If you're building your site with WordPress, you will quickly stumble upon the world of seemingly endless plugin options. WordPress plugins are the building blocks of a WordPress site and allow you to add any additional features to your site. Although you can use WordPress plugins to make your site...
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How To Get Started in E-Commerce
As people spend more and more time online, they are also shopping for or being exposed to more products online. Running an online store is a complimentary way of taking advantage of growing markets online. e-commerce can seem complicated at first, especially when determining how to implement it on your...
What is a Firewall?
There will be a time when you will need to block traffic from your website. Not only that, but you probably want your computer and network protected from harmful software as well. This is what a firewall accomplishes for you. Keep reading to learn more about this essential device. What...
Email Marketing Guide
There is a big push for marketers and brands to focus on their marketing and content on social media platforms, but you may be overlooking a crucial marketing tool by doing this. Email marketing is one of the most effective strategies for engaging customers and driving sales, engagement, and sustained...
What is a Traditional Dedicated Server?
What is a dedicated server? There are two types of servers to consider when setting up your website: dedicated servers and cloud servers. Dedicated servers are physical, on-site servers dedicated to one organization. Using a dedicated server means you have the exclusive use of that device, related software, and connection...
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October has been declared National Cyber Security Awareness Month by President Obama. National Cyber Security Awareness Month is designed to engage and educate public and private sector partners to raise awareness about cyber security through events and initiatives and increase the nation's resiliency in the event of a cyber attack....
What is Shared Web Hosting?
Choosing a hosting plan is essential to establishing your budget and getting your website off the ground. A shared web hosting plan will allow you to keep hosting costs and technical upkeep low, making it an attractive option for small businesses or your first website. What is shared hosting? Shared...
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What are Iaas, PaaS, and SaaS?
IaaS, Paas, and Saas are all delivery models of cloud computing. Cloud computing, regardless of use, allows users to have on-demand, remote access to resources. Applications, data, middleware, OS, servers, storage, networking, and virtualization can all be accessed through the cloud, but the delivery model of cloud computing determines which...
What is Encryption?
Security and privacy are becoming a requirement of online communication. Whether through emails, texts, social media, web browsing, or paperwork, we want our information to remain inaccessible to those seeking to use our data for harm. Encryption has become a necessary offering for many sites and applications as it provides...
Is a cloud server right for you?
What is a cloud server? There are two types of servers you will come across when choosing a hosting service: dedicated servers and cloud servers. Cloud servers are virtualized and can be accessed by many different users over a network. Cloud servers pool the resources of multiple servers to meet...
What is Bandwidth?
When choosing a hosting plan or considering a server upgrade, there will be many factors to consider. Essential among these factors is bandwidth. But what is bandwidth? Why is it important? And how do you know how much you need? What is bandwidth? Bandwidth can be visualized as a series...
Do you need an SSL Certificate for your website?
SSL certificates are seen as the standard for any website requiring credit card information. But when building your website, you may wonder if SSL is a good fit for you; Let’s break down what SSL is, its uses, and the benefits it may offer to your website. What is SSL?...