We had the privilege of attending a fantastic WordCamp last weekend in Kent Ohio. The event started on Saturday so we arrived Friday evening to get our interactive VR booth setup at the venue. We were immediately impressed by the convenience of having the event venue at the same location as the recommended hotel. This is always preferred.

As the Saturday sessions got into full swing, we found that there are many enthusiastic WordPress users in the area. Many of the conferences that we attend consist mostly of developers, but in this case it seemed there were quite a few new WordPress users who are actively trying to grow their knowledge. This tends to be a is a sign of a thriving WordPress community in Kent, Ohio.

So you just tried to update your site to the latest version or install a new extension or template and your site broke. To make matters worse, you forgot to create a backup prior to these actions and are constantly taking risks by making changes and testing on your live site. Well not anymore! That’s right - you can choose to setup a staging site at CloudAccess.net, it’s as easy as 1,2,3!

Living in a rapidly changing world, businesses not only have to survive, but its major goal must be growth and producing revenue. In terms of technology, the company website is the key to success. The owner should focus not only on the traffic but also the website’s usability. This blog has some tips on how to tune the website’s usability.

We are excited to announce that a fully integrated CDN (Content Distribution Network) has been added into the platform and it is now available for all paid plans. Our team has been working relentlessly on this new feature and we encourage all clients to utilize the CDN.

Every website relies on images to present visual information and provide an ideal user experience. But presenting large attractive images can compromise your website performance. Luckily there's a solution - image optimization.

Here are 3 of the best online image compression tools you can use to generate fast loading JPEG and PNG images without sacrificing image quality.

Why speed matters?

It’s just not the irrelevant numbers, but studies show that it can actually affect your business. Nowadays, we want everything fast and every second counts as potential clients simply don’t want to waste their valuable time.

To prove my point, studies from big corporations like Walmart show that a one-second improvement in a website's load time causes an increased conversion rate of 2%. This shows that it’s worth considering improving your site's speed so I welcome you to read this blog post.

This was our second year sponsoring and attending Joomla Day Florida and yet again, it was a fantastic event!

There were thought-provoking keynotes by Mike Demo, John Rampton and Robert Jacobi. We managed to catch some great sessions, and the tempo was kept in time by the notorious Robert Parker who MC’d the event. The conference venue was Ybor City, a historic area of Tampa with Cuban roots and amazing nightlife. The event was held on a local campus, which was ultimately the perfect sized venue.

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What’s this all about?

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization that is responsible for managing Internet Protocol numbers and Domain Names introduced a new policy for gTLD domain names.

What are gTLD domain names?

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs). Historically, the group of generic top-level domains has included domains created in the early development of the domain name system (.com, .net, .org, .edu, and .gov TLDs). Nowadays you can register almost 800 different types of gTLDs (ex .club, .cloud, .host) and many, many more.