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Recent website fixes
Short work notes from related cleanup, debugging, implementation, and support tasks.
An API integration note about replacing a long service-page booking embed with a focused lead form, server-side validation, and the site's existing lead workflow.
A tracking implementation note about adding call tracking, Google Tag Manager, and Search Console verification to a client-routed static site without duplicating scripts.
A WordPress support note about tracing a form editor's 403 response to the firewall, adding a narrowly scoped exception, and correcting the replacement embed's responsive width.
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Latest Web Fixes
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An API integration note about replacing a long service-page booking embed with a focused lead form, server-side validation, and the site's existing lead workflow.
A tracking implementation note about adding call tracking, Google Tag Manager, and Search Console verification to a client-routed static site without duplicating scripts.
A WordPress support note about tracing a form editor's 403 response to the firewall, adding a narrowly scoped exception, and correcting the replacement embed's responsive width.
A content implementation note about converting supplied documents into polished WordPress articles with optimized imagery, metadata, internal links, and live verification.
A WordPress security note about preserving forensic evidence, tracing a browser warning to injected database JavaScript, and validating the rest of the installation before closing the incident.
A technical SEO note about reviewing two related pull requests and consolidating business and FAQ facts so visible content and structured data share one source of truth.
A production debugging note about fixing a form CAPTCHA that disappeared when an optimization plugin delayed scripts ahead of their jQuery dependency.
A landing-page implementation note about turning a service brief into a responsive WordPress draft with custom imagery, clear process content, FAQs, and structured data.
A hosting note about staging a custom-domain cutover, documenting the DNS records, and preserving the old hostname for redirects once ownership changes were ready.
A website implementation note about replacing generic imagery across dozens of service pages, rebuilding an additional-services page, and reorganizing a dense mega menu.
A conversion cleanup note about removing oversized forms from service-page heroes and replacing them with a reusable, keyboard-accessible booking modal.
A technical SEO note about importing settings into one supported plugin, removing duplicate output, and cleaning up canonical and internal-link inconsistencies.
A website repair note about isolating intermittent missing content and broken scrolling caused by full-screen rows, URL anchors, overflow rules, and overlapping optimization layers.
A security cleanup note about distinguishing a real WordPress compromise from a separate hosting firewall problem that was blocking external site-health crawlers.
A production support note about restoring CMS access after a caching plugin caused WordPress to show a critical-error screen.
A performance engineering note about moving fixes into a child theme and must-use plugin, rebuilding static caching, and verifying hundreds of production URLs without stale-host leaks.
A website build note about turning approved mockups into a reusable Astro site with service templates, local pages, structured data, optimized assets, and deployment guardrails.
A local SEO implementation note about expanding dozens of state and clinic pages with unique local content, linked service sections, consistent FAQ behavior, and page-specific schema.
A Shopify performance note about reconciling work against the current theme, delaying noncritical apps, improving responsive image priority, and publishing only after measured staging QA.
An internal tools note about building a private mode-based workflow app with timers, session continuity, device-local attachments, and export controls instead of depending on a cloud-synced task stack.
An internal operations note about maintaining project-specific HTML invoices that made hours, rates, totals, and technical work descriptions easier for clients to review line by line.
A WordPress integration note about building an admin-only CRM and estimate form flow that captured lead context, UTM data, and follow-up details without exposing CRM language on the public site.
A site support note about adding a persistent phone CTA, review badges, cached rating data, and click tracking inside a static export workflow.
A WordPress security note about scanning files and database records, packaging clean deployable files, and removing a malicious user from the database.
A WordPress support note about a contact form that appeared to submit but failed notification delivery until authenticated mail sending was configured.
A frontend Web Fix about repairing a mobile popup scroll issue, adding a project card, and correcting blurry responsive image output.
A Shopify performance note about auditing theme files, app embeds, LCP behavior, and third-party scripts before applying staging-theme speed improvements.
A WordPress plugin note about updating an Instagram feed plugin, tracing the remaining issue to authentication, and removing it when the feed was no longer needed.
A production debugging note about plugin updates, frontend display checks, and a live-site mismatch caused by cache beyond WordPress.
A WordPress rebuild note about taking a live-site crawl and turning it into a custom theme architecture with reusable Gutenberg blocks, custom post types, and a Vite-based asset pipeline.
A short performance cleanup note about theme and plugin assets that were making a WordPress service page heavier than it needed to be.
A responsive layout note about a page that looked fine on desktop but started overflowing and stacking badly on smaller screens.
An internal tools note about building a dashboard prototype with role-aware views, activity data, charts, map previews, and installation documentation.
An integration note about building a standalone lead submission service, documenting deployment settings, and later routing requests through an embedded CRM popup.
A WordPress content cleanup note about reviewing affected pages, fixing FAQ sections, and tightening visible layout details.
A small support note about completing requested site edits and reviewing the updated page output afterward.
A static-site deployment note about converting a Next.js app for static export, removing server-only integrations, and preserving form and analytics behavior.
A WordPress security note about removing malicious plugin directories, injected theme code, cache payloads, and hardening sensitive file access.
A WordPress note about investigating location-based page hierarchy, building an admin linking utility, and resolving custom permalink 404s.
A WordPress recovery note about staging an original backup locally, cleaning import files, refreshing core, and quarantining suspicious inactive assets.
A static-site update note about replacing an old promotion, fixing print-page routing, updating share copy, and adding a chat script behind cookie approval.
A technical SEO note about pages discovered by Google but not getting strong crawl or impression signals.
A practical internal-linking note about making service pages, supporting pages, and proof content connect more clearly.
A tracking cleanup note about separating broad contact intent from the final lead event in GA4.
A landing page implementation note about adding location-specific proof content so the right local item could render on the right pages.
A security audit note about scanning for infected pages, reviewing malware indicators, and identifying where deeper filesystem access was still needed.
A small migration note about transferring requested site content from an older domain to a newer one and verifying the move.
A WordPress implementation note about preparing draft location-page imports, metadata, schema, map embeds, and Elementor template JSON for review.
A malware recovery note about restoring down sites, removing injected scripts, reviewing suspicious users, replacing core files, and starting hardening.
A WordPress security note about reviewing a compromised-looking site from dashboard access only and outlining the deeper cleanup path.
A performance review note about auditing a builder-based WordPress site, tightening visible spacing, and documenting deeper structural speed limits.
A WordPress content note about uploading blog posts, matching formatting, configuring metadata, and validating schema output.
A WordPress support note about making contact form notifications testable when email delivery was unreliable.
A production debugging note about a page that looked correct locally but kept showing stale output on the live domain.
An AI website cleanup note about turning generated output into a clearer page system without rebuilding everything from scratch.
A landing page cleanup note about reducing mobile clutter and making the main page easier to scan.
An ecommerce support note about reviewing active Shopify theme files before editing product or template behavior.
A WordPress support note about carefully checking suspicious users and removing temporary cleanup tooling afterward.
An API integration note about checking a form handoff where submissions arrived but important fields were missing downstream.
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