Topic: small business

Congratulations! You've just gotten your own domain name, and you need to connect it to your hosting. This is easier than it sounds. Here is an easy illustrated step by step guide for how to do that.

If you have bought a domain name from your registrar but the default nameservers of the registrar still point the domain elsewhere, this is easily fixable. Firstly, don't worry. There is nothing underhanded going on at your registrar or your domain.

This is a common issue if you bought your domain on the aftermarket - for example at auction. Read on for a step by step easy guide to fixing this problem.

GitHub doesn't allow the use of GitHub Pages to build a site for commercial use. Here is what to safely do instead if you are creating a commercial project.

A commercial project is one that contains advertisements or is an e-commerce site such as a merch site, or an affiliate site, paid membership site, or any other project that might make money.

There are many reasons you'd want a VPS server instead of shared hosting. You might be deploying software that's not compatible with shared hosting, you may need root access, or you might have simply outgrown the resources of a shared hosting plan. Whatever the reason, you need to know what to look for in a VPS server.

There's no point in paying more than you need for resources you won't use - or, on the other hand, getting a plan that's too low specced for your needs. Therefore, you'll save money and time when you get a plan that fits your needs. Here's what to look for in a VPS host.

There are a lot of reasons you might be looking for a VPS server - maybe you've outgrown your shared hosting plan or you want to run custom software or a tech stack that isn't available on most shared hosting options (e.g. Ruby on Rails).

A lot of VPS providers out there come with a scary price tag. This is particularly an issue if you're just starting your new website and it won't have a lot of traffic or income yet.

To solve this problem, here is a list of the cheapest VPS hosting providers at or under $5 per month.

If you're in the middle of buying a domain name and you need to decide on whether to add privacy protection, here is what you need to know.

In many cases, you won't need it, but there are a few situations where you really do need to get domain privacy protection. These are explained here.