Deployed AI Group · Reference Chart Edition 1 · September 2026

CORE WEBSITE COMPONENTS

A wall chart of the parts inside a modern small-business website, from the domain name to the dashboard that reports on it. Built for the desk or the wall, not for the trash.

Legend Structure Good / verified Caution Risk / blocking People-facing Neutral / ops
1

Domain and DNS

The internet's phone book. A name typed in a browser has to resolve to an address, a mailbox and proof of who owns it.

yourdomain.com A / AAAA Address of the server CNAME Alias to another name MX Where mail is delivered TXT Ownership verification
MXPoints mail at the right inbox provider.
SPFLists which servers are allowed to send as your domain.
DKIMA signature proving the message was not altered.
DMARCTells inboxes what to do with fakes: none, quarantine or reject.
2

The Surface (Frontend)

What a visitor actually sees and touches in the browser window.

NAV HERO HEADLINE CALL TO ACTION FOOTER
SSGBuilt ahead of time. Fastest to load.
SSRBuilt fresh on each request. Dynamic.
CSRBuilt in the visitor's browser. Feels like an app.
ISRStatic, but refreshed on a timer.

Pages are assembled from small, reusable components rather than hand-built one at a time.

3

Discoverability

The files and tags that let search engines and AI tools read and represent a site correctly.

robots.txt Tells bots which pages they may crawl sitemap.xml The full list of pages that exist Canonical tag Marks the one true URL for a page JSON-LD data Who you are, in a format machines read Open Graph card How a link looks when it is shared llms.txt What AI assistants are allowed to read

Note: Google removed FAQ rich results from search in May 2026.

4

Conversion

The path from a stranger on the page to a lead in the owner's hands.

VISITOR TAP TO CALL FORM BOOKING WIDGET PAYMENT MISSED-CALL TEXT CRM owner phone + email AI CHAT ASSISTANT
FormCaptures a lead's details on the visitor's schedule.
BookingLets a visitor grab an open slot without a phone call.
PaymentsTakes a deposit or full payment on the spot.
ChatAnswers common questions while a human is unavailable.
Text-backAuto-texts a missed caller so the lead is not lost.
5

Performance

How fast a page becomes visible, usable and stable on the visitor's screen.

HTML CRITICAL CSS inline DEFERRED JS IMAGES WebP/AVIF + srcset FONTS Critical rendering path, left to right CDN / EDGE NETWORK Each visitor is served from the closest edge node, not one server far away.
LCPLargest content visible in under 2.5 seconds.
INPResponds to a tap or click in under 200 milliseconds.
CLSLayout shifts under 0.1, so nothing jumps while loading.
6

Security

What protects the connection, the code and the data behind the page.

TLS certificate HTTPS redirect (no plain HTTP) HSTS (forces secure connections) RESPONSE HEADERS CSP X-CONTENT-TYPE-OPTIONS X-FRAME-OPTIONS REFERRER-POLICY PERMISSIONS-POLICY Input validation + parameterized queries block injection attacks.
Sessions use token auth with HttpOnly and SameSite cookies, so scripts on the page cannot read them.
7

Accessibility

A page that works for a keyboard, a screen reader and a small screen, not only a mouse.

SKIP TO CONTENT HEADER NAV MAIN alt="storefront at dusk" BOOK NOW FOOTER
Text contrast at least4.5:1
Tap targets at least44 px
Form inputs at least16 px
Heading structureone H1
Page language setlang attr
Published statementa11y page
Overlay widgetsnone used
8

Data and Backend

Where information lives and how the page asks for it behind the scenes.

BROWSER the visitor's page API REST or GraphQL CACHE Redis-style, in memory DATABASE relational (rows/tables) or document (flexible JSON)
9

Measurement

Measured facts, never scores.

PAGE ANALYTICS SEARCH CONSOLE UTM-TAGGED LINKS MONTHLY REPORT
10

Off-Site Presence

Same name, address and phone number everywhere the business is listed.

THE SITE name, address, phone GOOGLE BUSINESS APPLE BUSINESS CONNECT BING PLACES YELP REVIEWS SOCIAL PAGES TRADE ASSOCIATIONS LOCAL DIRECTORIES
11

Housekeeping

The unglamorous items that keep a site safe, findable and legally sound.

Backups Uptime monitor Custom 404 and 500 pages Privacy and terms pages Cookie consent Favicon set and web manifest Licensed fonts and photos
12

At Scale

CI/CD pipeline Infrastructure as code State management APM and error tracking

Useful once an app has many engineers and many moving parts. Optional for a small-business site.

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