Vote (and domain name discount code) at the bottom of this page… I’m Matt, and I’m one of the older variety of web users/designers.Thinking back to the early days of the internet, I remember using 8-bit animated GIFs, creating layouts with tables, and even working with Photoshop before it had layers — those were the… Keep Reading
I know our customers are keen to know what happened last week when we experienced a network outage. A good number of you have contacted us to find out when they can expect the full Service Interruption Notice (SIN) or reason for outage. Typically, these are turned around quickly, however, while the cause of the… Keep Reading
Domain names. We are a domain name registrar. There are top level registrars. There are registrants. This is a small piece on the lifecycle of a domain – specifically a GTLD – one of the old school ones … so .com .org .uk and so on. Today I saw a diagram that illustrated superbly how… Keep Reading
I had an enquiry yesterday regarding the necessity for encrypted emails to be GDPR compliant. O_O It was so out of the blue that it left me speechless for a moment, before realising where the request was coming from. Sure enough, a further Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing/Weapon Of Choice suggests that this is a common issue or query… Keep Reading
What does an SSL* certificate do? Well, I am glad you asked. All an SSL certificate does is attempt to secure a connection from point A to point B. No more, no less. Cryptographically speaking, a self-sign, or Let’s Encrypt is no more or less secure than the most expensive certificate money can buy. So… Keep Reading
Last week we were talking about the effects of infrastructure outages. This morning we wake to find that the HUGE French-based provider OVH was down. Offline. Email. Web. Globally. Counterintuitively, your scale can work against you sometimes. If you find yourself without service, we are reliable, contactable and UK based – give us a call, use the chat client,… Keep Reading
Inundated by calls or emails after you have registered a domain? You are not alone – it happens to us too, just after the first few and the wonder of modern phones and mail filters you get a healthy block list and they disappear into the ether. Have you ever wondered how or why this… Keep Reading
This week has seen quite a few of you talking about load times of 200ms to 400ms citing Google in the process. Initially, there was much scratching of heads, as any site of any modern site with any content what so ever is going to struggle to ‘start’ to load, let alone ‘load’ within 200ms…. Keep Reading
What does shared hosting get you these days? Well, it gets you a LOT of things you probably took for granted, didn’t know that was there, or saw in some sales blurb as “available in the WordPress Pro Solution” on another providers list of shiny things. After reading some “look at the shiny” blurb from… Keep Reading
Oh, that’s a sad thing. No one likes to read that. But what you may not realise is that is sad for a number of reasons. Firstly, because parting – well it kinda feels like we did something wrong – and Secondly – because the chances are it will continue to happen. What follows are… Keep Reading
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