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In our menu, we ask “Why websavers?” with the question: why should you choose websavers as your hosting company? Instead, I’d like to examine this question from a different perspective, one which we’ve been asked about many times in the past. Why the name websavers? It’s 2004… And Adam Bate and I are finishing our…
There’s no question that there are dozens of events calendar plugins for WordPress. I’d guess that we’ve probably installed at least five different calendaring plugins on websites we’ve built over the past few years. Normally once we find a plugin we like, we stick with it and use it on all of our sites. But…
This guide will show you how to transfer your website to a Websavers shared hosting plan or one of our Canadian Virtual Private Servers with a Plesk license. Some parts apply specifically to the configurations used by Websavers, but generally the guide should work with any other web host using Plesk. Transferring your website can be…
As the WP Approve User plugin appears to not have been maintained for 3 years, I’ve written a new guide to integrate WooComm with the New User Approve plugin instead, which is somewhat better maintained. WooCommerce is the newest and arguably the best E-Commerce solution available for WordPress. If you aren’t considering using it for…
Broken Link Checker is a great little plugin that keeps track of all the links on your site and ensures that the pages they link to are all up and running and responding as they should be. It’s one of those little essentials that we often forget about, at least until we login and it…
This article is now depreciated. We haven’t worked with the Canvas theme in many years, having replaced it with the BeaverBuilder theme or GeneratePress. This WordPress Wednesday post is just a quick overview of the Canvas Theme and Framework from Woothemes. We’ve been following (and using) WooThemes since early late 2009. There are several framework…
The Plesk control panel has proven itself to be an extremely powerful, yet simple to use web hosting control panel over the past several years. It has gained a lot of popularity in both shared and virtual environments. Its intuitive design and excellent functionality has made it the go-to choice for many web hosts and…
Sitting down to build a website can be a daunting task. With so many different parts of the site to work with, there’s always a big long list of items to do, from moving the menu up a little to re-wording the about page, these tasks range from web design to content adjustments to typography.…
Choosing the right keywords to target on your website or blog post is likely the most important aspect of any Search Engine Optimization initiative. I believe this process is what divides traditional blogs from business-oriented websites. The reason for this is because the keywords you choose are the foundation of your work and everything else…
Follow the steps below to update your credit card details on file with us: Log in to the Client Centre. If you don’t know your password, use the “Forget your password?” link on the bottom left of the page to reset it. In the upper right corner choose More > Payment Methods If you’re updating…
If you answered this question with “nothing” or “I’m not sure” it may be time to take a closer look at how your business operates online. For many companies, their website is merely an expensive business card and doesn’t encourage action from visitors or offer any added value. Good websites achieve their goals What should…
Yesterday, Mark Maunder at markmaunder.com happened to run across and identify a very dangerous and clever hack on his site. The hacker had gained access through the very popular TimThumb image library, and thus the first TimThumb Exploit was found. If you are interested in the specifics of the hack, more detailed information can be…
From time to time I will get asked how to get a website to be number on Google. I usually chuckle and think if only there was a secret equation to get a number one spot all the time. So here is the truth: there is no secret, but there is a process. There are…
At least once a year, Facebook updates their site with a major change to a previously neglected feature or layout. And like clockwork, within seconds, the complaints start rolling in. Facebook isn’t alone in this – every medium-to-large sized company involved with IT or who has a reasonably well-versed IT department knows that change is…