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# Thornhill Construction Website — Status
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> **⚠️ ARCHIVED (2026-10-17).** The website project is closed out. The live site is **WordPress 7.1.3
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> on Hostinger** — not the legacy static repo. The static repo `~/Projects/thornhill-website` is
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> archived: no remote (the Gitea repo `Tony_tech/thornhill-website` no longer exists), banner committed
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> to its README. This note is kept for history; **verify against the live site, never against this
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> file** (two claims in it below were already proven wrong).
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**Business:** Family deck/construction business, Placerville CA. Larry Thornhill (uncle) licensed since 1976, CSLB #336956. Tony owns Thornhill with Larry.
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**Domain:** thornhillconstruction.net (~$12/yr)
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**Email:** Larry@ThornhillConstruction.net
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**Canonical phone:** +1 (530) 306-4629 (Larry's cell) — use everywhere; landline 530-303-3950 is secondary only.
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**Repo:** Gitea `Tony_tech/thornhill-website` → `~/Projects/thornhill-website/` (static, single-file HTML, NO build step → drop into webroot).
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## Source of truth — interview
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- Raw transcript saved: [[larry-thornhill-interview.md]] (2026-08-30 walkthrough).
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- Confirmed: cell **530-306-4629** is canonical; **one** number everywhere. Landline 530-303-3950 exists but is NOT on site/ads.
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- **Yelp has a WRONG/dead** number somewhere (530-344-1504) — must fix. 2 reviews, 5 stars.
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- **Google Business: NOT listed** (must create/claim). Angi + White Pages listed — audit numbers.
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- History: trades 1969, licensed **1976** (not "1977"), moved to Placerville **2001** (25 yrs local). Semi-retired, **decks only**, 1–2 jobs/month.
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- Domain: buy back **thornhillconstruction.net** (~$12/yr); email **Larry@ThornhillConstruction.net**; total ~< $80 with hosting.
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- Photos owed by Larry: **min 6** usable before/afters, ideally 3 recent-work examples.
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## Current State (2026-08-30)
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- Built + pushed to Gitea (4 commits: initial, real Larry story, .net domain fix, real logo).
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- On-disk `index.html` is current and clean:
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- Canonical phone in all `tel:` links (5× 530-306-4629), landline removed as primary.
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- CSLB #336956 on-page (stat + footer) — legally required for CA contractor advertising.
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- `<meta name="description">` present.
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- Real assets: Larry's real logo (`images/logo.jpg`) + 8 real photos (hero-deck, project-house, gallery-1/2/3, craft, stairs-before/after); one placeholder reference remains.
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- Slacked/async review (Leonard review → Jimmy fixes) drove the above; fixes 1-4 confirmed applied.
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- Site demoed live earlier via a tunnel; final deployment pending.
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## Update (2026-08-31)
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- **Site signed off by Tony**; pushed to Gitea branch `ready-for-seo` (2026-08-30).
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- **Handed to Leonard (VPS) for SEO/CMS pass** via agent-discussion board: meta descriptions/title tags, Open Graph/Twitter card markup, Schema.org LocalBusiness structured data, sitemap.xml presence. Leonard acknowledged (will run audit).
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- Photos: Larry's 12 staged in `assets/images/decks/`, gallery wired (lazy-load + lightbox); Larry approved selection (✅). Logo still pending (placeholder SVG in place).
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## Open / Blockers
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- **Deployment pending.** DNS: `thornhillconstruction.net` currently resolves to `162.255.119.233` — NOT the VPS (`74.208.111.99`). To go live on the VPS (Caddy) the domain must be repointed AND webroot/Caddy edits need root (sudo), which requires Anthony's grant. Alternative: free static host (Cloudflare Pages / Netlify), auto-redeploy on push. Preview route: `*.afterthedemo.com` subdomain (no root needed) — awaiting Anthony's choice.
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- Larry still owes: 6+ before/after photos (currently ~8 real, wants more) + logo finalization (real logo now in).
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- Gitea URL field mentions `.com→.net` correction was applied (domain bought back).
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## Next Actions
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- Pick deployment path (VPS+Caddy vs Cloudflare/Netlify) once Anthony grants sudo/DNS decision.
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- Keep canonical number out of any landline references; collect before/after shots from Larry.
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## Update (2026-09-10) — live verification by the focus coach
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**This supersedes the "Current State" and "Open / Blockers" sections above. The site is LIVE.**
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Verified by loading the live page, not by reading notes.
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- **It is a WordPress install with Contact Form 7** — *not* the static single-file HTML recorded
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above. The deployment question is closed; the `.com/.net` DNS and sudo blockers are moot.
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- Live page verified: canonical phone **530-306-4629** (3 `tel:` links), **CSLB #336956** ×3,
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`mailto:larry@thornhillconstruction.net` in nav + footer, **11 images, none broken**
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(3 before/after pairs live), old wrong number absent from the site.
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- **Still open: contact form delivery is UNVERIFIED.** A CF7 form that renders and a CF7 form
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that delivers look identical. Test-submit and confirm arrival at `Larry@ThornhillConstruction.net`,
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and confirm the mailbox itself receives.
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- Still open: Google Business Profile not created · Yelp wrong number 530-344-1504 off-site ·
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copy is thin (371 words visible) · more photos owed by Larry · **a 🐴 in the `<title>` tag — FALSE ALARM, corrected 2026-09-11: that was the coach's browser tool, not the site; the title is clean** ·
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service-area vs. street address undecided for NAP.
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- **Lesson for agents reading this:** a status file is a claim with a date on it, not ground truth.
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Tony's own word outranks it, and a stale status file here caused a wrong conclusion to be
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published. Verify against the live artifact before acting.
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Tony's own estimate (2026-09-10): "about 85% finished."
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## Update (2026-09-11) — two claims in this file were wrong
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Both were caught by checking the live artifact instead of trusting the note. Read this before acting
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on the sections above.
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1. **"Deployment pending" / "static single-file HTML" — wrong.** The site is **live** and is
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**WordPress + Contact Form 7**. The DNS/sudo blockers described above are moot.
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2. **"Yelp has a WRONG/dead number (530-344-1504) — must fix" — wrong.** The Yelp listing shows
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`(530) 306-4629`, which is correct, and Tony confirmed it on 2026-09-11. **Nothing to fix. Do not
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spend time on this.**
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**Google Business Profile: it EXISTS.** Tony set it up previously. Do not create a duplicate. Found by
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searching the phone number on Maps — a name search does not surface it. Current state:
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primary category now **Deck builder** (changed 2026-09-11, was General contractor), hours Mon–Fri 9–5,
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phone ✅, website ✅, no address shown, **zero reviews**, description/services now filled in.
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**Also corrected:** CSLB licence #336956 is **Sole Ownership** (not Inc./LLC), class B–General
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Building, **issued 07/01/1977** — the site's "Licensed 1976" appears to be wrong and is pending Larry.
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Live landline on the state record is `(530) 303-3950`; Tony confirmed it's alive, so CSLB stays as-is.
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**Lesson, again:** this file is a claim with a date on it. Verify against the live thing, and treat
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Tony's word as the source.
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