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...
How To Fix And Prevent WordPress Spam Posts, Links & Redirects
Is your WordPress site suddenly advertising links to shady looking sites? Does your site display spammy, shady content that you didn’t publish? Is it redirecting to a totally different website? Or maybe you’ve noticed any of the following: You suddenly can’t log into admin Google says your site isn’t secure Your traffic suddenly drops...
Hostwinds’ April Service Spotlight: Manage Your Domains Easier with These New Domain Features
On any given day, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes here at Hostwinds. Whether it’s upgrading hardware, testing new services we’re developing to make things easier for you or implementing new, unique features that have been requested… there’s always something. And in the past, these things were usually rolled out...
Tips to Up Your Affiliate Marketing Game in 2018
It’s a new year and if you’re like most, you already have some resolutions you’re not making good on. Don’t feel bad, though. Nearly half of those who make resolutions rarely succeed. But if your resolution is to make more money with affiliate marketing, then this post is just for you. If it’s simply just...