You see it in their ads. Our web hosting plan comes with a 99% uptime guarantee. Or how about a 99.9% uptime guarantee? Better still, how about 99.999%? Actually, you can even get a web hosting plan that comes with a 100% uptime guarantee. Does it really mean that much? Not really. While it sounds […]
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So, you want to create your own WordPress website? WordPress is a great choice. And, you’re not alone in your thinking. About 25% of the entire web is now WordPress! While you can get a blog on WordPress.com, we always recommend you create your own self-hosted website from the WordPress.org software download. You’ll have much
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WordPress Development: Jason Cosper, Developer Advocate at WP Engine WordPress Development is the topic on this episode of the Web Hosting Cat Podcast. Our guest is Jason Cosper, Developer Advocate at WP Engine. Whether you’re attempting to create your first WordPress plugin and theme, or you’re a seasoned pro WordPress developer, you’ll be interested to
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The other day, I attended a conference where one of the speakers, who worked for a certain web hosting company, made an off-hand remark during his presentation that all web hosts are basically the same (i.e. they all run Dell and HP servers, etc.). When I heard that, I immediately started to wonder that if
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If you’re a WordPress user and would like to get into developing your own themes and plugins, or if you’re an experienced WordPress developer that wants an expert’s opinion on the state of WordPress Development, then you need to check this out. As Developer Advocate at WP Engine, Jason Cosper gets to work on all
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Recently, we interviewed Sucuri Co-Founder Dre Armeda about protecting your websites. I invite you to check out our blog post here. You can also see the video of my interview with Dre below. One of the topics we discussed was choosing web hosting based on security features. Sucuri partners with many web hosting companies, and
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Let’s face it: Using https is a must for any website these days. Even if your site doesn’t involve eCommerce or collect personal information, Google and all the web browsers will now flag your website as unsafe or unsecure if you don’t have SSL/TLS. The good news for bloggers is that quite a few web
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Happy Birthday to WordPress and WP Engine! It’s a double celebration this month as WordPress turns 14 years old and WP Engine celebrates their 7th birthday during the month of May. WordPress continues to dominate the content management field, accounting for 25% of the web. And, WP Engine continues to focus completely on WordPress hosting
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On this edition of the podcast, we take a look at how you can create professional looking WordPress sites using BoldGrid. BoldGrid is a suite of WordPress plugin based applications that let you quickly and easily create WordPress websites. Initially started with InMotion Hosting, BoldGrid is now a completely separate company. My guest is Mike
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At the recent HostingCon conference, I got a chance to talk with Sucuri’s Co-Founder Dre Armeda at their booth. Sucuri is one of the most respected names in the website security industry. We discussed both website security and web hosting. Here are the highlights from my interview with Dre. Web Hosting Cat: What is the
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