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"Your Connection Is Not Private" Explained The general warning browsers show when a certificate check fails.WHAT IT MEANSOne of the three... A Complete Ordering Checklist Everything to check before and after.BEFORE ORDERINGDecided which product you actually need... A Continuity Checklist for Small Businesses A practical starting point.ACCOUNTSDomain auto-renewal enabled Registrar contact details current... A Developer's Monthly Routine Maintenance across the projects you look after.FOR EACH PROJECTApply available updates, having... A DNS Reference Card The essentials on one page.FIND YOUR NAMESERVERSClient Area > Services > My Services, or... A Maintenance Routine for a VPS What to do, and how often.WEEKLYApply security updates Check disk space Check backups ran and... A Monthly Client Area Routine Ten minutes a month prevents most of what goes wrong.CHECK THE DASHBOARDUnpaid invoices, tickets... A Monthly Reseller Routine What to do regularly.WEEKLYCheck for update notices and announcements Apply maintenance to sites... A Monthly Rewards Routine Two minutes a month is all this needs.WHAT TO CHECKYour current balance, and whether it meets the... A Payment Failed or Was Declined Declines are common and are almost always resolvable within minutes.USUAL CAUSESThe card has... A Quick Annual Billing Review Once a year, spend ten minutes on this. It prevents most of the billing problems we see.CHECK... Accepting Payments as a SaaS Business Collecting the money.WHAT RECURRING PAYMENTS REQUIREStored payment credentials, held by a... Access, Licences and Credentials What you should hold.WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVEDomain registrar access Hosting account access Site... Accessibility for Membership and Login Areas Behind the sign-in.WHY IT IS OFTEN WORSEAreas behind a login receive less testing and less design... Account Credit and How It Is Applied Credit is a balance held on your account that is used automatically against future invoices.WHERE... Accounts, Teams and User Management Who can do what.WHAT THE MODEL USUALLY NEEDSAn organisation or workspace Users belonging to it... Adding a Service to an Existing Account Buying more.HOWLog in to the Client Area first, then order.That adds the new service to your... Adding Funds and Using Account Credit Where the option is available, Billing > Add Funds lets you deposit an amount in advance.WHY... Addresses and Names: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.THE THREE THINGS THAT MUST AGREE ON A DEVICEAddress, subnet mask, and gateway.An... Addresses, Domains and Name Resolution Finding things.WHAT AN ADDRESS ISA number identifying a device on a network.WHAT THE TWO VERSIONS... Affiliate Commissions and Payouts If you participate in our affiliate programme, commissions are tracked in the Client Area.WHERE... Affiliate Programme Terms: What to Read The terms govern everything. Read them once properly.WHAT TO LOOK FORThe commission rate, and... After Ordering: A First-Week Checklist Work through this in the first week and most later problems do not happen.DAY ONESave the welcome... After Registration: What to Do Next Immediate steps.WHAT TO ARRANGEA corporate bank account Tax registration Any licence your... AI for a Gym or Fitness Business Training and wellbeing.WHERE IT HELPSMembership communications Class schedules and announcements... Alternative Distribution Outside the main stores.WHAT ANDROID PERMITSDistributing an application file directly, or through... An Annual Backup and Recovery Review An hour once a year.THE ARRANGEMENTIs the frequency still right for how the site has changed Is... An Annual Review for Your Online Business An afternoon once a year.THE BUSINESSWhat sold, and what did not Which products or services were... An Annual SSL Review Fifteen minutes once a year.CHECK WHAT IS INSTALLEDcPanel > SSL/TLS Status. Every domain,... Apple Business and School Deployment Programmes Organisational accounts.WHAT THEY PROVIDEAutomated device enrolment Volume purchasing of... Apple Development Requirements What you need to build for Apple platforms.WHAT IS MANDATORYApple hardware running macOS The... Applying a Promotional Code Codes are entered during checkout, before payment.HOWEnter the code in the promotional code field... Archiving Old Data Reducing a database without