Insights onweb and growth.
Practical articles about websites, SEO, sales and software for small businesses. Written from what I build every day.
PHP2Shell: what the PHP vulnerability means for your website
On 21 October 2026, PHP released emergency updates for two critical vulnerabilities. Which versions are safe, how to tell if your site was hit and what to do next.
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Steirk: the name behind my work
Steirk is the name of my company. Where the name comes from, how it relates to ferhat.io and why nothing changes for you as a client.
What is inside a "from" price?
A "from" price is a floor, not a final amount. Here is how to read what is included, which extras come up often and how to estimate your own budget.
From first conversation to launch
The five steps of a web project, with lead times, what you provide at each step and how to keep things from stalling.
A client portal for your small business
Email and Excel work fine, until clients ask for a status update every week and nobody can find the latest version. When a client portal pays off and what to build first.
A quote calculator on your website
Price on request or let visitors calculate it themselves? An honest comparison of who a quote calculator works for and who it does not, with a decision guide at the end.
Where AI actually helps your website
Smart forms, summaries and better search often pay off, an open chatbot rarely does. A practical guide to AI on your website, with action points.
What your webshop needs on day one
A launch checklist for your webshop: what has to be in place on day one, and what is better built in a second phase.
Setting up a multilingual website properly
The mistakes that make multilingual websites hard to find or awkward to use, each with its fix. With ferhat.io itself as a trilingual example.
Professional email from your own domain
An address on your own domain builds trust, but only if SPF, DKIM and DMARC are set up properly. The mistakes we see most often, each with its fix.
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