Welcome to Day 5 of the MyWebHost Advent Calendar! ✉️ We have built the workshop (Hosting), decorated the tree (WordPress), and locked the doors (Security). Now, it is time to open the postbag. Imagine you are a child writing a letter to Santa. You want a bike. You write your wish list, put it in ... Read more

Welcome to Day 4 of the MyWebHost Advent Calendar! 🎅 Your tree is up (WordPress is installed). Your lights are twinkling. But there is a shadowy figure lurking in the snow outside. He isn’t Santa. He doesn’t want to leave presents. He wants to steal your turkey, knock over your tree, and turn your beautiful ... Read more

Welcome to Day 3 of the MyWebHost Advent Calendar! 🎄 Behind Door #1, we bought our Address (Domain), then Behind Door #2, we built our Workshop (Hosting). Now, we have an empty building. It has walls and a roof, but it looks a bit… bare. It needs tinsel. It needs lights. It needs a tree. ... Read more

Welcome to Day 2 of the MyWebHost Advent Calendar! 🏗️ Yesterday, behind Door #1, we learned that you need an Address (Domain) and a Workshop (Hosting) to exist online. But today, we face a bigger problem. When you go to rent your workshop, the landlord doesn’t just offer one type of building. They offer you ... Read more

Welcome to Day 1 of the MyWebHost Advent Calendar! 🎅 Over the next 24 days, we are going to unwrap the mysteries of the web, peeling back the layers of jargon to help you build a website that is faster than Rudolph and more secure than Santa’s Grotto. To start our festive journey, we need ... Read more

You have bought your shiny new domain name (e.g., mybusiness.co.uk) from one provider. You have purchased a superfast hosting plan from another. Then, when you type your domain into Chrome, expecting to see your new website. Instead, you see a generic page that says “This domain is parked” or “Site Not Found.” The Problem: Your ... Read more

It is the nightmare scenario for every website owner. You launch your new site. You announce it on social media. Not only that, but you go to bed excited. The next morning, you wake up to zero sales and a furious email from a customer: “Your website has been down all night.” You check the ... Read more

It is the most recognized symbol on the internet: a tiny padlock next to your web address. That padlock tells your visitors, “You are safe here.” It means the connection between their computer and your website is encrypted, preventing hackers from stealing passwords or credit card numbers. But if you have ever shopped for web ... Read more

Imagine buying a brand new, high-tech car. It has a powerful engine, heated seats, and satellite navigation. But when you sit in the driver’s seat, you realise the steering wheel is a proprietary shape that only the manufacturer can fix, and the wheels won’t fit on any other road. That is the risk you take ... Read more

There is a dangerous myth in the world of websites. It goes like this: “I don’t need to worry about security. My site is just a small blog about gardening. Who would want to hack me?” Here is the uncomfortable truth: Hackers don’t care who you are. In 2025, hackers rarely sit in dark rooms ... Read more

You have optimised your images. You have installed a caching plugin. Not only that, but you have even deleted those unused themes. Yet, when you type in your URL, you still stare at a blank, white screen for three seconds before anything happens. It is incredibly frustrating. But before you blame your design or your ... Read more

You found the perfect deal. A reputable web host offering a “Premium” plan for just £3.99 a month. It includes a free domain, free email, and unlimited bandwidth. It seems like a no-brainer. You sign up, build your site, and everything runs smoothly for a year. Then, one morning, you wake up to an invoice ... Read more

Changing your web host can feel a lot like moving house. It’s exciting—you’re upgrading to a bigger, faster place with better views—but the actual process of packing up your boxes (files) and moving them across town (the internet) is terrifying. What if I lose my emails? What if the site goes down? What if I ... Read more

You have bought your .co.uk domain. You have installed WordPress. Likewise, you have even written your “About Us” page. But before you launch, there is one invisible factor that could be silently killing your website’s performance before you even get your first visitor: Physics. When you buy web hosting, you aren’t just buying “cloud” storage. ... Read more

You have bought your .co.uk domain. You have installed WordPress. Likewise, you have even written your “About Us” page. But before you launch, there is one invisible factor that could be silently killing your website’s performance before you even get your first visitor: Physics. When you buy web hosting, you aren’t just buying “cloud” storage. ... Read more

When most people search for web hosting, they instinctively look for the lowest possible number. They see a global hosting giant offering £1.99 per month and think, “Great! I’ll take that. A server is a server, right?” Wrong. In the world of web hosting, Cheap and Value are two very different things. If you pay ... Read more

When most people search for web hosting, they instinctively look for the lowest possible number. They see a global hosting giant offering £1.99 per month and think, “Great! I’ll take that. A server is a server, right?” Wrong. In the world of web hosting, Cheap and Value are two very different things. If you pay ... Read more