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Guides and notes, weekly.
Plain-language answers to the questions owners actually ask, plus working notes from real builds. A new article lands every week.
This is the Droom blog: guides on owning and running a small business website, and notes from the workshop about how the sites here get built. Everything is written from work we have actually done, and each article says what it is based on.
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Guides · 28 Sep 2026
Do text-message loyalty programs work?How a text-message loyalty program works, a month at a café, when it fails, what Canadian law asks of the texts, and what $249 a month buys.
Guides · 23 Sep 2026
What an AI receptionist does, and what it costs in CanadaWhat an AI receptionist does on a real call, what it cannot do, and how Canadian pricing works: by the minute, monthly plans, setup fees. And what $449 covers.
Articles · 5 Sep 2026
Does your website block AI crawlers?Open yoursite.ca/robots.txt and read it. What GPTBot, ClaudeBot and Google-Extended are, what "Disallow: /" does, and what to do if you are blocked.
Articles · 5 Sep 2026
The 14 screen widths every Droom build is tested atThe exact list of screen widths our responsive gate opens every page at, what it fails a build for, and how to check your own site in a minute.
Guides · 5 Sep 2026
How to move a website without losing your rankingsA rebuild does not have to cost you traffic. The order of work in plain language: domain, URL map, redirects, sitemap, then a few weeks of watching.
Costs · 5 Sep 2026
How much does a website cost in Vancouver?What moves a Vancouver web design quote up or down, how hourly and fixed pricing differ, and one designer’s real prices as the worked example.
Notes · 14 Aug 2026
Designing for the 2am call: build notes from a restoration siteBuild notes from a restoration concept site: the headline, the measured photograph, the colours, five tap-to-call links and what we left out.
Notes · 14 Aug 2026
The order of things: build notes from a family law siteHow the Alderwood concept build puts the process first: six steps in order, fees agreed in writing, no prices on the page, and no legal clichés.
Guides · 14 Aug 2026
Your web designer disappeared. Here is how to get your site back.A step-by-step rescue checklist: find your domain, hosting and files without the missing designer, and how to make sure this never happens again.
Guides · 14 Aug 2026
Who actually owns your domain name?Your domain is the one part of a website that cannot be rebuilt. A plain-language WHOIS check, the .ca and CIRA rules, and the vendor red flags.
Guides · 14 Aug 2026
Who owns your website’s files, and would you get them if you asked?Source files versus the live site, what a real handover contains, how to ask your designer for a copy without drama, and the contract lines to check.
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Last updated 2026-08-31