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The Category Checklist Tree plugin may sound pretty boring but in reality it’s an extremely simple and useful plugin! If you’ve ever found yourself perplexed by the behaviour of the Categories lists in WordPress, this is the plugin for you. How might I be annoyed by the WordPress categories list you ask? Well it all has…
Read MoreAlthough you’d think websites or forms that send notification emails would come pre-configured to work successfully in all cases, you’d be surprised how often they’re poorly configured by default. There’s a number of very particular aspects to the configuration of forms that need to be set precisely in order to work successfully both with our hosting…
Read MoreThis guide will help you install MongoDB’s PHP Extension on a Plesk server. You require root access to the server, so this is not compatible with shared hosting environments. The last step should be run using your domain’s “System User” account. This guide uses the Plesk PHP 7.0 binary, but you can replace all instances…
Read MoreWe now provide composer within our customized chroot environment so running simply composer should now work without having to complete the below steps, except when logged in to a VPS as root. With Plesk 12 came the ability to install custom Plesk-built binaries for different PHP versions. This way if you require PHP 7.3 or…
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Already have a domain name registered somewhere else? Not a problem. The following guide will help you to transfer your domain to Websavers! If you would prefer to leave your domain registered with your current registrar, all you need to do is specify “I already own this domain” during your web hosting order. However, if…
Read MoreThis question is asked frequently! Sometimes it’s simply because there’s an error when the account was created and other times it’s because the company’s brand name has changed. Regardless of the specific reason for the change, this guide will show you how to change your domain name if you’re hosted with us or otherwise using…
Read MoreBe sure to begin by enabling HTTPS on your domain with this guide. If, after completing those steps, you are not seeing the green lock / green bar when visiting your WordPress site, then there may be additional resources that are explicitly linking using http:// in their URL. This creates mixed content warnings in the browser.…
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Google started to dominate the search scene in 2000 with it’s PageRank algorithm (PR). This algorithm (according to wikipedia) “is a link analysis algorithm, named after Larry Page[1] and used by the Google web search engine, that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web,…
Read MoreEntering a YouTube video embed code in the File URL field of the Magento image insert content editor button creates some strange behaviour! You’ll see your own website showing within an iframe rather than the video you were hoping for. To embed the video properly, following these steps: Grab that Embed URL from YouTube by…
Read MoreToday one of our techs was working on a website for one of our customers with Hands-On Support and came across a disturbing discovery: the website was opening a new window to a malvertising (malicious advertising) site. It would only happen on the first page load, and only when it registered a click on the…
Read MoreI just went through a two week long troubleshooting process to try and find the cause of sessions timing out earlier than expected. My PHP session config is as follows, and should definitely be the first place you look for an issue like this: session.cookie_lifetime 0 session.cookie_path / session.entropy_length 32 session.gc_divisor 1000 session.gc_maxlifetime 35000 session.gc_probability…
Read MoreOut of the box SEO Packages are almost non-existant anymore because every site has its own unique link profile, rankings, and configuration. When it comes to on-site SEO it’s nearly impossible to know in advance precisely which factors have already been applied and which still need to be accounted for. That said, off-site SEO and…
Read MoreThis article shows you how to ensure visitors reaching your website will see your WordPress website when it’s installed to a subdirectory like /wordpress or /blog. If you’re looking for information no how to install WordPress, we’ve got a great detailed guide for creating a WordPress blog right here! If you’ve installed WordPress to a subdirectory like /blog or /wordpress, that…
Read MoreFinding a great search engine marketer requires two key elements: Ensuring you’re willing to spend the budget and/or time necessary to make it happen, and Finding the right agency for the job Finding the right Agency Typically you’ll find that those offering search marketing are in one of three camps: Marketing Consultants that are trying…
Read MoreSo, you’re looking for statistics eh? No problem! Here’s how to find them: Log in to CentovaCast Head to https://clients.websavers.ca/ and log in to our Client Centre Choose “Manage” beside your hosting plan Click the Open Control Panel button to automatically log in to CentovaCast On the left side, there’s a “Statistics” section Click on…
Read MoreThis guide will also work for Plesk 11 and should be very similar for Plesk 10. Start by logging in to Plesk. If you’re not sure how and you’re hosted with Websavers, follow the steps here to log in. Once in Plesk, click the Mail tab. Choose the mail account that you wish to configure…
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