Launching an ecommerce site, while similar in many ways to other web endeavors, brings its own unique challenges and requirements. A standard informational site typically has simple content management and low hardware demands, but an ecommerce site is far more resource-intensive—handling large product catalogs, customer accounts, secure payment processing, and traffic spikes. That’s why a […]
Updated January 28, 2020 You sometimes hear the term “99.9% uptime guaranteed” but what does this mean and why is it important for your business? How can you minimize downtime and what tools can you use to measure your website’s uptime? What is uptime? Uptime is a term used to describe the […]
Why a VPS is the right choice to grow your WordPress blog WordPress is the world’s most widely used content management system. The W3Techs market-share portal shows that WordPress is used by 27% of the sites it monitors, representing 59% of the content management system (CMS) market. If you don’t know, W3Techs is legit. “We […]
Being Linus Torvalds The story of Linux Things you wanted to know about CentOS but were afraid to ask CentOS is a particular distribution (aka distro) of the Linux operating system. Let’s look at Linux first to get a sense of that general technology and community, then take a direct look at this particular variation […]