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Do you ever wonder? TODAY: What’s a control panel?

It might look like a silly question, but it is not. In fact it is a quite nice one. It seems the answer is pretty easy : it is a panel you use to manage everything around your web hosting account. You do not need to install it [at least at the shared hosting level], [...]

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Do you ever wonder? Where to use strong passwords in web hosting?

Today I will cover a little strange question. In fact I stumbled across this question on the webhostingtalk.com forum. A guy was asking where would you use a strong password and where a weak one. Well, a pretty easy question and a pretty easy answer as well, but it is not all that simple. What [...]

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Three features a host should offer [at least...]

Don’t panic as this article will not be about me trying to convince you to buy from big companies, or me trying to tell you, that it is great to buy an unlimited hosting plan, because it is not This article will be simply about what I would like to see in an offer from [...]

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Do you ever wonder? Today: Do I need to perform backups?

I think, this question is asked by many people who host the web sites online with a shared hosting provider. If you ask the support stuff, they tell you, that the web host : a, offers and performs daily/weekly back-ups b, does not offer bac- ups, and I think you should act accordingly. Although your [...]

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Do you ever wonder? TODAY: What’s a name server?

I think, that anyone who has a domain name registered at one company and hosts it’s web site elsewhere knows what is a name server. It’s because such a person has to set up it’s name servers, or update them always when moving between web hosting companies. It sounds like a lot of work, but [...]

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Do you ever wonder? TODAY: Why I can’t have HTTPS on my web site?

I think this is not a properly asked question and a far better headline would be “What do I need to be able to use https instead of http for my web site?”. The answer to this question would be than this article The black magic behind aka “the Intro” As you may or may [...]

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Do you ever wonder? Today: More space or more bandwidth?

Today I will tackle only a very simple question. It’s about what should you decide to take when trying to buy a new hosting package. When you are searching and deciding you at one point come to the point when you have a small list with the names of hosting companies and packages you like. [...]

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