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After many years of hosting only non-profit clients, dot832 has expanded its hosting services to the entire WordPress community. We offer feature rich plans that include SSL, staging, CDN and WAF. Our servers are high performance machines with Intel processors. We include email, nightly backups and technical support by phone or email. Not many hosting …
An indispensable resource that few of us can live without nowadays, the worldwide web helps us address a wide range of issues, find answers to all our questions, buy whatever we need and connect with more people than was ever possible before its creation. Many industries, including healthcare, education, employment, online purchasing and government services, …
I recently recovered a client website from a series of hacks. The hacking spanned more than a week and it encompassed three different types of hacks. The third one was the most pervasive as it inserted files in every folder on the server. The cleansing process was tedious as there was no backup to restore …
As WordPress continues to evolve it is imperative that you, as a site owner keep pace. The technical requirements are evolving too. PHP has advanced to version 8.2 and many of its predecessor versions are only minimally supported. By that I mean that they are no longer enhanced and only security patches are applied. The …
Does your web hosting plan include a staging environment? It should. I cannot over emphasize the importance of having one. Regardless of the size of your website and the seemingly insignificance of the change you want to make, you should TEST any and all changes to your website in a non-production environment that emulates your …
As a website owner you should be well underway to having your site ready for the holiday season. This is an imperative for online shops and equally important for brick and mortar or service businesses. This is the time to fine tune your website and ensure it is is well-tuned for the rush. Have you …
In a previous article I indicated that I was refocusing my business on non-profit organizations. In this article I would like to describe my ideal organization. I am in search of clients who are on the ground helping those who might otherwise be missed by mainstream society. That might be those pursuing social justice, economic …
We have been performing a lot of website upgrades during the past few months and have encountered several web hosting companies. I am not going to name anyone however I will say that despite company advertising some shared hosting companies stand out from the crowd. We primarily build on the WordPress platform and utilizing caching …
Just as fashion changes, so does website design. What was fresh last year may no longer be in vogue this year. How long has your website been online? How often does its appearance change? Does it still look like it did when it was launched? If it’s been awhile then you really should consider a …
Is your website maintenance checklist growing but you don’t have time to act on it? You’re well-intentioned but business demands interfere. Perhaps you should consider outsourcing your website tasks to the experts. For a nomimal monthly fee, dot832.com will address your maintenance checklist and keep your site up to date. We are website specialists and …
If you own or manage an open source content management system (CMS) based website it is imperative that you keep its components and base code current. Examples of open source CMS foundations are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. All are excellent CMS foundations however they must be maintained. Not only must the core of your website …
I’ve been to a lot of websites that lack basic information about the business and find it disappointing. Even when I am interested in the specific business I am not always motivated to put my questions in an email or contact form. Is that happening to you too? For example, wouldn’t it be nice to …
