With hackers constantly innovating new types of malware to target servers with, website owners (and their hosting providers) need to stay on top of the latest anti-malware tools. cPanel offers a few basic protection options, but for many websites...
CentOS (short for Community Enterprise Linux Operating System) has been a mainstay in the toolkits of web developers for over 15 years. Since its inception in 2004, it has gone through 8 versions, the most recent one released just in 2020. For a...
Occasionally, there are advancements in technology that affect the way we all use the Internet. We’ve covered HTTPS before, as well as its importance for all modern websites. But HTTPS is not static — it’s always being improved. TLS (Transport Layer...
If you own or manage a website, then chances are you use Google Analytics to track and monitor your metrics. With the potential to increase your advertising ROI, boost online performance, and enhance the amount of traffic your site gets, Google...
Most websites these days have at least one or two forms for customers to fill out, be these a contact form, customer registration, or something else. Shopping carts are also a type of form, though we don’t tend to think of them in that way...
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurs when there is a malicious attempt to negatively impact the functioning of your website, server or network. DDoS attacks do this by flooding the target with increased traffic. Due to the high level...
With so many of us stuck inside due to COVID-19, and with more free time than ever due to a shortage of normal activities, many people have turned to online courses as a way to do some personal development, either professionally or personally for...
Whether you’re an individual user, a business, or a non-profit organization, if you’re going to create a new website, you’ll need to select a domain name. Ideally, you won’t want to change your domain in the future, as this could risk losing regular...
For companies that require more control over the performance of their site and their server environment, CloudLinux is a great option. CloudLinux is a very popular environment for servers, and currently underpins about 20 million websites. ...
Website security is always changing. It’s an attack and counterattack industry, where security is always getting better, hackers find a way around it, and then these gaps are patched, ideally resulting in ever-improved security. Here are some...
A new year means new possibilities. If you’ve been with your current web hosting company for a while, you might be wondering what else is out there. And you should be. There are so many hosting companies in the marketplace now, that no one should...
As a site owner, you’ve probably already heard of HTTP, even if you don’t know exactly what it is. The world of website development is filled with acronyms and shortcuts that can befuddle even the most experienced programmers. To make things easier...
Everyone wants to make their website better, but how do you actually go about doing so? When everything is working “fine”, it can be hard to get yourself to embark on any radical improvements. By thinking about your company, your customers, your...
The latest version of WordPress, version 5.6 was released on December 8th. Even if 5.5 appears to be working well, upgrading to WordPress 5.6 will ensure you have access to the latest security protocols, as well as a whole range of new features. To...
This November was an important month for users of cPanel: PHP 8 support was released on November 26th. The last time a major version was released was 2015, which was ages ago in Internet time. First things first: as a CanSpace customer, we...
Search Engine Optimization, known as SEO for short, is part science, part mystery. Because figuring out how search engines decide what to prioritize in search rankings can be so lucrative, people are always trying to guess where these trends are...
For the average WordPress site, plugins are an essential part of getting custom functionality without having to pay for custom development. There are more than 50,000 WordPress plugins available online, which can seem a bit intimidating. Thankfully...
The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for most businesses. Unless your business is shut down for the holidays, you probably make a significant portion of your annual revenue during this frenetic time when everyone is spending...
Just as thousands of new domains are registered every day, many are cancelled or are not renewed. These domains, about to be released (TBR for short) from their current owner become available to the public, but this happens through a unique process...
Most of our customers choose the WordPress platform and its many available themes for their site, but some do want to explore other options for building their site. Thankfully, there are now a variety of tools that allow you to simply choose a...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become huge shopping holidays in Canada as well as in the US. Recent stats show that nearly half of all Canadians planned to do some shopping on Black Friday last year. The most popular categories tend to be...
As a website owner, you should continuously be evaluating the quality of your web hosting provider. Are you happy with the performance? Are there features that competitors now offer that your host perhaps doesn’t? Eventually, you may decide that...
When it comes to web servers, there’s always bound to be much discussion about performance between the different options out there. What’s a web server? It’s essentially the software that makes the server work, which is to say, the software...
