I've been experimenting with a lot of different CDNs lately, and I've come to a realization. The Cloudflare free tier has the best CDN out of all the others in the market. It's easy to take it for granted because it's free. All web hosts allow you to integrate directly with Cloudflare for free as … [Read more...]
How to Point a Domain to a VPS IP Address
When you buy a VPS server, you can access it with an IP address. This tutorial will show you how to access the server with a domain name instead. While this example uses Bluehost as a registrar, you can adapt the instructions to any registrar like GoDaddy or Namecheap. Setup: Domain Points … [Read more...]
How to Add a Table of Contents in WordPress via Shortcode
With SEOs advocating "long-form content", it's becoming increasingly challenging to navigate articles. Especially since so many articles don't get to the point! In their drive to achieve a set number of words to qualify for "long form" articles, writers have ignored that visitors want answers … [Read more...]
How to Transfer Your Bluehost Domain to Another Registrar
In this article, I'll show you how to transfer a domain from Bluehost - both to another registrar, as well as to another person. The latter scenario might occur when you sell your domain and need to transfer ownership to a 3rd party. In both these situations, the process is the same with only one … [Read more...]
How to Remove the Footer Link for Verbosa Theme in WordPress
Usually, removing the footer credits in a theme is easy. We can use an action hook and modify the child theme to just rewrite the relevant page. However, Cryout Creations makes removing the footer link for Verbosa and its other themes very difficult. For example, the Verbosa theme has the following … [Read more...]
Two Ways to Access SiteGround Webmail with Screenshots
Note: After a long time, I've stopped recommending SiteGround in favor of NameHero. It wasn't an easy decision, but I stand by it. Renewal costs, and the recent changes to cPanel were some of the reasons. Here's a detailed explanation for why SiteGround is no longer my preferred web … [Read more...]
Bluehost Limits: Disk, Bandwidth, and CPU Restrictions
There was a time when Bluehost used to give detailed information about CPU resource usage and throttling. Sadly, that information is no longer available. However, you can still check your other resource usage stats. This is a tutorial on how to do that with the new interface. The resource usage … [Read more...]
How to Implement a “Top Bar” in WordPress for Special Offers
Update: Unfortunately, the WP-TopBar plugin has been found to contain vulnerabilities, and has been temporarily removed from the WordPress site. Check back later and see if they've fixed the problem. In the meantime, try the alternative "Top Bar" plugin instead. A top bar is a great way to … [Read more...]
How to Use the SiteGround WordPress Migrator
On July 19th, 2018, SiteGround released a new tool that allows you to easily transfer a WordPress site from any other hosting provider to SiteGround. While this was possible previously, it required downloading a copy of your site and databases onto your PC and then uploading that backup. With … [Read more...]
How to Install WordPress on a Domain
Now that you've purchased web hosting, it's time to build your site! For this, we're going to use "WordPress". It's an application that powers more than 30% of all websites. WordPress allows you to create web pages, navigation menus, and a blog. This tutorial will explain how to install WordPress on … [Read more...]