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How to archive your email off-server

Leaving your email server-side only (similar to being ‘in the cloud’), as occurs by default when using IMAP, results in great synchronization of mail folders between your multitude of mobile devices. This is because each device first syncs with the server before showing you your emails. The downsides of server-synced emails are that your mailbox…

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Setting up your email on a BlackBerry

This guide was created using a BlackBerry Z10. We will be setting up your mail account using the built in Mail app. Add the account On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen. Tap Settings > Accounts >  Add Account. Enter your email address and password You will get a message saying that the email provider…

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How to insert a link to a file in WordPress

This guide will show you how to upload a file to WordPress, then insert a link to the file into a page or post. Since images are automatically handled simply by uploading and inserting them into the page or post, this guide focuses on other file types like PDFs. What you will need Your file…

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How to set up a git repository with Plesk

This guide describes how to create a git repository server on your Websavers hosting account. This is an advanced guide that requires some familiarity with SSH and the Linux shell. Tip: If you wish to clone/deploy a repository hosted on GitHub, BitBucket, or any other git server, see the Plesk guide to deploying with git…

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How to create an image gallery in WordPress

This guide will show you how to create a gallery of images and insert them into a page or post in WordPress 3.5+ using the built in Media Library utility. To start, go to the existing post or page or choose Posts (or Pages) > Add New to create a new one. Click the Add…

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How to Clone Your Website

If you’d like to move your website from another provider to Websavers or from another hosting account to your own, this is called a migration. You can learn how to migrate your website here. Or you can let us take care of it for you! Check out our SiteMigrator service here. Requirements Steps to clone…

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Setting up your email on Android 4.1+

This guide shows you how to set up your mail account using the built in Email app found on Android (not the Gmail Android app). This guide was created using a Nexus 7 with stock Android 4.1 and has been confirmed working with the same “Email” app (not Gmail) on Android 7. Things you will…

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How to Create an Email Auto-Reply

This guide will show you how to create an email auto reply / auto response / autoresponder. If you wish to provide one or more mail account owners with access to configure their own auto-reply, this can be arranged! Simply read over the section called “How to provide mail users access to Plesk” in our…

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How to create a new email account with Plesk

The following guide will show you how to create an email account, email address, add a mail address within your Plesk hosting environment. Tip: if you’re looking to forward this account to another address, see our guide to creating email aliases and forwards here. Tip: It is strongly recommended to enable Spamassassin SPAM scanning. Click here…

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How to select a personal cloud storage & sync solution

Everything seems to be ‘in the cloud’ these days, and why not? There’s a lot of great convenient features of having cloud-hosted platforms. When I think of ‘the cloud’, the first thing that pops to mind is having my email, calendar, contacts, notes, files, etc all available from anywhere. Hosted securely and accessible to me…

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What to do with your website to lose my attention.

Poor organization The organization of a website can rarely just be thrown together at the last minute; with the best of websites, their organizational structure is well thought through long before the site is put together. A poorly organized website will lead visitors away from, or down an indirect path towards, the pages they’re looking…

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How to Choose an SSL Certificate

Choosing the right SSL certificate can be a tricky process mostly because the industry uses confusing language and provides many similar sounding options. By the end of this article, you’ll be able to better understand the often cryptic meaning (no pun intended) behind the specifications for an SSL certificate and clearly differentiate between your options.…

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Welcome Allen Pooley!

We’re a bit late on the welcoming train, as Allen has technically been working with us for a couple weeks now, but better late than never! Allen will be taking care of troubleshooting and first-line support requests and has already responded to a number of our fantastic clients’ emails in record time. Keep an eye out…

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4 Things To Keep In Mind About Search Engines

Whether you offer SEO services to your own clients or you’re in the market for a new SEO consultant to help out with your organic rankings, there are a few things that you need to know about search engines. There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the search marketing industry – specifically around…

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Increase your Google rankings by modifying one small thing on your website

I wanted to shed some light on a small SEO tip that many people overlook. Although most people are aware that they should be doing this, I’ve noticed that surprisingly few people take the time to make sure they practice it when handling SEO on a website. I’ve even noticed a lot of people that…

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Need an image for your WooCommerce Tags?

Have you run into a situation requiring an image for each of your WooCommerce tags? Lucky for you, so did we! We had a bunch of products and a bunch of categories, but we wanted to keep brands separate from actual categories, so rather than using subcategories under a parent of “Brands” we used tags.…

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