Tips for hosting, WordPress and online business
Useful guides and tips to get the most out of your site.
Why reliable hosting matters — the price is not what you pay
Cheap hosting costs less per year. But one day of downtime in season costs more than the difference.
500 Internal Server Error — what it means and how to fix it
A white page with one sentence. Ninety percent of the time the cause is one of four things, and all of them can be fixed without a developer.
The website won’t open — a five-minute checklist
Before you call anyone, six checks that reveal the cause. Half of the cases sort themselves out.
Moving your website to another host — without a minute of downtime
The biggest fear when changing hosts is that the website will go down. With the right order of steps, visitors notice nothing.
Error establishing a database connection — what it means and how to fix it
The scariest message in WordPress — and often it is just a changed database password. The four causes, by frequency.
When you need a VPS — five signs your hosting is too tight
The site drags, falls over at peak, and every image is compressed. Maybe the problem is not the site — but the room it lives in.
Reseller hosting — how to earn from hosting your own clients
You build sites but the client pays hosting to someone else? That is revenue slipping away every month.
Shared hosting or VPS — an honest comparison, no sales pitch
A VPS isn’t “better hosting”. It is a different kind of responsibility. For most websites shared hosting is the right choice — and that isn’t a compromise.
Backups — the 3-2-1 rule explained for small business
Everyone has backups — until they need one. The 3-2-1 rule, and the single test that shows whether your backup is worth anything.
DNS records explained — A, CNAME, MX and TXT without the fog
Everyone with a domain eventually hears add an A record. Here is what each record means, when to change it, and why you wait 24 hours.
Your PHP version — a number you ignore that affects everything
An old PHP version means a slower website, security holes and plugins that stop working. Changing it takes two minutes.
What is cPanel and how to use it — a guide for non-techies
Your hosting control panel can do more than you think: mailboxes, backups, PHP version — without calling a technician.
Domain and hosting — what is the difference (explained in 3 minutes)
The most common beginner confusion. A simple analogy that clears it up forever — plus what you need first and what it costs.