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Why Your Business Needs a Website Maintenance Plan

Ina L.·June 10, 2026·3 min read
Why Your Business Needs a Website Maintenance Plan
What Happens When Your Website Goes Offline?
Field notes

What Happens When Your Website Goes Offline?

Jun 10, 2026·3 min
Field notes
Field notes

Why Your Website Is Slow?

A slow website quietly costs you visitors, Google rankings and sales. Here are the 6 most common reasons websites load slowly — and how to fix each one in under an hour.

May 24, 2026·2 min
Predictive auto-dialing is live in Mariacall
Mariacall

Predictive auto-dialing is live in Mariacall

Mariacall now dials predictively — multiple lines in parallel, only answered calls reach the agent. Here is what changed, why it matters, and how to switch a campaign over.

May 15, 2026·3 min
Common website security mistakes small businesses make (and the 30-minute fixes)
Security

Common website security mistakes small businesses make (and the 30-minute fixes)

Most hacked small-business websites we recover were broken by the same five mistakes. Here is the audit checklist and the fixes you can ship in an afternoon.

May 11, 2026·2 min
How AI gives you back the hours you already had
AI

How AI gives you back the hours you already had

AI does not add hours to your week. It claws back the ones you already lose to copy-paste, follow-up emails and the same three reports nobody reads.

Apr 2, 2026·4 min
Fixing the aaPanel "Please go to the [module] and click [one-key install]" error for Node.js projects
DevOps

Fixing the aaPanel "Please go to the [module] and click [one-key install]" error for Node.js projects

If aaPanel keeps telling you to one-key install a module that you've already installed, the fix is two lines in the project's package.json and a manual node_modules rebuild.

Jul 13, 2025·2 min
Locked out of WordPress? Change your admin password through phpMyAdmin
WordPress

Locked out of WordPress? Change your admin password through phpMyAdmin

Lost admin email, broken SMTP, hacked account — when the WordPress reset link won't work, you can update your password directly in the database. Here's the safe way.

Oct 7, 2024·1 min
What "zero trust" actually means — and how to apply it without enterprise budgets
Security

What "zero trust" actually means — and how to apply it without enterprise budgets

Zero trust isn't a product you buy, it's a posture: never trust, always verify. Here's how a small business applies the same idea Cloudflare and Google use.

Sep 28, 2024·2 min
Moving your website to Cloudflare without losing email, mail flow or sleep
Infrastructure

Moving your website to Cloudflare without losing email, mail flow or sleep

Cloudflare's free plan gives your site a global CDN, free SSL, and a real WAF. The migration is 20 minutes — if you don't break MX records in the middle.

Sep 28, 2024·7 min
Hosting
Hosting

How to actually choose a web hosting provider (without falling for the $1.99 trap)

The headline price isn't the price. Here's the checklist we use to evaluate hosting for our customers — and the questions to ask before you commit.

May 8, 2023·6 min
Why a responsive website matters more in Namibia than anywhere else
Design

Why a responsive website matters more in Namibia than anywhere else

70% of Namibian web traffic is mobile. A site that breaks on a Samsung A14 isn't a small bug — it's most of your audience. Here's what to fix first.

Mar 25, 2023·1 min
Restrict WordPress media library to each user's own uploads (no plugin)
WordPress

Restrict WordPress media library to each user's own uploads (no plugin)

By default every WordPress user sees every uploaded file. Two lines in functions.php restrict the media library so each user only sees their own.

Dec 14, 2022·3 min
Looking for a top WordPress expert in Namibia? Here's what "top" should actually mean
WordPress

Looking for a top WordPress expert in Namibia? Here's what "top" should actually mean

Anyone can call themselves a WordPress expert. Here's what to ask before you hire one, and the work that proves it.

Dec 5, 2022·1 min
Design
Design

How to find a web designer in Namibia who'll still answer the phone in 12 months

There are dozens of "Namibian web designers" online. Most disappear after launch. Here's how to spot the ones who stay.

Feb 18, 2022·4 min
Engineering
Engineering

Build your own social network: what it really takes (and when it's worth it)

Building a Facebook clone is technically easy. Making one people use is the hard part. Here's a practical roadmap to launching a niche social network.

Dec 13, 2021·5 min
E-commerce
E-commerce

Choosing a WooCommerce theme: what actually matters past page 1 of Google

Theme "best of" lists optimise for affiliate revenue, not your sales. Here's what to actually check before you buy a WooCommerce theme.

Dec 7, 2021·1 min