Aug 6, 2020 | Technical Help, Web Hosting, WordPress
It’s important to keep your website secure! CharlesWorks uses DirectAdmin on most of its Linux based servers. The latest PHP versions offer the best security. The later versions also offer better speed as well. The CharlesWorks web servers are optimized to keep...
Jan 1, 2020 | Domain Names, Technical Help, Web Hosting, WordPress
CharlesWorks uses Let’s Encrypt to provide SSL (Secure Socket Layers) for your web presence! Note: On websites hosted after January 1, 2020, CharlesWorks automatically offers the FREE Let’s Encrypt encryption service to offer SSL certificates for sites...
Apr 5, 2017 | WordPress
If you would like to host your current WordPress website with CharlesWorks, we simply need the following from you to get started. If you don’t know the answer to these questions, don’t worry! We can help you through the process with access into various...
Apr 4, 2017 | WordPress
The WordPress software itself is free. Some of the premium plugins and themes are offered at various costs. WordPress.org is anyone can obtain the WordPress software, plugins and themes for self-hosted WordPress websites. That is essentially where we get them for you...
Sep 1, 2014 | Domain Names, Email, Q & A, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Technical Help, Web Hosting, WordPress
The summer is coming to a close, and you know what’s next: the Holidays! We would like to get a jump on the season of thanks by letting you know how much we appreciate your continued patronage. Thanks to faithful web clients like yourself, CharlesWorks has seen...
Aug 1, 2014 | Domain Names, Email, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Hosting
Seven questions to ask your potential provider! If you or your business has an online presence, a crucial part of the whole web presence is deciding who will host your website. The web hoster provides the web space. It also manages the servers on which your site will...
Jul 1, 2014 | Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Hosting, WordPress
A website is used for communicating information to a large number of viewers. It is important that everything functions properly – buttons, links, etc. As long as it works, that’s all that matters, right? Well, what about how it looks? Most of us have heard the...
Jun 1, 2014 | Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Hosting, WordPress
Does your website need a review? Like most businesses, you have a website. Well, that’s great! However, is your website up to date? Do you think you even need to update your website? Whether your customers have just found you for the first time, or are returning...
May 1, 2014 | Web Hosting
The CharlesWorks team has acquired a fresh face this month and would like to welcome its newest addition Wesley Baird. Wesley is a graduate of Keene State College this year, receiving both his Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and an Associate in Arts. On the side,...
Apr 1, 2014 | Email
In what appears to be a desperate pursuit of both economy and productivity, many people seem to have really gone off the deep end attempting to communicate entirely via email (and more recently via text messaging). But are we really getting across exactly what we mean...
Mar 1, 2014 | Domain Names
Your domain name is probably the least expensive component of your Internet presence. Amazingly, it is one of the most important! Your domain names are annually renewed and paid for just like your property taxes – if it lapses someone else can obtain it and use...
Feb 1, 2014 | Web Hosting
Steven Lotkowski is our latest addition to the CharlesWorks Team. Formerly of Colts Neck, New Jersey Steve has a passion for hardware and the many remarkable feats it helps us accomplish in our everyday live. From your everyday smart phone to reusable rocket ships...
Oct 1, 2013 | Email, Scams & Spoofs
Last month we talked about the mysterious (to most people anyway) CLOUD. Although we’ve heard tons about it to date, it is worth reminding ourselves of one of the worst problems lurking in every Internet nook and crabby: MALWARE. There are many common internet...
Aug 1, 2013 | Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Technical Help, WordPress
CharlesWorks continues to grow as we welcome a new member to our team. Please welcome Michael Cole of Greenfield! Beyond web technology, Mike’s interests include reading novels, singing, watching movies, and spending time with his wife and two sons. He likes to...
Apr 1, 2013 | Scams & Spoofs, Spam, Technical Help, WordPress
We’ve been extremely busy over the past year and haven’t gotten our newsletter out as often as we’d have liked to. We are sending this particular one out to let you know about ongoing attacks on the Internet, the most recent of which have been...
