Posts Tagged ‘Hosting’
Do I need to setup SMTP to get WordPress to send email?
Why do contact forms and password-recovery email messages work fine with some websites and not with others? A lot of it has to do with the way the web server is configured and/or the security settings for the client’s domain email. Most web servers can send simple email messages. Others, especially depending on what email…
Read MoreSupporting Water1st
Water1st is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring everyone in the world has the same access to piped water that people in the United States have come to expect. They got in touch with us when their website began to buckle under the pressure of a critical fundraising campaign. We helped them move their website to…
Read MoreMore reasons to use real hosting for websites
Bottom Top line: Never, ever host a public website on your personal or business network. Pardon the mild profanity in the screenshot but this video by network engineer Serena from @serenashenetworks explains why very well. The explanation might be a little more technical than you’re used to, but basically she’s describing the computer equivalent of…
Read MoreHow cheap is “cheap” hosting vs a “cheap” VPN?
We’ve updated this post with new hosting information In a private Facebook group for WordPress hosting someone who’s trying to save as much money as possible asked a specific question about two hosting plans. They’d initially bought a plan from commodity provider HostGator but had been advised to switch a more premium SiteGround account. It…
Read MoreWe’ve added Cloudways managed VPS hosting to our list of recommended products and services
This post was updated with new information. We’ve added Cloudways to our list of recommended products and services. We’re a little late to the VPS market as most of our small business clients don’t need the kind of horsepower you can get with a good VPS. And to be honest, until fairly recently managing your…
Read MoreThe Worst SiteGround or Hostwinds Shared Hosting is Still Better than the Best GoDaddy Shared Hosting
Note: this post has been updated with new information but what I said back in April, 2017 is sadly still true today. I’m going to be real blunt here and say don’t use GoDaddy for shared hosting. Just don’t. I’m going to go further and say if you are using GoDaddy for shared hosting stop. Just stop. I…
Read MoreGood reasons not to rely (completely) on backup from (even really great) hosting plans
So another participant in a private Facebook group for WordPress users echoed something I’d said about the importance of making your own backups. Similar to David Innes I use [a commercial backup plugin] for Scheduled backups ([cloud-based storage firm] is my choice, but there are many others)…And a lot of people when backups have been discussed…
Read MoreArithmetic: would you spend $500 to save $10?
If you have really terrible hosting it can cost you Lost leads Lower search engine ranking Abandoned site visits Lost sales Lost customer If you have “Inexpensive,” but really terrible hosting it can also cost you… Additional hours of development time Because somebody’s got to spend time on the phone with your host’s tech support,…
Read MoreReviewSignal’s WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks for 2019 are out!
Every year SignalReview runs a series of long-term benchmark tests on a wide array of hosting companies, ranging from bottom-of-the-barrel shared hosting to very high-end enterprise hosting. I particularly appreciate this in-depth review because so many others focus entirely on the bottom-of-the-barrel, cheapest offerings from every provider. That might be fine for hobby, personal, or…
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