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...
Evaluating Webmail Options: Horde vs. RoundCube vs. Squirrelmail
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...
Choosing the Best Web Hosting Control Panel: cPanel vs Plesk
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...
SSL Certificates Are Not All Equal When it Comes to Trust
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...
Why You Need a Secure Website Right Now (and How to Avoid Google Chrome’s ‘Not Secure’ Warning)
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...
What is DNSSEC, and Why Does My Website Need It?
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...
Battle of the Databases: Choosing Between MariaDB and MySQL for Your Website
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...
Getting Started in eCommerce: What you Need to Sell Online
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...
Why You Should Update Your Website to PHP 7.2
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...
The Best WordPress Plugins for a New Blogger
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...
How to Make a Website for your Business: Money-saving Tips and Tricks
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...
The Costs Involved in Creating a Website for your Business
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...
What is a Web Hosting Service and Why do you Need it?
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...
How to Build Your Website for Free
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:...
How to Make your Website Secure: Protect Your Content in 2018
“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...
5 Mistakes You Might be Making on Social Media
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...
Registering a .ca Domain [INFOGRAPHIC]
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...
How to Build a Blog From Scratch: Canadian Bloggers Edition
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...