Because there are millions of domains on the Internet, somehow, a record must be kept of who owns which sites and how to get ahold of them should you need to. Developed in the early 1970s, the WHOIS directory fulfills this purpose. When you register...
Have you recently heard about the switch the Internet is making from IPv4 to IPv6? This switch may sound intimidating, especially if you aren’t sure what either IPv4 or IPv6 is. However, learning about the importance of IPv6 and what the...
If your website runs on WordPress, you might feel secure with your current version. But if it’s WordPress 5.4 and below, you should consider getting the latest version. What are the features compelling enough to make the shift Here’s a...
Once your business reaches a certain size, a personal email address such as those ending in @hotmail, @gmail, or other popular platforms, needs to be replaced by an email address at your own domain name. It adds further legitimacy to your business...
We’ve already discussed the basics of how one can very easily start a profitable business just by selling hosting services provided CanSpace Solutions. The main benefit here is that you don’t have to worry about the infrastructure of the hosting...
If you’re a business, you by definition know sensitive information about your customers. At the very least, you know physical and email addresses. But if you process payments through your site, and particularly if you handle subscription-type...
Choosing a domain name is something every individual or business who wants a web presence has to do. There are about 350 million registered domain names out there. How many of them have avoided the pitfalls? Does it matter what your domain name is...
When you were designing your site, did you give any thought to browser ad blockers? They’re more popular than you might think, with over a quarter of all people reportedly using one last year. The issue with ad blockers is that in addition to...
The thing about changing WordPress themes is that there are so many themes on the Internet for you to choose from. The trick is finding the one that helps to improve your site overall and help you gain more traffic. The theme that you choose should...
If you have a website for your Canadian business where you either already accept customer transactions or hope to do so soon, here are some things you need to know. To accept credit cards on your site, you need to get a payment processing...
You’ve done all the research you can about your website, but there’s still one problem that you’re running into. Do you need RAM or CPU when web hosting? Is one better than the other? What about both? There’s no need to worry...
With the COVID-19 pandemic still reverberating through the Canadian economy, many people are out of work and looking for opportunities for new employment. One great resource not enough professionals make use of is having a personal website where you...
Within twenty years, cPanel has developed into the website hosting platform of choice. Boasting over three million website users, this simple-to-use software fuels business sites of all sizes around the world. Its graphical UI lets you create and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed the landscape businesses operate in. In Canada, untold numbers of businesses suffered and are still feeling the impacts of people staying home. As all this has happened, many brick and mortar stores have...
Few examples of software have had quite an impact on the internet as WordPress. By February 2020, WordPress powered around 20 percent of all self-hosted websites. Its frequent updates mean the software provides the features users ask for. The...
If you’ve encountered some info on SSL certificates before and seen a slew of acronyms like OV, EV, and DV, you might have been confused about what these actually mean. Aren’t all SSL certificates the same?! We’re here to clear up some of the...
We’ve talked in the past about what to do if your website is hacked. But as urgent as that sounds, many more websites are broken on a daily basis by their owners than by covert hackers. It might be that you delete a crucial file from an essential...
We all operate our websites with certain goals in mind. As you know by now, Google Analytics presents an amazing opportunity to measure exactly what is going on with your website during any given period of time. As you’re analyzing your stats, you...
We’ve all been there. You have the absolutely perfect domain name for the new site you want to build. You type it into your domain registrar of choice (we hope that’s CanSpace!) and see someone already owns it. Even worse, they haven’t built a...
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect web applications on your site by monitoring the traffic between each application and the external world. In order to interact with your website, the visitors have to pass through the WAF, which runs...
If you run any kind of website, you’ve probably encountered the term “caching” and most likely have turned on caching for your website in some way. But do you know how caching actually works? Your website is written in languages like CSS, PHP, Java...
WordPress has an unbelievable market share—60 percent of the websites on the Internet, whether simple blogs or Fortune 500 sites, are based on the WordPress CMS (that’s roughly 24 million sites). Its ubiquity means that WordPress actually has...
