Hostwinds Help: IPs and How to Manage Them
IP addresses are just groups of numbers defining the address of a website. How complex can they be? Well, they’re pretty straightforward, but there are a few parts of their composition that might interest you. Spoiler Alert: I’ll also pepper in some $10 words and sterling “dad jokes” throughout the course of this informative blog...
Getting Started With The New Hostwinds Cloud API
Hostwinds VPS/cloud clients now have access to our new powerful Cloud API (Application Programming Interface). APIs are the driving force behind the scenes of much of what consumers interact with on the internet everyday. They’re quietly working overtime to ensure the everyday interactions between resources and applications online work as expected. We have APIs to...
August Service Spotlight: Free Domain With Shared & Business Hosting
This month we’ve actually released several exciting new products and services, which we’ll be writing about soon. Today though, we’re going to focus on something that’s been in the works for a while. Something that gives an extra little something special to new Shared and Business hosting clients… When you sign up for any of...
Secure Your Site With HTTPS Now Before Google Chrome Users Get NOT SECURE Warnings
Is your site secure? This weekend, Google Chrome users are likely going to see a glaring NOT SECURE notice when visiting any site that hasn’t implemented HTTPS. So if you haven’t made the move to HTTPS, this could lead to many problems, since Chrome is the most widely used browser. Thankfully though, if you’re a...
Hostwinds’ June Service Spotlight: New Load Balancer and ISO Library
It’s almost officially summer, but our team hasn’t let summer fun get in the way of developing more awesomeness for Hostwinds clients! This month we have two new exciting features to share with you… First is our new Load Balancer available for VPS and Cloud Hosting that can be setup within minutes to increase...
Hostwinds Now Accepts Alipay For Purchases From China
Hostwinds is always looking for ways to better serve our clients and today we’re excited to announce something for all our clients in China… You now have Alipay as a payment option for any of our services! What is Alipay? China leads the world in the 3rd party mobile payments, with everything from fine...
Take A Peek Into Hostwinds’ 2018 Office Scavenger Hunt
On Thursday, Hostwinds’ Frontline Support Team had a little office fun with a scavenger hunt for National Scavenger Hunt Day and we thought we’d share it with you! The clues? Our Director of Billing, Gus, is a fun creative guy and came up with these fantastic clues for the team to search for… Obscure?...
Easily Manage OpenStack Instances with Hostwinds’ Cloud Control Panel
If you don’t think that OpenStack is for you, you might want to reconsider. It easily adapts to the situation at hand, providing the power for everything you need without overdoing it. So you’re never paying for more than what you need, but you’re never short on what’s needed to get the job done....
Hostwinds’ May Service Spotlight: Making Email Deliverability Even Easier With New rDNS Features
May’s spotlight is here! Our monthly service spotlight blog posts are part of a series to help keep you up to date with new happenings at Hostwinds. If you missed last month’s, which detailed recent additions to domain management, you can find it here. This month, we’re introducing you to new features that make...
Reduce HTTP/S Requests On WordPress For A Performance Boost
There are many ways you can speed up your WordPress site. Deleting plugins, optimizing images and using a cache are all commonly suggested. But you might not have heard of HTTP requests (Or HTTPS if you’re using HTTPS encryption). And left unchecked, they can easily cause your site to start acting sluggish. Don’t let...