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May 19, 2012
Using an Online Site Builder to Create Your First Site: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know (And More)
Online site building technology has been around for a while, and in recent years it’s really been making a name for itself. There are just about as many online site builders as there are web hosts today, which means it’s high time we broke down what it means to use such a platform, as well as what you should be looking for in a service provider. There’s a whole lot of overlap where online site creation tools and web hosting are concerned, which means—if you’re a regular reader—you’ll notice a lot of similar points in today’s discussion. If you’re new to the whole thing, you’ll still be able to follow along, though, so no worries!Categories: General |
April 10, 2012
Top WordPress Plugins You Need Now
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, that means you’ve created and managed a WordPress site of your very own. You’ve installed the beast, set it up with the barest of preferences and customized options, and released it screaming into the wild. However, don’t think for a second that you’re done with the process! No, creating an ideal WordPress site takes a bit more effort than that. There are so many things left to tweak, and to be frank, your WordPress experience has only just begun.
Categories: General |
April 08, 2012
Top Ways to Improve the Security and Performance of Your WordPress Site
If you’ve already installed WordPress and are now looking for ways to increase the security and stability (not to mention the performance) of your account, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll be handing out a few of our favorite methods, as well as some additional third-party avenues that will keep your site up and running longer.Categories: Security Issues |
March 29, 2012
Top Things You Should Demand From your Unix Hosting
Below you’ll find all of our top items you need in a Linux or Unix-based shared web host, covering everything from email to uploading. So without further ado, jump on down below the break, Soldier, and get to cracking!Categories: General |
March 29, 2012
Top Things You Should Demand From your Unix Hosting
Below you’ll find all of our top items you need in a Linux or Unix-based shared web host, covering everything from email to uploading. So without further ado, jump on down below the break, Soldier, and get to cracking!Categories: General |
March 12, 2012
When to Spring for Expensive Hosting And When to Hold Back
elow, we’ll be walking you through a few of the basic pointers you should consider before choosing between an expensive dedicated host with all the options you need, or that cheaper host that’s a bit more of a gamble. If that sounds like a rodeo to you, then saddle up, Cowboy! We’re kicking this thing off right, directly after the jump.Categories: Dedicated Servers |
January 16, 2012
Top Reasons to Ditch Shared Hosting
You can check below beyond the break to see our full and un-edited reasons to leave shared hosting in the cold for something just plain betterCategories: Shared Hosting |
October 27, 2011
Security Tips for your Dedicated Machine
On a shared server there are all sorts of services, many of them often archaic, that need to be keep accessible in case any user needs them. While typically most of these aren't unexploitable, all it takes is for there to be one weak link.Categories: Security Issues |
October 17, 2011
Tips to Enhancing Your E-Commerce Website
Instead of going over ways to reinvent your site, this week we're going to slow down a bit and focus on little things that you can do to improve your E-commerce web site.
We decided to let the intarweb do the heavy lifting for us on this topic. There are lots of sites offering long lists of E-commerce tips. A lot of them were questionable, but some made a lot of sense. Here are the ones that we heard most often and agree with:
Categories: Ecommerce |
September 09, 2011
Jumping the Potentially Sinking Colocation Ship
Colocation may seem like a good deal, and in a lot ways it is. What makes it good, however, is also what makes it unattractive for web hosts to support.Categories: Colocation Hosting |