One of the main challenges of running a website, any kind of website, is how to bring a fresh stream of existing and new customers to visit the site. This is true whether you’re running a blog and need more readers, or a sophisticated e-commerce...
Spring is in the air, which might get you thinking about getting outside and other fun activities. Alongside these, you might think about spring cleaning. But your home isn’t the only thing that should be cleaned. Your website might benefit from a...
For Canadian customers, the issue of where their hosting company is located may occasionally come up. It might be tempting to consider one of the trendier companies based in the U.S. or elsewhere, if they offer cheaper pricing or other sign up perks...
Over the past few years, we are seeing a trend of increased social and environmental responsibility from all kinds of businesses. It’s a reflection of something that is becoming more important to consumers, and companies are taking note. When we...
PHP 7.4 was released on November 28, 2019. It’s a relatively minor release, and is supposedly the last before PHP 8.0, which is rumored to have in store some more dramatic impacts on website performance. One thing that’s staggering about PHP...
It’s every web administrator’s worst nightmare—you visit your site and find out that it’s been compromised. You can likely clear your schedule, because this is now going to take up your day, or if you’re really unlucky, your whole week. Website...
First, let’s get it out of the way: great content is the best SEO practice. You can safely ignore every other detail, but if you write content that is unforgettable, people will find your website and your audience will grow. With that being said...
Have you ever tried to email a particular website you were visiting, only to find that their email address was “[email protected]”? This is occasionally acceptable for small businesses or startups, where the atmosphere is inherently casual...
There are two aspects of being a hosting reseller — customer acquisition and ongoing support. As far as ongoing support, when you get to a certain number of customers, you’ll likely want to enable customers to submit tickets for their services...
A few months ago, we told you a little bit about Cloudflare. CanSpace is a CloudFlare premium partner, so our clients get access to all of the tool’s powerful features free of charge. Once logged in, the user will see tabs for Speed, Caching...
Sometimes, you may find yourself in a situation where you want to redirect your domain to another URL. It could be that your web domain has changed, or that you’ve bought some extra domains that users frequently mistake for yours, so you can...
Like all design, website design is always changing and new trends and preferences come in and out of fashion every year. Here are a few of the trends we’re noticing among our clients’ websites this year. Less is more In an age when we’re...
If you were making a website up until a few years ago, it always worked the same way — you bought a domain name and hosting, installed a framework of your choice, and voila! Then, a few different services came out that offer simplified way of doing...
Any consumer doing some online shopping over the past few years would have noticed a developing trend — more and more websites now have a “chat” feature that allows users to contact someone if they have any questions. Customers seem to love this...
When you started your blog, you probably had visions of hitting some major milestones, like 1,000 readers a month, or 10,000, or even 100,000. But with 4.4 million blogs written every day, many aspiring bloggers find themselves writing regularly but...
Do you ever wonder how the Internet, in all its sheer size, dependably works and gets you where you need to go online? The easiest way to think about it is this: Each website has a unique IP address, but you wouldn’t want to have to remember these...
WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” was released to the public on November 12, 2019. As with previous releases, there are a multitude of new features that users can take advantage of. Here is an overview of what’s new in WordPress 5.3. Expanded Block Editor The...
Web development frameworks are always in flux: as the requirements of web applications change over time, new frameworks are built to meet these challenges. For 2020, here are the most powerful frontend and backend networks to take a look at...
If you’re a database administrator, the recently released MySQL 8.0 is probably the most exciting event of the year. The new version offers some significant benefits to the previous version (5.7). At CanSpace, we will support MySQL 8.0 as soon as it...
If you’re trying to get an email marketing program off the ground, you have your work cut out for you. Here are some email marketing best practices to keep in mind as you get started or as you try to overhaul your current program. Aim for double-opt...
For obvious reasons, version control is one of the most important aspects in software and web development. By far the most popular version control system in use today is Git. Git was actually created by Linus Torvalds during the development of the...
This year, WordPress security really came into the mainstream view. This was due to a couple of high-profile security threats that happened earlier in the year. One of WordPress’s main benefits is the ability to use plugins to accomplish things...
