Gmail integration with website e-mail
How to connect (integrate) and use a Gmail account for your website’s e-mail accounts. Sending and reading website e-mails from gmail.
Web sites
Website design and maintenance explained
SMTP mail sending with WordPress
In this post I’ll explain, step-by-step, how to set up WordPress to send e-mails using a SMTP server. Contents: Introduction Installing SMTP e-mail sending plugin Configuring Easy WP SMTP Testing 1. Introduction WordPress, by default, sends e-mails using an in-built PHP function. This method is not the most reliable. To use SMTP protocol and server, … Read moreSMTP mail sending with WordPress
E-mail setup in cPanel and DNS
How to setup an e-mail for website within cPanel. How to setup DKIM, SPF and DMARC DNS records, important for e-mail deliverability.
Google Search Console setup
How to setup Google Search Console (formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools) for your website.
Adding Google Analytics to a website
How to create a Google Analytics account for your website and how to set it for tracking website statistics using the Google’s Analytics tools.
JetBackup auto full account backups setup
How to set up automated JetBackup full cPanel account backups for all the cPanel accounts (on a Dedicated, VPS, or a reseller hosting account).
How to secure a WordPress website
Updated: 28/05/2019. In this post I’ll explain how to secure a WordPress website. I get paid for system administration, so I’m familiar with how Internet works, protection, computers, systems etc. However, I’m not some “super-hacker”, nor am I expert for Linux based servers. All the information given here is based on my knowledge and experience … Read moreHow to secure a WordPress website
WordPress website migration
Website migration – moving a WordPress website to another hosting server. How did I do it? What to pay attention to? What can cause problems?
WordPress website backup
WordPress website backup – how to backup your website (in general and for WordPress websites). How often to do backup? How to save backups?
Caching a WordPress website
How to setup a WordPress website caching? Boils down to choosing and setting up a caching plugin. What plugins are there, which one did I choose?
AMP and WordPress implementation
How to implement AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) to a WordPress site
Website optimization [07] Permalink change
WordPress – permalink structure change and redirects. How to do it, what is the best option, what to look out for.
Website optimization [06] SEO
This post deals with the term “SEO” (Search Engine Optimization). First I’ll explain what SEO is, then how to do it. With a relatively short introduction.
Website optimization [05] Images – pictures
Website image optimization. How to optimize website images, why is it important, how it affects website performance.
Website optimization [04] WordPress plugins – speed and stability
WordPress plugins – in terms of speed and stability. My experience, which plugins worked best for their intended use. Which can be problematic?
Website optimization [03] Caching and compressing
What I did in order to improve my website speed – speeding up a WordPress site using caching. Cache implementation using code and using plugins.
Website optimization [02] DNS and redirects
Redirect – how to remove multiple landing page redirects of a web-site. Using .htaccess, php, or Cloudflare.
Website optimization [01] Measuring “performance”
Testing website (page load) speed. Finding the “bottlenecks”, so that it is clear what causes slow downs and how to fix that.