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5 Website Hosting Solution Trends for 2022 and Beyond
Looking for the right web hosting solution for your website can be an intimidating task. Options nowadays are more diversified than ever, and each year brings new developments in the web hosting market. If you have no clue of what to look out for, you can find yourself overwhelmed with the choices. Hence, you must […]

64 Content Marketing Statistics Demonstrating the Power of Content
Content marketing continues to be one of the most valuable tools for today’s online businesses. With content, you can improve your chances of reaching your target audience, boost your search engine standing, and even unlock new opportunities for sales. The more content you produce, the more you can strengthen your domain authority, demonstrate your thought […]

53 User Experience Stats for 2022
User Experience (UX) is one of the most crucial factors to consider in web design. As the number of websites and applications in the world today continues to accelerate, businesses are under more pressure than ever to impress customers straight away. If a user visits your website and finds slow-loading pages, clunky navigation, or errors, […]

How to increase the memory limit in WordPress
Do you need to increase the memory limit in WordPress? Getting an error about memory Exhausted? The memory limit is one of the most common WordPress errors as the default limit of memory in WordPress is only set to 64mb! But there’s good news! The Memory Exhausted error is one of the easiest to fix […]

All in One WordPress Migration Vulnerability
A vulnerability has been discovered in the “All In One WordPress Migration” WordPress plugin. All versions earlier than, and including 6.97 contain a vulnerability which allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). With over 2 million active installations, this vulnerability has the potential to be high impact, however, this is lessened by the nature of the vulnerability, which […]

Brexit Hosting – For those needing EU located data
HostPresto will be launching a European point of presence in the coming weeks, specifically in Amsterdam. For customers needing their data located within the EU still please contact support to request migration to this location with ticket subject ‘EU Migration’. We will ensure this is actioned well before the Brexit deadline.

Brexit Warning – .eu Domain names
Should the UK leave the EU without a deal, or should a deal be agreed that does not include a provision for .eu ownership by UK entities, it’s highly likely that the EU will revoke any .eu domain names unless you can provide an EU address. While this won’t happen immediately after Brexit, this is […]

.uk Right of Registration Deadline – 25th June 2019
If you own a .co.uk domain name and you have not registered the equivalent .uk version, you have until the 25th June 2019 to register the domain and secure your brand. After this date any unregistered .uk domain will enter public availability – meaning anyone can register the domain. You can check if you have […]

Domain Pricing Increases 2019
Domain prices will increase from the 1st May 2019. We’ve not had a domain price increase since 2013, and while we’ve tried to hold our prices for as long as possible unfortunately it’s no longer viable to do this. The increase is due to a variety of factors; primarily the weak state of sterling against […]

WordPress Dark Mode
There’s a lot of buzz on the internet recently surrounding dark mode, a toggle that allows you to set a normally white screen to a dark one that many say is easier on the eyes. And it’s not just the aesthetic look, it’s proven to use less power using dark mode on your mobile/tablet device.

Stuck for Domain Name Ideas? Here are 7 Domain Name Suggestion Tools
At first, choosing a name for your website seems simple enough, until you sit down and start trying to come up with domain ideas. You need a website address that’s both meaningful and memorable, while still capable of describing what your brand stands for. Even after you’ve come up with something that’s worthy of your […]

Business Networking and Relationship Building – 7 Things You Need to Know
For growing companies, business networking and relationship building represent two of the most effective and cost-efficient ways to develop new professional opportunities. Unfortunately, in today’s digital age, it’s common for people to overlook networking in favour of other marketing strategies like PPC and social media advertising. The truth is, however, that networking is just as […]

Want to Take Credit Card Payments? 5 Firms You Need to Know About
These days, if you want to earn real cash from your business, then you need to invest in the era of eCommerce. More consumers than ever before are browsing through products from the comfort of their own home via a smartphone, tablet or computer. Once they find an item that they want from your business, […]

8 Easy Ways to Make Money Blogging in 2019
The new year is here, and for many people, that means that it’s time to rethink the way that you make money. As trends like remote and digital working become more popular, some ambitious people are beginning to discover that they can make some serious cash by working online. Blogging is one of the most […]

Why Having a Social Media Presence is Simply Not Enough in 2019
These days, it seems like everyone is active on social media, from your grandmother to your favourite cheesemonger. Since social media channels like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn give you a way to connect with customers, reach out to collaborators, and potentially sell products at the same time; you might wonder why you would need anything […]

Online Marketing in 2019? 7 Trends to Consider
The new year has finally arrived, and that means that it’s time for businesses to make some resolutions about their marketing and conversion strategies. If you’ve struggled to get the results that you needed during 2018, or you simply want to accomplish bigger things in the year ahead, then it’s a good idea to check […]

Want to learn to code? 7 Great Online Resources
Over the years, a coding education has become less of a concept for niche professionals in the tech world, and more of a must-have skill for people from virtually every background. Some schools around the country are beginning to teach basic coding to children, and there are various high-tech toys on the market that can […]

New Ecommerce Business? 8 Common Mistakes New Sellers Make
Creating a website that you can use to sell products is a great way to launch a business and start earning more money in today’s modern world. Rather than having to pay the rent for your own storefront, and hire people to manage your day-to-day operations, you can handle everything online with a minimal overhead. […]

Conversion Optimisation – 7 Tips for Bigger and Better Sales
A lot of people focus on getting as much traffic to their website as quickly as possible. Large amounts of traffic are essential when it comes to digital success, but traffic isn’t the only thing you should be thinking about. If the people you attract to your site don’t convert with sales and email subscriptions, […]

8 Tips and Tricks Every CSS Developer Should Know
Of all the various languages that developers can learn, HTML and CSS are probably the most popular, and the first options you’re likely to pick up. With a basic knowledge of CSS and HTML, you can create a decent website and application. CSS has a unique cascading structure which is simple enough to follow, and […]