With soon-to-be Hurricane Laura heading towards northwest Gulf Coast, we wanted to make sure our customers knew that we were prepared to withstand any disaster so your websites remain running and updated as need be. Given the current situation, we thought it would be helpful to spell out some of our mitigation efforts. Hosting For
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Four Ways to Improve Your Website During a Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has forced businesses to think differently. For those with the option of working remotely, it has created a whole new set of challenges. Fortunately, your website can help. One of the great benefits of a website is its ability to remain stable during a crisis. It helps your business open even though
Read moreWordPress Themes: 5 Reasons to Choose Custom Over Pre-Made
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system because it’s cheap. There, we said it. For years, the kind of things you can get for very low cost or even free through WordPress were prohibitively expensive for most businesses. Still, there are good reasons not to cut corners when it comes to any website,
Read moreWordPress Hosting Special Requirements: Four Things to Look For
WordPress hosting needs to provide a number of things for its customers. Unlike traditional hosting for basic HTML website, WordPress hosting must take into account a variety of factors. When considering WordPress hosting for your website, here are a few critical things to consider. Basic Server Requirements All hosting will have a set of standards
Read more5 Reasons YouTube is Better Than Raw Video for Your Website
Video has exploded online. Through services like YouTube, more companies are sharing their videos on their websites. Fast internet speeds and affordable cameras (even in phones!) make the process easy for users and content producers. Still, we are regularly asked how to put raw video files on websites instead of embedding them through a streaming
Read moreWhy is WordPress the Internet’s Most Popular Software?
According to W3Techs, WordPress is the most popular content management system on the internet. It is the back end for a whopping 61 percent of websites that employ any kind of content management system. And it is responsible for the management of 34 percent of all websites. It began as a blogging platform. It was
Read moreDomain Names vs. Website Hosting vs. Websites: What Does That Mean?
The internet is a strange and wondrous place, but it is constantly changing. It’s hard to keep up. We are here to help by explaining “what does that mean?” Is a domain name different from website hosting? Can I change my website but not my website hosting? Why am I so confused? Don’t feel bad.
Read moreFour Critical Components to Consider for Your WordPress Website
Virtually anywhere you visit online, chances are you’ll see a WordPress website. By some measures, more than 40 percent of websites built with WordPress, the popular content management software built originally as a blogging platform. At Site Mender, we make liberal use of the platform for many of our customers. As with any content management
Read moreWhy You Need to Stop Using Internet Explorer Right Now
In 2015, Microsoft discontinued updates for its once-popular web browser Internet Explorer. For years, IE was the standard, not necessarily because it was the best (it wasn’t) or because it was the safest (wasn’t that either), but because it came bundled with the most popular operating system on the planet, Windows. Today, fewer than three
Read moreFour Rules for Using Video on Your Website
Video has become an enormously popular way to convey messages about your business and create interesting visual displays on your website. For many years, slow connection speeds made website video nearly impossible to use. Now, with high speed connections available even on mobile devices, website video usage has exploded in popularity. From commercial content and
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