We’ve written a few posts now to help our readers see the benefits of using Google Analytics for their site. Analytics can help businesses learn key information that can improve customer experience and improve their bottom line. For websites that...
If you’re thinking about doing an overhaul of your website sometime soon, this is a great opportunity to give some careful thought to the design and layout you want to go with. Contrary to what some people may think, design does not come second to...
When talking about Python vs. PHP as the most versatile language for web applications, it’s easy to start a war online. People have their own preferences, and it can be hard to convince them otherwise. But if you’re in a position to choose between...
WordPress’s latest version, 5.2, rolled in around the corner this spring, without too much fanfare. And yet, this new version offers some exciting new features to WordPress users. Here’s what you can expect: Updates to the Block Editor The WordPress...
You may be familiar with the term Search Engine Optimization (SEO), but are you familiar with local SEO specifically? Local SEO is related to optimizing your content specifically with the goal of ranking highly in a particular geographic location...
We live in a world where millions of emails are exchanged every day. It’s amazing that most of us use this technology without actually understanding what makes it work behind the scenes. Like any email users, you’re probably painfully familiar with...
The operation, reliability, and performance of your servers is in large part determined by the operating system running on the server. One of the most universally used operating systems for servers is CentOS. It has great features and performance...
When it comes to website optimization for WordPress, we truly live in a golden age. There are now so many choices that it can be hard to know which one to go with. This post will go over the most popular options that are available to you as a...
It might surprise you to find out that not all hosting providers are created equal. As a website owner, it behooves you to select a hosting provider that will be an asset to your website rather than a liability. When selecting your hosting provider...
On the World Wide Web, every site is different. But there’s one thing that all sites share—the need for speed. This need comes straight from audience research. Multiple research studies have shown that slow websites have less success. For instance...
Have you ever thought about adding a members-only area to your site? This type of functionality isn’t just popular with ecommerce sites that process transactions. More and more websites are introducing member areas because of the inherent...
At CanSpace we are obsessed with making sure our client’s websites load as fast as possible If you’re like most website owners, you pay attention to the images on your website insofar as you want them to look great, and that’s pretty much it...
At CanSpace, we are obsessed with fast loading websites. Are you ever curious about how your website performs when others are visiting it? If only there was a tool that could test the performance of your site from different places in the planet and...
Like other storage media, website hosting has also dramatically increased the amount of space that you can affordably have. These days, it’s quite easy to have a hosting plan that has several gigabytes of storage space. At CanSpace, we offer three...
Have you ever wanted to start a business that would have low overhead and frustration, but a high potential for profit? Being a hosting reseller can be just that. How Being a Hosting Reseller Works Because data must ultimately be stored on a...
How often do you think about SEO when you’re making regular updates to your website? If the answer is “not often”, you may need some help. The best known WordPress plugin for SEO is called Yoast SEO and it’s truly the industry standard when it comes...
It was virtually impossible to read the news last year without being inundated with stuff about the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you didn’t do anything about it at the time, here’s what you need to know for your...
It takes a special kind of nerd to get excited when a new update to PHP rolls out. The important thing to note? All CanSpace servers now support PHP 7.3, which means that if you’re running a website platform that requires it and is up-to-date...
Do you know about Node.js? According to the Node.js homepage, Node “uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model.” What does that actually mean? Node is a server environment that’s particularly good at handling asynchronous JavaScript code and...
If you read our post on Getting Started with Google Analytics for Your Site, you know that spending a little time with your website’s analytics can tell you a lot about your audience and how you can improve the performance of your site. This post...
When you’re setting up your online store, one of the first decisions you’ll have to think about is how to organize the products on your site. This will not only partially determine the structure of your site, but will also affect the shopper’s...
Have you devoted any time to thinking about the accessibility of your website? Website accessibility is becoming a more and more important issue these days. There are a number of reasons why website owners should make their websites more accessible:...
If you have a section of your website that exists sort of independently from the rest of your site, you may want to consider using a subdomain for this section to set it apart. A subdomain (like subdomain.yourdomain.com) is more closely affiliated...
