HTTP vs HTTPS: Risks of not using an SSL certificate on your website

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Website Security

HTTP vs HTTPS and SSL certificates can be a confusing topic. You probably know that you need to use “https” because your web browser has marked your website as insecure. But why is it insecure, what are the risks of not using an SSL certificate? What is http vs https and…

Free Upgrades to Existing Web Hosting Packages

Posted by HostAsean Editor in HostAsean News

We have some news for you, we’ve not just upgraded one of our most popular web hosting packages, but we’ve also launched one of the cheapest around. Pro hosting package upgrade We’ve upgraded one of our most popular web hosting packages – the US$15/month Pro Hosting package now has 6GB of disk…

Don’t reinvent the wheel. Why use WordPress instead of coding your own CMS

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Coding & Web Development, WordPress

You shouldn’t need much convincing, WordPress is a great tool for a lot of website projects. But sometimes you might consider rolling your own CMS. Maybe you’re early in your web development career and still think it won’t be so hard, or you think your latest client project has too…

No need to buy SSL certificates – they’re free!

Posted by HostAsean Editor in E-Commerce & Online Payments, Website Security

You need an SSL certificate on your website, that’s not up for discussion. But we have decided not to sell SSL certificates anymore except in special cases. Why? You don’t need to buy an SSL certificate because we already give you one for free. Read on to find out more…

Save the environment – keep your website lightweight and energy efficient

Posted by HostAsean Editor in SEO & Marketing, Web Hosting

Save the environment one line of code at a time.Improving your website performance benefits you in many ways, most notably user experience and SEO. A lesser known benefit of a fast lightweight website is actually saving the environment. The internet uses a lot of energy Data centres account for an ever-increasing amount…

Troubleshooting common email issues

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Web Hosting

It’s inevitable, something’s gone wrong – usually just when you need to send that important email to your client. Thankfully the answer is often a simple fix and this blog post should help you identify the issue. Here are some tips for troubleshooting common email issues. Checking your email deliverability. Email…

How to improve email deliverability? Get your SPF, DKIM, and DMARC in order

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Web Hosting

Getting your legitimate email to reach your recipient’s inbox is a much bigger challenge than it sounds. We have to take extra measures to improve our email deliverability and show that our legitimate emails are valid so that receiving servers can easily identify the good from the much larger volume…

WordPress alternatives and its rise in popularity

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Coding & Web Development, WordPress

WordPress is an extremely popular CMS (Content Management System) in 2019. It is currently in use by about a third of all websites (32% of the top 1m, 35% of the top 10k websites in the world. Stats from BuiltWith). It’s popularity is in part because it is user-friendly for…

All my add-ons are disabled in Firefox version 66, what can I do?

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Online Business

If you’re a Firefox user, you might have noticed that today all your add-ons (also called “extensions”) have suddenly been disabled and are now listed under “Legacy Extensions”. Reportedly this happened in the early hours of this morning. The issue doesn’t appear to be the result of a browser update…

Premium Email Services Compared – cPanel hosting vs G Suite vs Office 365

Posted by HostAsean Editor in Online Business, Web Hosting

Email is a large part of our web hosting services. Most of our business clients consider their email hosting as far more important than their website. When you rely on email for your daily communications it can really affect operations if there are any problems. Let’s compare cPanel hosting vs…