By Sarah Reed

Nowadays, most websites are built using a content management system, but not all. Content management systems are wonderfully convenient in that they allow a person who has no HTML knowledge to be able to make edits to their website easily and properly. Of course there are times when the system does not work perfectly, as I discussed last week, but for the most part, having your website in a content management system will not only save you time in making the edits yourself, but will also save you money if you are hiring a developer to make the edits for you.

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By Sarah Reed

Whether you are an individual looking to make a website for your business or a company making another website for a new brand or product, you have the choice to register your domain name publicly or privately.

The main factor to consider in this decision is the results of the “Who Is Lookup.” A “Who Is Lookup” is like a domain name search engine: you type in a domain name and it tells you if the domain name is registered, who it is registered to and when it will expire.

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By: Christine Gratton

Selecting your domain name in today’s online marketplace can sometimes prove to be more challenging than you’d initially expect.  The reality is that with all the websites out there today, there is fierce competition among domain name selection.  This means that the domain name you want may not be available, or it may be too similar to another larger site’s name to really make for a logical choice.

In reaction to the short supply of domain names, many organizations have developed domain locations beyond the traditional “dot com.”  You may have seen some of these new additions recently:

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By Sarah Reed

If you are using a content management system like Wordpress, Joomla or Drupal to manage your site, you will have noticed that you can make your edits through one of two views: the “visual side” or the “HTML side.”

When you use the “visual” tab to make your edits, you are in fact using a WYSIWYG, which is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. It allows a person with no HTML or coding knowledge to easily edit the content and images in the body of their website. This is of course wonderfully convenient for anyone who is not a coder, but there are a few times when you may need to look behind the curtain of a WYSIWYG in order to properly make the changes you want.

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By Sarah Reed

According to Cnet News, 63% of computer users rarely change their passwords, when was the last time you changed yours?

Passwords are like underwear: they should be changed often and not shared with anyone. (Find out more)

Two weeks ago we changed the passwords for all of our FTP and content management log ins for all of the websites we host. This is something that we do continuously in order to keep our clients more secure and reduce the chance of a website being hacked. This is something that everyone should be doing on a regular basis for not only your website, but also for Facebook, your email, and especially online banking systems.

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