For a very long time, websites really had only a couple of options when it came to domain extensions. The most popular, of course, was .com. Then there was .net. And if you were a non-profit, .org. For Canadians, .ca is predominant. As the years...
It seems like hacking is in the news constantly these days. Whether you’re a large corporation or your run a small ecommerce site, you have it in your best interest to prevent hackers from breaking into your site and stealing your customers’...
Among the features available from any hosting provider, you may notice something called a “dedicated IP address”. If you’ve ever wondered what that is and whether you need one, this post is for you. First things first.What is an IP address anyway...
You’re probably hearing the term “responsive” in reference to websites with increasing frequency these days. Is responsive design really that important for the success of your site? We hope this post can help to clear up some of the confusion around...
How do you make it easier for people who aren’t very familiar with code and web design to build a website of their own? Over the past few years, web-based site builders have made this a lot easier by giving users a What You See Is What You Get...
Web security is taking on an increasing importance these days. It seems that every other day we’re hearing about a new hacking of some type. As a registrar and web host, we do our best to be as secure as possible, and a part of that is our use of...
In the worlds of web hosting (or any servers, or portable hard drives, for that matter) there are two types of storage—hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD). Hard disk drives are the hard drives you’re probably most familiar with. They...
WordPress is the most popular website platform in the world, making up 30% of all websites and 60% of all Content Management Systems. Due to its ubiquity, it’s also the most prone to hacker attacks. Here are five strategies for keeping your...
It takes 70 billion kilowatt hours a year to run the Internet. Any way you look at it, that’s a lot of energy. Most of the world’s websites are hosted on remote servers in huge data centers. These servers use power to run, but also generate so much...
You’ve worked hard on your site, and you want to protect it. At the same time, a slew of hackers and malware are out to take control of your site and use it for nefarious purposes. Sometimes, the threat is a much simpler and more routine...
If you’re thinking about building a personal or business website, one of the first things you’ll have to decide is what domain name to use. Your domain name is the address at which people will find you on the Internet—it likely won’t make or break...
Are you a web design agency? If so, you should seriously consider providing a hosting solution to your clients. Here’s why: Control over crucial dimensions The hosting provider is absolutely key when it comes to reliable service, fast load times...
Can you run a perfectly successful website without ever worrying about the concept of analytics? Of course. Many small businesses across Canada do. But diving into analytics enables you to learn more about how customers use your website, and will...
When you’re buying hosting from a provider rather than running your own servers, you typically have three different options to choose from: shared hosting, virtual private server, or dedicated hosting. But how do you choose between these options...
You don’t have to be a professional designer to have a great-looking website. With the advent of WordPress themes, it’s very easy to find a theme that works well for your purposes while benefiting from all of the flexibility of the WordPress...
When they hear about search engine optimization (SEO), many website owners get that far-away look in their eyes—many just don’t want to deal with this highly technical subject. SEO is a field that’s constantly evolving, and at larger companies there...
If you’re a Canadian business and want to participate in e-commerce, you’ll need a payment provider who works with Canadian companies and follows all the necessary regulations from the Canadian government. Thankfully, you’ll find that most of the...
If you read our post on website speed, you’re aware of just how important loading speed is for user experience and ultimately the conversion rates on your website. One concept you may not be aware of is the Content Delivery Network (CDN). A CDN can...
We all know that a website that loads promptly is a joy to use. But how important is site speed, really? Here are some stats from Neil Patel’s site: 47% of consumers expect a web page to load in 2 seconds or less. 40% of people abandon a website...
A content management system (CMS) is the framework that makes your website work—it structures your content and provides administration features that help you run your site without having to know too much about coding. The three most popular content...
Building a new website for your business is always an interesting undertaking. It’s filled with hope for everything your new site could be, but it’s also a time of possible frustration as you try to make the site as good as possible within the...
Let’s say you’ve got an idea for an online store and want to get started right away. What do you actually need to get a website up and going, and start selling things online? With where technology is these days, the simplicity of the process might...
