What is Wordpress Wordpress is easily the most used, most accessible, web site development tool used by more websites than any other platform on the internet. Wordpress provides the platform for anyone to make their own websites, CMS (Content Management System, Online Store, Gallery or pretty much any other online presence you can think of. The great thing about Wordpress… Read more →
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5 Reasons Your Email Might Not Be Working
One of the most common problems people call us for, whether its a school, big organisation or home user is email problems. Email are one of the oldest yet still most used and trusted ways to communicate on the internet. You do need internet to send and receives emails and some people have internet problems and in turn affects their… Read more →
Consider Using FreeBSD For Home Server
Why do I need a home server Servers are no longer reserved for the business, colleges and organisation. There are a million reasons why you could want a personal home server for you house. Whether you just want to share media files over the network to other computers to share photos and movies, or if its just to back up… Read more →
Using Your Old Laptop As Home Server
Most of us go through a new laptop or computer every 3 to 5 years. A lot of the time our old computer still work, but it is either starting to run slow or you want and require new rich features brand new computer have to offer. Most people either throw their old laptop or computers out, or give them… Read more →
Free Dynamic DNS
What is a DNS server You might not know this, but every time you go onto the internet, check your email of use Facebook, you are using a DNS service. Every computer, router or network on the internet has an IP address, something that looks like 123.456.789.123. This is a unique address assigned to a host which identifies it as a… Read more →
Things to do with an Old Computer – Part 2
Create a Online Network Storage Device A network storage device is a computer which doesn’t have to be very powerful on your network you can store files on. Most people back up onto their external hard drive or to a online service like your Google Drive or Dropbox storage. Uploading and downloading your files from an online service can be very… Read more →
Things to do with an Old Computer – Part 1
It feels like only yesterday when no one had a computer. Yep I sound old but I am still in my 30’s and it really wasn’t that long ago there was no internet, people didn’t have mobile phones which surfed the web and have internet and people only had one computer in their house. As the technology has developed and… Read more →
Reasons to love Linux
You can use older hardware Unlike Microsoft Windows which with every upgrade slows your computer down if you do not have later hardware, with Linux its not so much an issue. A lot of people use Linux by command line but even as it is making its way into the desktop arena, with every update or upgrade the impact on… Read more →
Plex Media Server
Plex media server is a software package you can download from the internet and setup on one of your computers to host, save and stream your media files, music, video and pictures to other devices on your network or over the internet. Download Plex Plex can be run from a Windows, Mac or lInux computer and NAS devices and can… Read more →
What is my IP Address, DNS and Gateway
What is your IP Address (Internet Protocol) Most people who use the internet has heard of an IP address, but unless you have some sort of training or are a computer enthusiast you probably don’t know what it really means. Like your house address which distinguishes you from every other house in the world when sending and receiving a letter,… Read more →