Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero
Images form the largest part of modern web pages. Especially when you consider that Google likes “rich” web pages with lots of media. As a result, optimizing the delivery of your images is critical. Here are four ways to optimize your images in WordPress, with screenshots. Method 1: At Least 1200 px in Width When […]
We provide free access to Cloudflare and their Railgun on all of our Web Hosting and Reseller Hosting packages. This has been a huge selling point as many other shared web hosts in the industry charge a premium for this feature. Cloudflare has gained huge popularity over the last decade as they offer a quick […]
Tables are always a BIG problem for any layout. I’m not talking about using tables for design elements, but for displaying data. They come with the following issues: Rendering on mobile is always a problem No easy to way to create them in WordPress Not always easy to create complex layouts with merged fields etc. […]
I got started building NameHero as I needed a platform where I could manage all my domain names I had purchased as investments in one place. Since the late 90s I’ve been investing in .coms that I felt are of value. Just like physical real estate, .com values have continued to increase year-after-year and I […]
Managing a site requires you to keep constant track of stuff. How many page visits are you getting on your landing pages? What’s the bounce rate? Is your site down? And many, many more parameters. These are relatively simple to track via analytics software, because they occur on your site. You can set up notifications […]
At the end of 2018, PHP 5.6 officially quit receiving security updates along with PHP 7.0. Towards the end of quarter 4, our team worked around the clock to ensure our entire infrastructure was prepared for this change. I’m proud to announce that PHP 7.2 is now the default PHP version across our entire network! […]
I love Jetpack. It’s a plugin with a ton of functionality. Recently Automattic – the company behind Jetpack – has been improving its utility, allowing users to access features that previously required purchasing separate plans. Such as CDNs for WordPress related JS and CSS, and fast image hosting from EDGE servers across the globe. They […]
Article freshness is an important aspect of maintaining a site. Too many of them focus on churning out new content, without a care for updating old posts and pages. Some content of course, is evergreen. “How to” articles are a great example. You’ll find a whole bunch of them here on the NameHero blog! But […]
A few days ago, I had to solve a weird problem with formatting in WordPress. I use a table plugin that automatically expands the table columns to fit the widest content. However, I wasn’t happy with where it was breaking a sentence and wanted to increase the table column. So I decided to put some […]
The default way in WordPress to include custom CSS is to use the “Additional CSS” feature in the theme customizer under “Appearance” in the dashboard like this: While this is an easy and convenient way to insert additional CSS for your theme, it’s fatally flawed because the system uses a GET request for the CSS, […]