one is, who actually reads it, what to put in it, and the one rule that keeps all of them safe. We went through this list on our own site this week and found gaps, so the free audit now checks for them.

Our Hero Image Was Disappearing on iPhones. An Ad Blocker Was Hiding It.

For weeks the hero on three of our own pages vanished for a second and a half on iPhones, on a cold load only. Nothing reproduced it in a lab.

A fifty-line field trace found it in three page loads: an ad blocker was hiding any element whose class started with ad-.

Your Event Registration Shouldn't Be a PDF

Capacity, waitlists, QR tickets, and a check-in screen on a phone: what event registration actually has to do, why per-registration fees are rent, and a live RSVP you can try right here.

User Experience on Web Forms

Labels, placeholders, no-reload submissions, confirmation messages, and the delivery problems that start after someone clicks submit.

Your Media Library Is Public

The media library is not a private folder, in WordPress or anywhere else. What that means for the drafts and packets that get uploaded to grab a link, why switching the API off is the wrong fix, and how to mark a file private without breaking anything.

Email Deliverability

Password resets, spam folders, domain trust, and why important website emails should never look suspicious to inbox providers.

Catching Email Typos Without Blocking Anyone

gamil.com is a valid email format and a guaranteed lost lead. How to catch the obvious typos: when to check, how to ask, and why the visitor must always win.

Accessibility Tips

Color contrast, image headers, link behavior, and the small interface choices that determine whether a page works for everyone.

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