THE WEB GUY

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Broken forms, WordPress trouble, SEO work that never gets implemented, or an AI build that needs a second look. Work directly with a developer to get the next step scoped, fixed, and checked.

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Start with a focused code review, pre-launch website QA, or ongoing oversight for your team. You receive findings and a practical next step within an agreed scope.

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10+ years

Website, WordPress, and SEO implementation experience

Practical support for existing sites, agency overflow, technical cleanup, and launch work.

WordPress, Shopify, custom

CMS and front-end development coverage

Theme, plugin, Liquid, JavaScript, CSS, templates, APIs, and production debugging.

SEO + development

Technical SEO changes that actually ship

Schema, redirects, headings, crawl fixes, internal links, and page structure handled in the site.

Direct developer access

No account-manager handoff

Send the URL, symptom, audit note, or task list directly to the person doing the work.

Website problem routing

What Can The Web Guy Help You Fix?

Explore website troubleshooting for broken pages, WordPress problems, technical SEO, analytics and tracking, site speed, integrations, ongoing support, and AI-built website cleanup.

Something broke

A page, form, layout, script, or checkout stopped working

Common symptoms
  • A form, button, modal, or checkout action stopped working
  • A page overlaps, disappears, or breaks on mobile
  • A script, embed, plugin, or recent update caused new errors
What this solves

Reproduce the problem, identify the responsible layer, and fix it or document the safest next move.

Broken website layouts and form errors being traced through a diagnostic interface

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Send the URL, what is broken or needed, and the outcome you want. The reply can start with the most useful next step.

Recent blog posts

Recent website troubleshooting and implementation guides

Practical articles about broken sites, WordPress, SEO implementation, tracking, launches, and the technical work behind them.

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Technical skills

The technical skills behind the work

Choose the result you need to see the engineering skill, production tasks, and checks involved.

Used for

Production Debugging

Trace failures through the live production stack

Production website debugging illustration showing an isolated error moving through a repaired browser and server path
Used forWebsite Fixes

Production debugging brings together browser diagnostics, JavaScript behavior, CMS output, APIs, hosting, caching, DNS, SSL, and third-party scripts. The goal is to identify the failing layer before changing code or configuration.

This skill draws on performance engineering, API and webhook integration, and Cloudflare, DNS, and SSL when a failure crosses system boundaries.

What this skill covers
  • Browser behavior, network requests, application state, CMS output, and server responses
  • Environment differences, releases, caching, third-party scripts, and integration boundaries
  • Console evidence, request traces, logs, and repeatable failure conditions
Technical advantage
  • Isolates the responsible layer before code or configuration changes begin
  • Reduces broad rewrites and unrelated changes that create new risk
  • Tests the repair against the exact path that originally failed
How this improves the client deliverable

The client receives a smaller, safer repair backed by evidence, plus a clear explanation of the cause and what was verified afterward.

Recent Web Fixes

Recent Fixes From Real Website Work

Browse ten recent examples showing the symptom, the evidence checked, the change made, and the verified result.

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Lead FormAPIValidation

Replaced an Oversized Booking Embed With a Validated Lead Form

Symptom
A service page was dominated by a long embedded booking form that disrupted the hero and asked for too much information before the visitor had engaged with the service content.
Evidence
The existing lead workflow could already receive qualified inquiries, so the oversized booking embed was adding conversion friction rather than supplying a missing backend handoff.
Change
Replaced the embed with a short name, phone, and email form
Verified result
The page has a shorter conversion path that fits the service experience while retaining server validation and the established lead-management handoff.
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Call TrackingGTMSearch Console

Added Call Tracking, Tag Management, and Site Verification to a Static Site

Symptom
A statically generated site needed a coordinated measurement setup, but an older number-swap loader conflicted with the new call-tracking provider and client-side navigation could skip rescans.
Evidence
The site loaded a competing number-swap script, and client-side route changes did not reliably trigger the new call-tracking provider to rescan the page.
Change
Added the supplied call-tracking loader sitewide
Verified result
The site now has coordinated call tracking, tag management, and ownership verification that survives client-side navigation without loading competing number-replacement scripts.
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WordPressFirewallEmbedded Forms

Allowed a Form Embed Through WordPress Security Without a Broad Bypass

Symptom
A form-script widget could not be edited because the firewall rejected its external embed code, and the replacement form rendered at a browser-default narrow iframe width.
Evidence
The failed editor request returned a 403 tied to one blocked POST parameter, while the replacement iframe rendered at its narrow browser-default width.
Change
Added an allowlist rule for only the required POST parameter
Verified result
The editor works again without weakening the firewall broadly, and the embedded form now uses the full available width across screen sizes.
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WordPressBlog PublishingImage Optimization

Published Structured Blog Content With Optimized Featured Images

Symptom
Several supplied articles needed to be published in an established WordPress design without losing their source images, SEO fields, categorization, or requested internal-link structure.
Evidence
The source documents included usable primary images and article structure, but the live posts still needed optimized assets, metadata, taxonomy, and requested internal links.
Change
Duplicated the established post structure for consistent layout
Verified result
The articles were published in the site's native format with lighter featured images, complete metadata, and verified live placement.
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WordPressMalwareDatabase Injection