losing records.WHYA shop with years of orders, or a site with years... Are you sure you want to do this? A WordPress security check failed.WHAT IT MEANSA nonce, the token WordPress uses to verify that a... Authentication and Sessions Establishing who someone is.WHAT AUTHENTICATION ISEstablishing identity.WHAT AUTHORISATION... Authorisation, Capture and Settlement Stages of a card transaction.WHAT AUTHORISATION DOESChecks the card is valid, funds are... Authoritative DNS Server Design Serving a zone reliably.WHAT RELIABILITY REQUIRESSeveral servers On separate networks In separate... Authoritative Versus Recursive DNS Two different roles.AUTHORITATIVEServers holding the actual records for a domain. They are the... Automating Certificate and Domain Renewal Preventing avoidable outages.WHY AUTOMATEBoth expiries cause complete outages, and both are... Automating Routine Tasks with Cron Scheduling work on a server you control.WHAT TO AUTOMATEBackups Log rotation, if not handled by... AutoSSL Notification Emails cPanel tells you when something needs attention.WHAT YOU MAY RECEIVENotice that AutoSSL could not... AutoSSL Versus Manually Installed Certificates Two ways a certificate gets onto your account.AUTOSSLIssued, installed and renewed automatically.... Azure Identity and Access for Resources Controlling who can do what.WHAT ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL PROVIDESPermissions assigned at a... Backend Architecture: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.KEEP BUSINESS RULES INDEPENDENT OF DELIVERY AND STORAGEThey can then be tested... Backend Security: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.AUTHENTICATION WITHOUT AUTHORISATION IS THE COMMONEST SERIOUS FAULTA role says what... Backorders and Expiring Names Getting in position.WHAT A BACKORDER DOESRegisters your interest in a name if it becomes... Backup Considerations for Membership and Subscription Sites Recurring relationships complicate recovery.WHAT IS AT RISKMember accounts and access levels... Backup Infrastructure Systems that protect data.WHAT A BACKUP ISA separate copy, from a point in time, that the live... Backups Stopped Running and Nobody Noticed The silent failure.HOW IT HAPPENSCron was never configured, so the schedule never ran The remote... Before Your First Purchase A short checklist.CHECK THE NAME ITSELFSpelling, exactly The extension Whether it is what you... Bidding on Expired Domains Expired auctions.WHAT THEY AREAuctions on names reaching the end of their registration.HOW THEY... Billing for a Dedicated IP How the add-on is charged.THE CYCLEA dedicated IP usually adopts the billing cycle of the service... Building a Compliance Calendar Never missing a deadline.WHAT TO RECORDEvery filing obligation Every payment obligationEvery... Building a Content Library Reusable material.WHAT A LIBRARY CONTAINSPhotographs of your premises, staff, products and work... Building and Running a SaaS Business: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.THE MODEL RESTS ON RETENTION, NOT ON SALESEach customer is... Building Recurring Revenue Stability rather than projects.WHY IT MATTERSProject revenue is unpredictable. A month with no... Business Continuity: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.WHAT ACTUALLY STOPS BUSINESSESNot disasters. Losing account... Buying a Domain Someone Else Already Owns The name you want is often registered but unused. Acquiring it is possible, with realistic... Buying During a Promotion Getting a better price.WHERE PROMOTIONS APPEARThe website Our newsletter Our social... Buying Expiring Domains Names coming back to market.WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DOMAIN EXPIRESA period where the owner can renew... Buying Gifts and Redeeming a Gift Gift purchases.REDEEMING A GIFTIf you have received a gift code, there is a redemption option in... CAA Records: Controlling Who Can Issue Certificates A DNS record limiting which authorities may issue for your domain.WHAT IT DOESA CAA record names... Caching Storing expensive results.WHAT TO CACHEExpensive queries Computed results External API responses... Caching in Backend Systems Avoiding repeated work.WHAT TO CACHEExpensive computations Frequently repeated queries External... Caching Systems Beyond the Edge Application and data caching.WHERE CACHING HAPPENSThe browser A delivery network A