130 results for «SSL» (page 12 of 13)
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ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS: when the site redirects in a circle
The short answer: the browser says “the page redirected you too many times” when two rules contradict each other and send you back and forth, endlessly. It is almost always…
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A 30-minute monthly routine to keep your website healthy
The short answer: a site does not break all at once: it accumulates small faults (a plugin not updated, a form that stopped arriving, a backup that was never tested).…
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The security certificate warning in Outlook: what it means and how to stop it
The short answer: the warning “The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that cannot be verified” appears when the server name you typed in Outlook does…
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Locking down the WordPress file editor and a few wp-config settings worth changing
The short answer: WordPress has, in the dashboard, a file editor that lets you change the code of the theme and plugins. One typo there takes the site down, and…
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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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Checking your site’s HTTPS setup: certificate, chain, expiry and protocols
The short answer: the browser’s padlock does not tell the whole story. A site can show the padlock on your computer and fail on other devices because of an incomplete…
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Before you publish your website: a ten-point launch checklist
The short answer: the day the site goes live is the worst day to find out the form does not work. These ten checks take an hour and catch almost…
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Adding your mailbox to the new Outlook fails: the messages and what to do
The short answer: when the new Outlook cannot add your mailbox, it is nearly always one of these: the password is not the mailbox one, the manual settings (IMAP) are…
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The Gmail app or the Outlook app for your domain mailbox: phone and computer compared
The short answer: both apps read a mailbox on your own domain over IMAP, with the same settings: server mail.yourdomain, IMAP on port 993 with SSL/TLS, SMTP on 465 with…
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A wildcard DNS record (*): what it does, and when it gets in the way
The short answer: a wildcard record, written with an asterisk (*), answers for any subdomain that has no record of its own. With it, anything.your-domain.com opens the same place. It…





