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Quick Tip: How to Flush Cache at DNS Hosts for Faster DNS Record Changes

September 23, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Imagine you’ve moved your website to a new web host, a faster host with better customer support.

Which means you need to update your domain records to point to your new host.

You log into your domain registrar and update the records for the new host.

And wait.

You know it can take a while for the changes to propagate (the time it takes for your changes to take effect).

Read on to learn about DNS and steps you can take to help propagation to go faster. Continue reading Quick Tip: How to Flush Cache at DNS Hosts for Faster DNS Record Changes

Filed Under: Web design Tagged With: DNS, DNS host, domain name record, domain record, flush cache, quick tip, Time to Live, TTL, web host, web hosting

WordPress Backup Services and Plugins Part 2: Read the Fine Print

August 24, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

open book on wooden table, with journal notes next to it

Imagine you’re a business owner with a WordPress site you’ve had for over a dozen years.

You’re slowly winding down your business, with plans to close it in the near future.

But you want to keep your site up and running for a while longer.

You’ve moved to managed WordPress hosting so you don’t have to worry about WordPress updates.

You haven’t changed your custom theme in over five years. And you haven’t added any new content to your site in the past four years. Continue reading WordPress Backup Services and Plugins Part 2: Read the Fine Print

Filed Under: WordPress Tagged With: backup, GoDaddy, Managed WordPress hosting, online backup, plugin, VaultPress, web hosting

Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records

May 22, 2019 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Last night at our West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup, we spoke about web hosting and changing hosts.

One of the side conversations was about updating domain records when you change your host.

And what you can do to make the process run quickly and smoothly. Continue reading Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records

Filed Under: Web design Tagged With: domain name record, domain record, security, Time to Live, TTL, web host, web hosting

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