reverse proxy... Cancelling a Service Cancelling properly protects your data and stops further invoices.BEFORE YOU CANCELDownload a... Cancelling a Service from the Client Area Cancellation is requested through the Client Area, not by simply not paying.BEFORE YOU CANCELTake... Card Numbers and Data What a card carries.WHAT THE NUMBER CONTAINSAn identifier for the issuing institution at the... Certificate and Security Terms Encryption and trust.SSL AND TLSProtocols encrypting traffic between a visitor and a server.TLS... Certificate Errors Appearing Suddenly on a Working Site Nothing changed, and now every visitor sees a warning.THE MOST LIKELY CAUSEThe certificate... Certificate Management at Scale Automation and lifecycle.WHAT AUTOMATED ISSUANCE PROVIDESCertificates obtained and renewed... Certificates and Public Key Infrastructure Establishing trust.WHAT A CERTIFICATE CONTAINSA public key The names it is valid for Validity... Certifications and Learning Paths in IT Formal qualifications.WHAT CERTIFICATIONS DEMONSTRATEA defined body of knowledge, assessed... Changes Not Appearing on the Site Stale content after an update.THE THREE CACHESYour application's cache Cloudflare's cache Your... Changes to Pricing and Terms Prices and terms occasionally change. Here is how that is handled.WHY PRICES CHANGERegistry price... Changes to the Rewards Program The programme is adjusted from time to time. This is expected rather than exceptional.WHAT MAY... Changing the Payment Method on File An expired or changed card is a common cause of failed renewals, and the failure looks exactly... Changing Your Account Details Keeping your information current.WHEREClient Area > Account Details, or the equivalent... Chargebacks on Subscriptions Disputed recurring charges.WHY THEY HAPPENThe customer forgot they subscribed They could not find... Checking a Domain Before Buying Due diligence.WHAT TO CHECKThe exact spelling The extension The expiry date Previous use Rights... Checking Certificate Status in cPanel Where to see what is actually installed.THE MAIN VIEWcPanel > SSL/TLS Status lists every... Checking DNS From the Command Line The faster method.WHY BOTHERFaster than any web interface, and it works without an internet... Checking Whether a Domain Is Available Before you commit to a name.THE SEARCHVisit... Checking Your Rewards History The history shows how your balance was arrived at.WHEREClient Area > Rewards. The activity or... Checklist: Monthly Infrastructure Review A short routine.UPDATESOperating system and package updates applied Dependency vulnerabilities... Checklist: Monthly Network Check A short routine.EQUIPMENTFirmware current on router and access points Nothing overheating Nothing... Choosing Professional Qualifications Deciding what to study.WHAT TO ESTABLISH FIRSTWhat the qualification would allow you to do that... Choosing Your Billing Cycle The cycle sets how often you are invoiced and usually affects the price.THE OPTIONSMonthly,... Cleaning Up a Bloated WordPress Database Over time the database fills with data no visitor ever sees, which slows queries and inflates... Cleaning Up Database Bloat Reclaiming size and speed.WHERE BLOAT ACCUMULATESPost revisions, one per edit, indefinitely... Cleaning Up WordPress Revisions and Transients The two largest sources of bloat.REVISIONSWordPress stores a copy of a post every time it is... Cleaning Up Your Database Removing accumulated waste.WHAT ACCUMULATESPost revisions, sometimes dozens per page Spam and... Client Documentation Worth Keeping What to record per client.WHAT TO RECORDDomain and where it is registered, with renewal date... Closeout Domains The final stage.WHAT IT ISThe last stage before names are released, usually at a fixed low... Cloudflare Origin Certificates A certificate issued by Cloudflare for the connection between Cloudflare and your server.WHAT IT... Cloudflare Registrar and Domain Transfers Registering domains with Cloudflare.WHAT IT OFFERSDomains at cost, with no markup, and no renewal... Cloudflare Settings That Commonly Cause Problems The short list.FLEXIBLE SSLCauses redirect loops and is insecure. Use Full (strict).The single... Cloudflare SSL Modes Explained Four settings, and choosing wrongly breaks the site.OFFNo encryption between visitor and... Common Affiliate Mistakes The ones that cost people money.SELF-REFERRALOrdering through