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Coronavirus & Support

We hope you are keeping safe and well. We are working from home and can still maintain 100% support for your Website / Hosting and Email. Please email support@website-hosting.solutions if you need assistance.

The Amazon Scam!

Had a few calls from concerned customers about phone calls from Amazon. There is a scam reported on Amazon about these ‘callers’ try to get you a refund. This is a scam. Some tips on spotting scammers: If you get a call from someone who asks to take control of your computer – hang up […]

Encrypt your website traffic

You may have noticed that on your browser top left corner, there is a grey ‘crossed out’ padlock when you browse websites. This is telling you that the information sent to you and from you is not encrypted, and thus could be intercepted by malicious 3rd parties. This will appear when you are on a […]

BT Broadband issues Jan 2017

Many clients have contacted me regarding connection issues with their BT Broadband. Early Jan 2017 BT have suffered what appears to be severe issues with their DNS Servers. What these DNS machines do is ‘find’ the location of the computer that is running a website or email account you are trying to reach from your […]

Keep your WordPress / Joomla or Drupal site updated

You may be aware that there is a cyber war going on involving hackers and developers. The hackers are always one step ahead and continually attempt, and succeed to hack websites built on the WordPress, Joomla or Drupal platforms to name a few. You need to make sure your website is up to date with […]

Have you gone to Windows 10?

Microsoft have been encouraging the users of their Windows 7 & 8 platforms to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. If you haven’t done this yet then consider it now. Make sure you have backed up all your important documents and emails on to an external drive. You can download the ‘Media Creation Tool’ from […]

New Year – New Website?

Now that 2016 is upon us, have you considered upgrades or a new website for your business? How does your website look on a Mobile device that users are increasingly using to access the web? You can easily check by using Firefox browser. Simply go to your website and press CTRL + SHIFT + M […]