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How Do Web Servers Work

Last Updated: September 12, 2022

Updated February 22, 2019 Answering the question, “How do servers work?” is more than just sharing a bit of trivial pursuit info….  Servers work through a fairly simple system of request and response serving up pages of web content that you’ve requested (their work). Without servers, the world-wide-web simply wouldn’t be able to exist. Every […]

Updated December 18, 2018 Softaculous just may be one of the handiest, most time-saving, hard to spell, indispensable bits of software in the arsenal of every successful website owner. Correct Spelling of Softaculous Spelled correctly, the word is:   Softaculous Note that the word is capitalized, being a brand name, and relates to the company established […]

Design Trends: The Rise of Serif

Last Updated: January 12, 2022

Updated October 30, 2018   Reports on the death of serif fonts have been greatly exaggerated – a bit like pre-election polls touting one candidate over another (before the votes).  In fact, serif fonts have made such a resurgence in 2018 that one cannot ignore the importance of serif and its rapid resurgence.   The […]

Updated March 23, 2022 Knowing how to reboot your VPS server is almost as important as knowing when to reboot it.  Read on to find out the simple step by step directions on how to reboot your server from WHM, DirectAdmin, SSH, Virtuozzo or via support request from your hosting team.  A server reboot doesn’t […]