Are Website Owners Liable for Being Hacked? Understanding Your Responsibilities and Risks This question is frequently raised by website owners, law enforcement agencies, ISPs, hosting providers, and countless others in the digital ecosystem. How much responsibility does a website owner truly bear if their site is compromised? Fortunately, as of 2016, there has not been…
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MySQL Password Alert
The latest version of MySQL has forced a stricter password format for all databases. This only effects databases made several years ago so most are just fine. If it has effected your website you will just need to create a new MySQL user for your MySQL database connection. It’s pretty easy to use and we are happy to do it for you. We suggest to do this even if you are not effected yet to be sure you have the most recent security.
How to move your website to a new host
We get a lot of customers who have accounts at other hosts and want to move over to Web Host Pro. In most cases they have cPanel, so it’s best to just throw in a ticket with your FTP information, and we can do a root-level move for you. This grabs everything and is very…
The big three web apps! (2015)
There are literally tens of thousands and maybe even hundreds of thousands of active scripts and apps out there that people use on websites. Scripts and apps mean the same thing. Basically, the term “apps” is taking over the older term “scripts” for this. With all these options to choose from, there are actually only…
Most popular web builder
2014 The results are in, and it’s a steep victory for Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is used almost twice as much as any other web builder according to our user survey with over 510 users. Next was “other” and third was FrontPage surprisingly enough. This has been running for a couple of years, so It’s no surprise WordPress…
5 ways to keep WordPress happy
1. Install WP Super Cache it’s the number best way to lower the load on a WordPress website. 2. Remove tags, you can do this by simply adding this in the CSS file: Edit the style.css file and add this code to make your tags disappear with a huge chunk of access load use..tags { display:…
Transferring WordPress to a new web host in 9 steps
I just moved over a customer today with WordPress, and he was so happy to be transferred away from Godaddy and amazed at how easy it was, I realized a lot of people might be stuck on a bad host out of fear of moving. I just wanted to explain exactly how easy it is to move…
Recovering from a Website Hack
A Step-by-Step Guide Experiencing a website hack can be an incredibly frustrating and unsettling experience—akin to having your car stolen or your home broken into. However, with the right web hosting provider, a hack doesn’t have to be a catastrophe. It’s a significant inconvenience, but one that can be resolved efficiently with the proper steps….