Traced a Deceptive-Page Warning to an Obfuscated Database Payload

Symptom
A production WordPress site had been flagged for deceptive pages even though the obvious infected files had already been neutralized, which meant the remaining payload could be hiding outside the normal theme and plugin paths.
Evidence
Core and supported plugin files matched known-good sources, while an obfuscated JavaScript payload remained inside a database option outside the normal theme and plugin paths.
Change
Preserved an untouched database export and hashed forensic file copy before remediation
Verified result
The hidden database payload was removed, core and supported plugin files were validated, and the cleanup retained enough evidence to explain the warning without making destructive guesses in production.
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Structured DataFAQ SchemaCode Review

Centralized Business Data and FAQ Schema During Pull Request Review

Symptom
Business details and FAQ answers were repeated across components and schema, making it easy for the footer, contact page, visible FAQs, and structured data to drift apart.
Evidence
The same business facts and FAQ answers were maintained separately in visible components and structured data, creating multiple sources that could contradict one another.
Change
Consolidated business facts into a shared site-data object
Verified result
Visible business information and structured data now stay aligned through shared sources instead of duplicate hand-maintained values.
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reCAPTCHAFormsJavaScript

Repaired reCAPTCHA Loading Without Disabling Page Optimization

Symptom
A homepage form showed a spinning or missing reCAPTCHA widget for logged-out visitors because its form scripts were being delayed in the wrong dependency order.
Evidence
The form worked for logged-in users but failed in a clean visitor session, where console output showed delayed form scripts executing before their jQuery dependency.
Change
Added narrow delay exclusions for the form, reCAPTCHA, variables, and jQuery scripts
Verified result
The CAPTCHA and form now initialize in the correct order while the rest of the page keeps its performance optimizations.
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Landing PageAccessibilityWebP

Built an Accessible Service Page With Custom Imagery and Schema

Symptom
A new residential service needed a complete review-ready page rather than a thin template, including original visuals, detailed process information, financing context, and accessible mobile behavior.
Evidence
The supplied brief contained strong service, rebate, financing, and FAQ details, but the site lacked a complete accessible page, relevant imagery, and matching schema to present them.
Change
Built the full service-page draft with a six-step process and stronger information hierarchy
Verified result
The client received a polished, accessible service-page draft with useful depth, purpose-built imagery, and structured data ready for review before publication.
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Domain MigrationDNSRedirects

Prepared a Domain Migration Without Dropping the Existing Hostname

Symptom
A deployed static site needed to move to a new primary domain without losing traffic or breaking the still-active domain before the required DNS records were available.
Evidence
The hosting project was ready to accept the new hostname, but ownership-verification DNS records were still unavailable and the current domain needed to remain active through cutover.
Change
Prepared the hosting project for new-domain verification
Verified result
The migration was ready for the external DNS step, while the current domain and live traffic remained intact until the cutover could be completed safely.
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ImageryMega MenuService Pages

Rebuilt a Large Service-Site Image System and Mega Menu

Symptom
A large service website reused generic visuals, had inconsistent asset filenames, relied on weak fallback images, and presented additional services in a basic list that was hard to scan.
Evidence
The asset review found service-specific photos available for many pages, while the live site continued to reuse generic fallbacks and inconsistent filenames across key placements.
Change
Optimized, renamed, matched, and deployed service-specific images across 32 pages
Verified result
The site now uses more credible service-specific photography, presents secondary services as real content, and gives visitors a clearer route through a large service catalog.
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Local and remote website support

Website support near Freeport, IL and for remote teams

The Web Guy supports businesses near Freeport, Rockford, Monroe, Beloit, Janesville, Dixon, Sterling, Galena, Dubuque, Madison, and remote teams that need practical contract website help.

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Find out what can be done for your website. We can discuss a prototype, a focused first step, or a full implementation, and I can work within your existing processes, tools, and approval flow.

Ways to get started

Choose the approach that fits your team

  • Prototype an idea before committing to the complete build
  • Hand off a defined project, website fix, implementation, or review
  • Add developer capacity within your existing tools and processes
  • Use hourly or project-based pricing based on the work

There is no charge to request a quote. Send the context you already have, and we can determine the most useful way to begin.

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What do you charge?

Start with a free quote. Send the website, the problem or goal, and your timeline. I will confirm the scope and cost before you decide whether to go ahead.

Do you work with agencies?

Yes. Agencies can use The Web Guy for WordPress production, SEO implementation, landing pages, QA cleanup, technical fixes, tracking, and overflow work.

Do you work white-label?

White-label friendly support can make sense for production tasks where expectations, access, communication, and ownership are clear.

Do you work with WordPress?

Yes. WordPress support includes themes, child themes, Elementor, page builders, plugins, PHP templates, CSS, JavaScript, SEO implementation, speed, and cleanup.

Do you build WordPress plugins?

Yes. Practical WordPress plugin work can support admin workflows, APIs, automation, custom functionality, and site-specific cleanup.

Do you work with Shopify?

Yes, especially practical Shopify and Liquid support: templates, product pages, schema, tracking, storefront fixes, and ecommerce cleanup.

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