your own link. Excluded everywhere,... Common Agreement Mistakes What goes wrong.NO WRITTEN AGREEMENT AT ALLThe most common, and the origin of most disputes.VAGUE... Common Buyer Mistakes What goes wrong.MISREADING THE NAMESimilar spellings, transposed letters, the wrong... Common Client Area Questions Answered The questions we are asked most often, with short answers.Why can I not log in to cPanel with my... Common Domain Investing Mistakes What goes wrong.REGISTERING TOO MANYRenewal costs compound and most never sell.REGISTERING WHAT... Common Mistakes in SaaS Businesses What goes wrong repeatedly.BUILDING BEFORE VALIDATINGMonths spent on something nobody pays... Common Mistakes Nigerian Businesses Make Online The ones that cost most.USING A GMAIL ADDRESS AS THE BUSINESS ADDRESSUndermines credibility, and... Common Ordering Mistakes The ones we see most often.REGISTERING A DOMAIN YOU ALREADY OWNChoosing "register a new domain"... Common Problems With These Sites What goes wrong.MEMBERS CANNOT ACCESS CONTENT THEY PAID FORCheck their subscription status Check... Common Reseller Mistakes What goes wrong.UNDERPRICINGThe most common. A monthly fee that does not cover the support... Common Reseller Mistakes and How to Avoid Them The things that most often go wrong, from people who have been through them.SELLING UNLIMITEDYour... Common Rewards Program Misunderstandings The assumptions that cause queries."REWARDS ARE CASH"They are redeemable value against our... Common Seller Mistakes What goes wrong.PRICING ON HOPEThe largest single reason names do not sell.IGNORING LOW OFFERSA... Common SSL Myths Advice that was true once, or never."SSL REQUIRES A DEDICATED IP"Obsolete. SNI made this untrue... Common Support Scenarios Patterns you will meet repeatedly.CANNOT SIGN INPassword, account locked, expired, caps lock,... Comparison Content Done Honestly Comparisons convert well, and most are dishonest.WHAT READERS CAN TELLThey recognise a comparison... Computer and Electrical Engineering Foundations The underlying discipline.WHAT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COVERSCircuits, signals, power,... Contract Management Systems Tracking agreements.WHAT THEY HOLDContracts and their documents Key dates and terms Obligations... Contracts and Agreements: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.IMPORTANT NOTEThis is general information, not legal advice.For... Costs of Running a Business Website in Nigeria What to budget for.THE RECURRING COSTSDomain registration, annually Hosting, monthly or annually... Coupon Codes and Discounts Coupons are applied at checkout and are subject to their own conditions.APPLYING ONEEnter the... Coupons and Discounts Used deliberately, coupons work. Used constantly, they train customers to wait.CREATING... Creating a Client Area Account You need an account before you can order anything, and it is created as part of your first order... Creating a Standard Onboarding Process Doing the same things in the same order for every client removes most future support.YOUR... Creating an Account Before Ordering Setting up your client account.WHETHER YOU NEED ONE FIRSTNo. You can create an account during... Creating an Account During Checkout You can create your Client Area account as part of your first order.WHAT YOU WILL BE ASKED... Cron Jobs for WooCommerce Shops need reliable scheduling.WHY IT MATTERS MOREWooCommerce uses scheduled actions for order... Currency and Pricing Understanding what you pay.CURRENCIESPrices are shown in NGN or USD depending on your account... Customer and Sales Systems: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.ADOPTION DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE SYSTEM HELPS THE PERSON ENTERING DATAMost... Customer Churn Prediction Predicting who will leave.WHAT MUST BE DEFINED FIRSTWhat churn means.WHAT THE OPTIONS AREExplicit... Customer Success for Larger Accounts Managing accounts that matter.WHAT DIFFERS FROM SUPPORTSupport responds; success anticipates.WHAT... Customer Support for SaaS Helping people use the product.WHY IT AFFECTS REVENUE DIRECTLYSupport quality influences renewal,... Database is slow or queries timing out The database is the bottleneck.IDENTIFYING ITA profiling tool shows time spent in database... Database Maintenance Routine What to do and how often.MONTHLYCheck the database size in cPanel > MySQL