When you’re setting up your website, you’ll likely want to set up email functionality to go along with it. At CanSpace Solutions, we make it easy to set up the email functionality of your website. Your hosting control panel, cPanel, has three...
When you’re purchasing web hosting for your site, you likely want the simplest possible way to control your domains and other features of your site. This typically involves the use of a web hosting control panel. Control panels give you a central...
If you know a little bit about website security, you probably know about HTTPS and the use of SSL certificates to make a website more secure. But did you know that not all SSL certificates are created equal? In fact, there are several kinds of SSL...
Website security is understandably one of the aspects customers look for most in deciding who to do business with. As such, it’s become something that more website owners need to know more about. Do you know anything about how HTTPS and SSL...
Over the past few years, online security has understandably risen in prominence. One thing that every website can do to promote better security is the adoption of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). DNSSECs add a special digital...
Databases have a mystique around them, but they really don’t need to. A database stores text based information, of any kind. If you have a list of members who log into your site, that list is stored in a database. If you have an e-commerce site that...
Selling products online on your own website is the great equalizer. These days, practically anyone can set up an online store in just a few hours, without the traditional infrastructure costs of having a brick and mortar retail space. If you’re...
Without getting too hung up on the details, PHP is a widely used open source scripting language that can be embedded into HTML. In practice, the way it works is this: you have a dynamically generated page on your site; when a person visits your...
Almost every beginner blogger quickly discovers that just having a beautiful website won’t cut it. In order to thrive, each blog requires some additional help – usually in a form of plugins. Therefore, after hearing numerous concerns on how to...
Welcome to the newest guide of our educational series “How to make a website for your business”. Previously, we taught you how to build a blog from scratch if you’re a Canadian professional, but also, how to make your website secure in 2018 and...
Take time to learn about spending before you start creating a website for your business, and you’ll have a chance to prepare ahead and make better choices. The truth is: professionals from all walks of life often underestimate the possible costs of...
One of the most common questions we’ve heard while helping people start their businesses online is definitely: what is a web hosting service? Because, the concept of domain names is rather easy to comprehend (it’s a name of your website and its main...
Learning how to build your website for free is much easier than you might think! Until recently, such a project required a serious investment. This guide will show you a step-by-step process to build your first site, while keeping your wallet happy:...
“It can’t happen to me” is how most website owners think of hacking attacks and computer viruses. But one thing is certain – website security matters. And literally any site, regardless of its size and niche, can be hit by various threats. But even...
Regardless of the industry/niche, social media mistakes usually emerge from one core desire: to reach as many potential customers as possible, and do so quickly. Here are some of the factors that could prevent you from reaching your marketing...
Our blog post “How to Register a .ca Domain and Why” recently showed you the exact steps of registering a Canadian domain, and why every Canadian business should turn to local extensions. Satisfied with the positive reactions, we turned...
For someone not especially “tech savvy”, learning how to build a blog from scratch can seem like a challenging – or even impossible – task. For Canadians in particular, resources are even more scarce. Canadian bloggers are often left...
It has never been easier than now to start an online business. Resources are easy to find, the Internet is flooded with new eCommerce ideas, and the tools have evolved immensely. Still, building a profitable store is a challenging task. Why? Because...
Whether you’re a large international business expanding to Canada, or a Canadian entrepreneur who wants to target local customers specifically, deciding to register a .ca domain may be exactly what you need for your business. In this article, you’ll...
As the avalanche of ads from the holiday season demonstrates, any business that doesn’t take advantage of holiday purchasing enthusiasm misses on a lot of potential for sales. Fortunately, there are many ways to promote your business, particularly...
Here at Canspace, other than providing excellent hosting services, we also like to keep our clients and readers informed about the web hosting industry. The topic of discussion today is what is VPS, and how it came to be. VPS is an abbreviation for...
Everyone in the online blogging community or the e-commerce business starts with enthusiasm when it comes to hosting, expecting top-notch service. However, unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Instead of that, somewhere along the line, you...
