When it comes to hosting your website and email, it may be tempting to host them both on the same server — it might seem like a simple solution. However, hosting your email on the same server as your website can actually cause more problems than it solves. Avoiding email hosting is a “secret sauce” […]
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WP Engine’s hassle-free hosting offers fast and robust servers that can handle any kind of website. Automatic security updates – Free cleaning if your site gets hacked Daily backups with One-click restore points Automatic caching and performance optimization Firewall and top-tier security One-click staging area (for each of the 3 installs per domain) One-click CDN Free […]
View PostWhat are “IP Address Reverse Mappings”?

Just like a domain is assigned an IP address, an IP address can be assigned a domain. This assignment of a domain to an IP address is called reverse mapping. “IP Address Reverse Mappings” is the address which resolves back you your server, for example to check your server reverse ip mapping you would check the […]
View PostSecurity notice – recent WordPress attacks

For most of the sites I host you will need to enter USERNAME: human PASSWORD: password in order to load the WordPress log in page. Once you load that page you can log into WordPress with your regular username and password. Read more at my main website: HelloAri.com. You should see something like this: Updated for […]
View PostUsing outlook.com for email

UPDATE: outlook.com no longer supports custom domains First learn what outlook.com is and how it compares to gmail…. Once you have an outlook.com account at your domain please refer to these notes… 1) Sign in at http://mail.live.com 2) To make more accounts for this domain using outlook.com You can make up to 50 email accounts for free Start here: […]
View PostBackup to Infinity

Daily off-server backups Our backup system runs once a night at around 1 or 2 AM EST, although it can run at slightly different times on occasion. Typically we save the two most recent daily backups and then two additional backups which typically come from around the 2nd or 16th of the month. If you […]
View PostLargeFS storage explained
For my clients with Premium hosting plans (WPengine Discounted Hosting) there is a great option to get extended storage. With LargeFS you need an Amazon S3 account, and you would send us your account details to setup your LargeFS account. Once the files are over sixty days old, the system will move them over to […]
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