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All about web hosting
Updated: 28/02/2020. I already wrote at great length about hosting providers’ technical support – in general. Here, I want to document something I come across quite often. People, often from the USA, referring to “overseas”, or “outsourced” technical support as something that is inherently bad. To illustrate that I included a Reddit discussion, which resulted … Read more Prejudice and technical support
Short list of website and hosting server problems I’ve encountered over the years – with noted causes and solutions. Updated over time…
What is reasonable to expect from hosting provider’s technical support? What kind of problems can be expected?
How to setup DirectAdmin hosting control panel for use with reseller hosting accounts
Updated: 11/12/2019. The most widely used web hosting control panel has made a huge price increase practically over night. In this post I’ll write my thoughts on that. What caused this, what is the result of it and what I expect to be the consequences. All the info given is my personal opinion, to the … Read more cPanel price rise – sudden panic
Explanation of the terms “overselling” and “overloading” – related to web hosting server resources. Why is overselling necessary? Why is overloading bad?
Web hosting offer catches (small print) that many hosting providers use. How to compare hosting offers and see what You are really getting.
How to transfer a domain to another domain registrar. Step by step instructions using an example.
Explanation of what kinds of web hosting there are, what are their pros and cons, what each type is best suited for – shared, reseller, VPS, dedicated…