Welcome to the step-by-step guide on how to move a WordPress site to a new domain. In this article, we are going to explain the process of website migration so plainly, that anyone can do it if he or she desires. The good news is that WordPress is...
Let’s start with numbers, because they never lie! E-commerce is the fastest-growing business model since 1995, when Amazon launched its famous online store. Pizza Hut did it in 1994 when it started offering online purchases, but the impact Amazon...
If you’re the proud owner of an online retail store or a blogger with a massive following, then choosing the right cheap dedicated server should be important to you. A website that is hosted on a dedicated server doesn’t share space or resources...
With dozens of top level domains (domain extensions) to choose from, it may be hard to decide which TLD is best for your website. This question is kind of hard to answer. Everyone’s situation is different. There is no “best” TLD, but only the best...
Have you ever created a website, or wanted to, and just couldn’t figure out how to dial in the design to be as beautiful and polished as others you’ve seen? A beautiful, professionally designed website can mean the difference between a...
If you’re a small business owner looking to increase your sales and revenue, you may be wondering how you can take advantage of the internet to market your business. This is a great question. However, we understand it may be confusing trying to...
So you’ve searched for and registered a domain; and now are wondering what is the next step in getting your website online. If this describes your situation, you’ll need to follow the below steps. 1. Sign up for web hosting In order to have your...
If you’ve ever wanted to get your own store up and move into eCommerce, you may have wondered what the difference is between WordPress, Shopify and Magento. All three are used to build online stores. So which one should you use and why? That’s the...
If you’ve ever wanted to start your own online business, you might be wondering what you should focus on first. There are many things you’ll have to figure out when launching your business. However, the below three things specifically will play the...
If you’ve recently been looking online for companies to host your website, you’ve probably been asking yourself: What are unlimited hosting plans? Well, those unlimited plans are essentially a dishonest marketing tactic certain companies use to sell...
Ever wondered how you can start advertising your business using Instagram ads? The good news is, if you’ve ever done Facebook ads before, then you know the platform. It should be easy for you to pick up and get started with Instagram. Even if you...
What do you need to take your business online and create a store with WordPress? You don’t need much, just the following. Domain & Hosting WordPress (and theme) Shopping Cart Plug-in Payment Gateway & SSL Bank Account Let’s go over each of...
Building your website with WordPress is a smart idea. Why? For anyone who has tried to get into the “website world”, I’m sure you’ve noticed the labyrinth of tools, coding languages, web platforms etc. It all can get very confusing, quickly. This is...
What are the benefits, and when should you use a CDN? If you’re like most small business owners, you may not know exactly what a CDN is. The term stands for Content Delivery Network, which is simply a system of servers distributed across the world...
If you are the proud owner of a website running on WordPress, you may be asking yourself how to improve your website speed. The answer starts with: content. Basically, the amount of data stored on your website affects the time it takes to load. This...
Choosing a good domain name for your website starts with understanding what your goals are, and the reach you have within your community. Let’s go over the three options you have when choosing your domain name and when you would pick them. 1. Making...
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If you’re new to websites and want to get online for the first time – you should definitely use a WordPress theme. WordPress themes are like a cake. They’re usually pretty good right out of the oven. However, you can also add icing on the cake to...
When it comes to SEO (search engine optimization), one of the most underlooked optimization tactics is image optimization. Why should you focus on search engine optimizing your images? Improve your article rankings Drive traffic through clicks on...
With so many options out there – how do you choose which web hosting provider to host your website? It may seem like a hard decision to make. Rest assured, there are just a few things you’ll want to keep in mind when choosing. Server Uptime...
If you’re looking to build an online store and sell your products it’s likely you’re wondering how you can process payments. With all the solutions and information out there it may be a little confusing… Basically, you’ll just need the following...
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SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. In web hosting, it’s essentially the technology that secures your website. HTTPS uses the SSL protocol to secure your website. Typically, data is sent to and from servers in text form. When connecting via HTTPS...
When should you buy a Canadian .ca domain instead of a .com domain? It’s a question a lot of people who want a website run into… The answer is, it depends on how you want to brand yourself. Which means, you need to think for a minute about...