Websites & Hosting

Static sites serve pre-built files; dynamic sites build pages on request. This guide compares the two on the things that actually matter to a business and gives you a checklist to decide.

A static website is a set of ready-made HTML, CSS and JavaScript files that a server delivers exactly as stored. Here is how that works, when it fits a business, and how to run one well.

You can build a WordPress site without hosting on your own computer or in your browser, but you need hosting to publish it. Here's how to do both.

A step-by-step guide to speeding up WordPress, starting with measurement and server fixes, then caching, images, plugins, scripts and fonts.

Managed WordPress hosting means the provider runs a WordPress-tuned server and handles security, backups, caching and updates. Here's what it includes and who needs it.

A practical, layered checklist for securing WordPress: logins, updates, configuration, hosting, monitoring and what to do if your site is hacked.

A step-by-step guide to updating PHP for a WordPress site without breaking it: checking your version, testing compatibility, switching at your host and rolling back.

A complete guide to backing up WordPress: the database and files, four backup methods, scheduling, off-site storage and testing restores.