The IT Arsenal blog highlights valuable tools, useful practices, and effective methods for business websites with spotlights from customer experiences. Enjoy!
Q&A: Help! What do I do when my website host contacts me about something I don’t understand? Like spammers, malware or SSL!
Here's a scenario IT Arsenal recently recently contacted about, it might sound familiar... A panic'd emails comes through... Hi, I received this email from my website host, Hostgator, GoDaddy, BlueHost, one of those, and it says my site is offline, or partially...
What is CSS? … for those who just need to know what their web person is saying
Ever wonder what designers and web folk are talking about when they use the term “CSS”? Ever wonder what it stands for? Cookbook of Special Sauces? Climbing Super Speeds? Cheesy Sandwich Snack? Can’t Stand Spiders? It actually stands for “Cascading Style Sheets” and...
Does your site have HTTPS yet? WP Engine sent this SSL Notice and TLS 1.2 is here, act now!
SSL WP Engine [an excellent website host I've recommended in the past] sent this to their newsletter list earlier in July. It's one of the most straight forward I've seen that essentially says, if you don't have https before your website, Chrome is going...
Client Spotlight: Elaine Chukan Brown, Site Hack and Update Combo Creates Havoc & Repair
Elaine Chukan Brown serves as the American Specialist for JancisRobinson.com, a contributing writer with Wine & Spirits Magazine and a columnist at Wine Business Monthly. Her work has been featured in World of Fine Wine, Decanter, Robb...
How Do I Add a Blog to My Website?
We frequently get asked to incorporate a blog into new websites. This is a highly technical, labor-intensive process. Just kidding. That’s what we’d say if we were the Wizard of Oz and were more concerned with looking smart than being helpful. In truth, we are both...
What is the Best Website Security? Not what You Think.
Everyone knows their website security should be solid and that backups are essential, but many people don’t make them a priority until they’ve been hacked. A sad truth. In the last 5 years we’ve found about 25% of sites get hacked within 3 years! How long has your...
Ready to Toast Your Host? Read this first.
We frequently get requests from people looking to move away from their current website host. Some are frustrated with poor customer service or lackluster performance. Others have been left in the dark because they hired the same person to build and host...
Two Easy Tools to Make Your Social Media Posts Pop
What grabbed your attention last time you were scrolling through Facebook or Twitter? What made you pause and click? Chances are it was a clever quote, a meme, a funny video - a visual. Images catch the eye and make a more immediate impact than words alone can. Here's...