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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Email security is more important than ever before. If you’ve seen a few spam messages get through your email inbox, just remember: that’s after your server has already successfully stopped 99.9% of the spam hitting your inbox. Thankfully, there are...
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...