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...
Adding WhatsApp and/or Facebook Messenger Chat to your Website
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...
Why Isn’t Your Blog Growing? 3 Strategies for Success
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...
What are Nameservers and How Do They Work?
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: New Features
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...
The Best Web Development Frameworks for 2020
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...
What’s new in MySQL 8.0?
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...
Email Marketing Best Practices You Need to Know
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...
Version Control Systems – Getting Started with Git
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...
Choosing WordPress Plugins With Security in Mind
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...
Supercharge Your Web Analytics by Adding E-Commerce Functionality to GA
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...
4 Unique Website Strategies to Consider for Your Next Redesign
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...
Python vs PHP – What should you use to develop your Web Application?
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...
Are You Taking Full Advantage of the New WordPress 5.2?
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...
Everything You Wanted to Know about Local SEO for Your Site
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...
Making sure your emails are delivered correctly. What are DKIM and SPF?
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...
CentOS 6 is approaching End Of Life. Is your host using CentOS 7 yet?
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...
Battle of the WordPress Optimization Plugins: Autoptimize, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache
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...





