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2 months ago | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Jordan Sprogis
Writer: Joe Warnimont Joe Warnimont, Contributing Expert Joe Warnimont is a seasoned professional writer with more than a decade of experience covering topics such as WordPress, web hosting, eCommerce platforms, blogging, and social media. Joe's writing has appeared in publications such as ThemeIsle, CodeInWP, and Kinsta. He graduated with dual bachelor's degrees from Indiana University.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Jordan Sprogis
We all know how to request a webpage in a browser. You type in the URL and click the Enter button. We take it for granted, but that “request” process actually happens thanks to a highly sophisticated internet protocol called HTTP. HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is the set of rules, often called the protocol, that helps servers and web browsers communicate by sending data back and forth — data like HTML pages. Think of HTTP as the waiter at a restaurant.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
homesandgardens.com | Chiana Dickson |Joe Warnimont
When we think about home security, we usually think about a good door lock, camera and an alarm. However, there are several smaller details from how we trash out mail to dealing with old credit cards that pose a threat to our safety at home. Security experts warn that identity theft often starts at home, and is an issue that affects millions of people each year, leading to financial loss and credit damage.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
inkl.com | Joe Warnimont
Home mistakes that make you a target for identity theftWhile these small details might not seem like much, tackling them correctly is one of the best – and easiest – home security tips experts have to offer. 1.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Lynn Cadet
Whenever I open a book, the goal is to get to the right page, where I left off, in the fastest time possible. There are ways to improve that speed and make the process more efficient. For example, I might “dog ear” the recent page, but then I have to thumb around to feel for the bend. The best method, I find, is to use a physical bookmark. Page load times for websites are similar.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Jordan Sprogis
I’m still fascinated by how I can sit on a train in Chicago and access a website for a company based in Germany, while the contents of that website are on a server in France. That server — the piece of the puzzle that holds the contents of the website, like images and written posts — is the foundation that makes these websites available all over the world, as long as the user has a browser and internet access. That server is doing what we call web hosting.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Lynn Cadet
Whenever I host a new website, it’s crucial that it comes with webmail. Not only do I want my new domain name attached to the email address — for a more professional look — but I need all incoming and outgoing email messages for that particular website consolidated into one space. That’s why I love webmail. Versions of webmail vary, but my simplest definition of the service is when a web or email hosting company gives customers a browser-based module to access their email inboxes.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Jordan Sprogis
Several years ago, I was working as a website designer for a mid-sized golf software company. It fell on the design team to not only create websites for golf courses but also configure DNS (Domain Name System) settings. Unfortunately, many of us designers hardly knew what we were doing with the DNS. For client migrations, we updated DNS records with a new provider. We completed most migrations with live websites. Shortly after these changes, however, we began receiving calls from clients.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Austin C. Lang |Christina Lewis |Lynn Cadet
When I was in high school, I had a pretty impressive Pokémon card collection. I kept my collection in a trading card binder with color-coded tabs to help me find what I wanted quickly. I can’t tell you how many times I flipped to my collection of Charmander cards — I had at least a couple of pages of them. Databases work in a similar way to my trading card binder.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
hostingadvice.com | Joe Warnimont |Lillian Castro |Christina Lewis |Jordan Sprogis
Increasing sales. More website visitors. Growing databases. These are all reasons to scale up your hosting resources. And when I analyze a hosting provider, scalability is one of the main factors I consider. That’s because I — just like any other business owner — require the potential to grow online. Will my hosting company give me additional RAM, storage, and CPU at a moment’s notice? Can it accommodate growth and handle increases in seasonal traffic?
