One of my favorite Open Source applications is LibreOffice, which is a full office suite of applications. I use it almost everyday as a replacement for MS Office and have not encountered anything that it can’t do. Don’t know what Open Source is? Check out my overview here. In my experience, unless you are the …
Don’t want to pay for MS Office? Check out LibreOffice the free alternative. Read More »
I won’t hide it – I’m a huge fan of Open Source Software (abbreviated to OSS). One of the reasons I started my own business is to help small businesses save money on IT. One way I explore this is to take advantage of the plethora of OSS options available. So what exactly is …
Should I Be Using Open Source Software in My Small Business? Read More »
Every small business owner faces this problem at more than one point in their life. You know you need new software but you aren’t sure how to make the decision. Often we think we know what we want OR a trusted person has recommended something to you. You have to live with some software choices …
Are you following these 4 steps to select software for your small business? Read More »
In my previous article about High Availability I talked about uptime, which is basically a measure of how long your site is up. So how do you know when your site is up or not? System Monitoring No one wants to hear from their customers to tell them that their website is down, do they? So …
This is part 4 in a series of detailed articles about setting up a brand new domain on Australian hosting provider Zuver. See here for an overview of the whole series. If you’ve worked through the previous articles then you should now have a basic WordPress site installed on your own domain. Congratulations! But now …
Part 4 – WordPress Setup. My Favourite Plugins and a Few Hints and Tips Read More »
This is part 3 in a series of detailed articles about setting up a brand new domain on Australian hosting provider Zuver. See here for an overview of the whole series. If you’ve been following along at home then you have now registered your new domain and configured your email address. Next we will set up your …
Part 3 – Setting up SSL and Installing WordPress on Zuver Read More »
This is part 2 in a detailed series of articles about setting up a brand new domain on Australian hosting provider Zuver. See here for an overview of the whole series. If you followed along with Part 1 you should now have registered you new domain and setup hosting at Zuver. Most of the following …
Part 2 – Setting up your New Email Address in cPanel Read More »
This is part 1 in a series of detailed articles about setting up a brand new domain on Australian hosting provider Zuver. See here for an overview of the whole series. When registering a domain name you need to consider whether you want a .com, .com.au or other type of address. My recommendation is for …
Part 1 – Registering a Domain and Purchasing Hosting with Zuver Read More »
I have been asked by a some very new business owners what’s the easiest way to set up a new domain name with a WordPress website and email for their businesses. This series of posts provides the Kuter Solution to this question! By the end of the series, if you follow along, you will have your own domain …
Don’t Have $1000s to Spend on your New Website? Read this! Read More »
Following on from my previous article about backups I thought I’d do a plain English explanation of High Availability (HA). Picture this scenario – You are about to launch a new product, you’ve sent out the marketing email to your email list and are expecting 1,000’s of people to be flocking to your website to buy. …