Databases Clear... Database Terminology Explained The words you will encounter.TABLE: a collection of rows of one kindROW or RECORD: one itemCOLUMN... Deciding to Sell a Domain Before you list.WHAT TO ESTABLISHWhether you actually want to sell it What you would accept... Deciding What to Drop Pruning the portfolio.WHY IT MATTERSRenewal costs accumulate and most names never sell.WHAT TO... Deciding When to Take on Debt Deliberate compromise.WHEN IT IS DEFENSIBLEA genuine deadline where being late costs more... Delivering Commands to Devices Sending instructions.WHAT MAKES IT HARDER THAN SENDING DATAThe device may be asleep,... Deploying Applications to Managed Devices Getting software onto devices.WHAT ROUTES EXISTStore applications, assigned through volume... Designing for Interrupted Use Mobile attention.WHAT MOBILE USE LOOKS LIKEShort sessions, frequently interrupted, often while... Designing for Motor Difficulties Reduced precision.WHO THIS AFFECTSPeople with tremor, limited dexterity or pain People using one... Designing Pipelines for Failure Assuming things break.WHAT WILL FAILSources unavailable Credentials expiring Schemas changing... Designing Pricing Pages Presenting what things cost.WHAT TO SHOWThe price, prominently What is included at each level... Developer Programme and Distribution: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.LAPSED MEMBERSHIP REMOVES YOUR APPLICATIONS FROM THE STOREEstablish that the annual... DevOps and Infrastructure: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.ADOPT IN THIS ORDERVersion control with secrets excluded, tested... Diagnosing Name Resolution Problems When names do not resolve.WHAT THE SYMPTOM ISAddresses work; names do not.Or one name fails while... Directory and Listing Applications Sites where the content is entries.WHAT THEY AREBusiness directories, classified listings,... DNS and Nameservers: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.THE TWO PLACESNameservers are set at your registrar. Records are... DNS and Nameservers: The Short Version Everything essential.THE TWO PLACESNameservers: set at the registrar.Records: held wherever those... DNS Architecture: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.PROPAGATION IS CACHES EXPIRING, NOT DATA SPREADINGThere is nothing to accelerate.... DNS Best Practices Habits worth adopting.RECORD WHERE EVERYTHING LIVESRegistrar, DNS provider, and who has access.... DNS Considerations When You Cannot Reach the Registrar Losing access to domain control.THE SITUATIONSForgotten credentials with an unreachable contact... DNS Costs and What You Pay For Where money is involved.WHAT COSTS MONEYDomain registration and renewal Premium DNS services,... DNS Documentation Worth Keeping The record that makes recovery possible.WHAT TO RECORDWhere the domain is registered, and the... DNS Emergencies and What to Do When something is seriously wrong.THE DOMAIN DOES NOT RESOLVE AT ALLCheck expiry first. An... 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Why a Domain Transfer Was Rejected Transfers fail for a small set of reasons, all identifiable.THE USUAL CAUSESThe domain is locked... Why a Referral Did Not Earn Rewards Referral tracking has limitations that are technical rather than disputed.COMMON CAUSESThe person... Why a Referral Did Not Track Some genuine referrals produce no commission, for reasons that are technical rather than... Why DNS Changes Sometimes Seem Not to Work The common explanations.YOU CHANGED IT IN THE WRONG PLACEIf your nameservers point at Cloudflare... Why Domain Registrations Are Not Refundable This surprises people, so it is worth explaining properly.WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REGISTERWe pay... Why Domain Renewal Prices Change Renewal prices are not always the same as the price you paid to register, and the reasons are... Why Your Balance Is Lower Than Expected The usual explanations, in order of likelihood.THE RATE CHANGEDPoint allocation is set by... 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Writing Correct .htaccess Redirect Rules Where manual control is needed.THE BASIC HTTPS REDIRECTRewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS}... Your Connection Is Not Private A certificate check failed.WHAT IT MEANSThe browser could not verify the certificate. One of...
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