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The browser Web Inspector tool is included with all desktop browsers that I’ve used. Developers use the web inspector to debug Javascript, HTML, CSS, and even help identify some server errors. This makes the web inspector a powerful development tool to help narrow down website problems, particularly ones like this: Tip: if you’re having issues…
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We’re going to walk you through the essential steps to getting your new VPS ready for common hosting services. Our top 4 tips for setting up a new VPS: IP Reputation This one is good to do generally, but is *mostly* only important if you’ll be hosting email. Due to limited IPv4 space, it’s inevitable…
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This guide will walk you through everything necessary to managing your DNS records at the registrar level. Because we consider registrar level DNS management an advanced function, we’ll be expecting you to have a basic knowledge of how DNS works. This guide will only work for you if your domain is registered with us and…
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Regardless of all the WordPress caching and speed optimizations you’ve applied, it’s all for nothing when it comes to the cases where your site still needs to launch dynamic PHP processes to serve some types of page requests. These dynamic processes use far more CPU and memory than do the cached requests and sometimes that…
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Managing DNS sounds like a difficult task, but don’t worry! Once you’re able to get through the highly technical sounding terminology, it’s actually pretty straightforward. I often say that DNS is a bit like an onion: There’s many layers to it, and it’s very likely that you’ll cry if you try to get through them all.…
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There’s a lot of Linux shell intro guides out there. There’s also a lot of intro to Plesk guides out there. But a reference guide to help you find the most common paths and command line utilities for managing your Linux VPS or dedicated server running Plesk is harder to come by. Before we get started, if…
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Many web hosting providers take every opportunity they can to tout just how ‘green’ their hosting is, despite frequently not having much of an environmental commitment at all. Some companies talk about how they are 100% carbon neutral, followed by how they bought “green credits” to make this happen. Others make outlandish claims stating that…
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wp-cron is WordPress’ version of a cron job and a cron job is a task that is run on a schedule, whether just once at a particular date and time or on a recurring basis, like every day at 3pm, or every hour on the 15th minute. How is wp-cron different from regular cron? Traditional…
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Historically SSL certificates have been costly. Enter: Let’s Encrypt. A free SSL provider with a massive amount of industry support. Free Let’s Encrypt certificates are the best option for most use-cases as they’re really simple to install and cover end-to-end encryption for website visitors. However in select cases, like an online store, you may wish…
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My client wanted a car loan calculator that could look good and be functional on both mobile and desktop devices. Originally the design called for sliders for the various parts of the car loan options (amount, down payment, and term), but how many website sliders have you used on a mobile device without being frustrated?…
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Working with a client on a site which only targeted the Canadian market, I was asked to add province drop-downs to the address field in a form we were building. Canadian addresses aren’t typically supported in as friendly a fashion as American addresses in form tools. American addresses often have a state drop-down by default,…
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In the January 2020 issue of Wired Magazine, I read author Jason Parham’s new entitled By Us, For Us: Why we should think about segregating the web and it’s some concise, powerful stuff. It starts with a brief history of black content online, particularly NetNoir Online, which was, in Jason’s words “Afrocentric culture” on the…
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At Websavers we love supporting non-profit organizations and community groups in our backyard, within Canada and around the world. In our effort to be a good community partner to the Non Profit organizations we work with, we’ve long offered a 25% discount on our hosting plans for non-profit organizations. We have not extended that discount…
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I’ve been working on a client’s site which has some specialized form needs, and have been using Formidable Forms to achieve the goals required. Formidable Forms is an incredible piece of software, probably the most advanced Forms tool I’ve used with WordPress, but there’s some additional functionality I needed. Fortunately, Javascript is here to help!…
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In this article we provide a breakdown of each of the components you need in order to have a custom presence on the Internet, including a website and email services on your own domain. When you register a domain and host it all in the same place, it’s not always obvious that the service being…
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This guide includes 10 tips to show you how to take most WordPress sites to a maximum 1 second load time. If you’ve selected a hosting partner and resources (theme, plugins, etc) that are built from the ground up for speed and to expect to work well with large quantities of traffic (many are not),…
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