Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero
I’ve never wanted the job of having to police the Internet. I feel like one of the single greatest benefits of the Internet is being able to create a voice that can be heard anywhere in the world. That’s what originally got me building websites in the first place: I was amazed that content I […]
When you first sign-up for web hosting or switch providers, there is a period of time called DNS propagation where your name servers have to update across the globe to display your website on your new hosting account. Depending on where you’re located geographically, this process can take anywhere from an hour up to 48 […]
At NameHero we limit the number of Inodes per cPanel account (on Basic and Reseller hosting) to 100,000 (soft limit) and 250,000 (hard limit). What the heck is an inode and why is it limited? An inode is a data structure in a Unix-style file system that describes a filesystem object such as a file […]
One of the biggest support requests we see with WordPress has to deal with the wp-cron process. WP-Cron manages all the scheduled events in your WordPress website. It’s a very common cause for high CPU loads and memory consumption especially for websites with very large databases and/or traffic. By default WordPress is setup to call […]
We’re often asked in our pre-sales department how do we know if a website is too big for shared hosting. I’ll admit, this is a tough question to answer, because there isn’t a clear cut answer. If you have a single html page website with no scripting, few images, etc. it can most likely handle […]
Decisions, decisions! What type of web hosting account do you need for your business? At Name Hero we offer two main types of Cloud Web Hosting accounts: Basic Web Hosting Reseller Hosting Of course we have our VPS hosting packages as well, but those are for individuals and companies looking for their own server. Basic […]
When ordering our Shared and Reseller Hosting packages, you’ll notice we upsell Dedicated IPs. A lot of new customers are confused as to what exactly is the purpose of a dedicated and why they need one. Email Deliverability Last year I blogged about how a dedicated IP address can improve your email deliverability with shared […]
For the past five years I’ve coached and trained some of the largest Internet marketers, agencies, and advertisers through a private discussion forum as well as face-to-face seminars. To say I learned a lot about Entrepreneurs during this time would be an understatement. Throughout these endeavors I learned a lot about people, specifically business-minded individuals, […]
Ever decide to pickup and move your website to a new domain? What about buying a similar domain and needing to redirect it to your current website? I’ve personally started two startups before using different TLDs than the .com. Both names I wanted were registered and I didn’t want to fork out thousands of my […]
Have you ever tried to make a post in WordPress, Xenforo, or some other content management system only to get a 500 internal server error? I was chatting on Skype yesterday with one of my friends (and Name Hero customers) who was having this issue over and over. First off, I can relate as I’ve […]