132 results for «SSL» (page 11 of 14)
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cPanel, DirectAdmin or Plesk: what actually differs between control panels
They do the same job with different menus. All three are hosting control panels: a web page where you create e-mail accounts, databases, domains, DNS records and backups without typing…
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How to set up your e-mail in Apple Mail on a Mac
On the Mac, the Mail application connects to your mailbox by IMAP: messages stay on the server and the Mac displays them, so they look the same on the phone…
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Hosting words for beginners: the terms on your invoice and in your panel
The first invoice and the first panel come full of abbreviations nobody explained. You do not need to memorise them: you need to know enough to understand what you are…
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Several websites on one plan: how many fit before you need the next step
As many as the plan counts and the resources can carry, and those are two different sums. The first is a matter of numbers: each plan says how many sites…
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Which hosting plan for a membership, booking or course site where visitors log in
A site where people log in with their own account (members area, bookings, courses, a forum) weighs much more than a site that is only read. The reason is a…
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HTTP or HTTPS: what changes for visitors, forms and the services that call your site
Short answer: use HTTPS, always. Here every domain gets a free SSL certificate automatically, so the real question is almost never “do I have to buy one?” but “is my…
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HSTS explained: forcing https for good, and the trap of switching it on too early
The short answer: HSTS is an instruction your site gives the browser: “from now on, talk to me only over https, for X amount of time, do not even try…
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Certbot renewal failed or the certificate expired: how to find out why
If the browser warns that a certificate has expired on a VPS using certbot, the automatic renewal either did not run or ran and failed. Open the terminal and do,…
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Running a VPS without a control panel: what the panel did and how you do it by hand
This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access who work from the command line. A panel is just an interface for a dozen…
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How a website works: from the address you type to the page on your screen
The short answer: when you type an address, the browser asks DNS which server belongs to that name, connects to that server, and the server sends back the page. In…





