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...
Apache vs LiteSpeed vs Nginx: Battle of the Web Servers
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...
What is WHOIS Protection and Why Do I Want It for My Domain?
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...
What is IPv6 and do I need it for Web Hosting?
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...
What’s New in WordPress 5.5
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...
4 Steps to Setting up Your First Domain-Associated Email Address
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...
Reseller Hosting: How to Set Yourself Apart from Other Resellers
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...
Are You Safeguarding Your Customers’ Information?
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...
8 Common Domain Name Mistakes You Need to Avoid
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...
Designing Your Site to Play Well with AdBlockers
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...
Need a New WordPress Theme for Your Site? Here’s Where You Should Look!
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...
Accepting Credit Cards Online as a Canadian Business in 2020
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...
CPU vs. RAM: What is More Important for a VPS Web Hosting?
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...
Building a Website for your Resume
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...
A Guide to cPanel Version 88: What’s New?
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...
Moving your Business Online During a Pandemic
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...
WordPress 5.4: New & Notable Changes in the Latest WordPress Update
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...
SSL Certificates: What do all the Acronyms Mean?
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...
