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Installing Live Chat on your website
Website Live Chat: It's not just for the big brand name companies anymore! There was a time, up until quite recently actually, when Live Chat was something you only ever saw on the big brand sites. Companies like Pet Stock, Harvey Norman and others seemed to take up...
What is an SSL, Do you need it?
Have you ever been stopped by a website telling you your connection isn't private? Or noticed that certain URLs start with, instead of It's ok if you haven’t noticed before but it is something you want to start noticing, you always want to see https:// when visiting...
Adobe Flash Player EOL
Adobe has recently announced the Adobe Flash Player EOL (End of Life) date. Going into next year flash support will cease entirely. What does this mean for you? For starters, Flash was never really a secure product on your site to begin with. Now that Adobe has...
HA’s Web Design Department
Have you ever tried to draw something cool, spent five minutes on it, then realised that it looks like a toddler’s half-eaten dinner? Yeah, me too. (Although, I can build a great website!) Web Design is similar in more ways than one. Maybe you’ve tried to design a...
How to Set-Up Your Online Store
Hi everyone, in light of recent events, businesses all over the world are finding themselves in a state of abrupt change. COVID-19 has rocked humanity on a global scale and people are feeling the strain. Many of you may have considered moving your business to an...
Email spoofing and spam, what are they?
Email Spoofing and Spam You may hear these terms thrown around a little bit but what do they actually mean? Let’s start with email spam, by definition spam means to send unsolicited messages in bulk via email or other means. I’m sure almost everyone should be familiar...
Hosting-Australia support system
Hosting-Australia support system Hi Everyone, this week I’m going to quickly go over the various means of contacting HA’s friendly support team. We’re sometimes asked what the best ways to contact us are and also how you should contact us. Depending on your situation...
How to check your mail settings (Outlook)
Outlook Mail Configuration Mail configurations can be a little hard to understand. Sometimes when you take a look at your configuration it can be like reading another language. I’m just going to give you the need to know settings that should help you keep your mail on...
The Importance of Website Load Times
What do you think when a website is painfully slow to load? Do you tap your fingers impatiently, do you sigh in annoyance? When browsing the internet what is worse than a website that takes more than 10 seconds to load? Not much, and all of our time is precious, so...
Here’s Why You Need SEO For Your Site
https://developer.akamai.com/blog/2016/09/14/mobile-load-time-user-abandonment According to the above article published in 2016, 53% of people who browse the internet on their phones abandon sites that take too long to load, longer than 3 seconds to be exact. It...
Who uses wordpress?
What was once used mainly by small time travellers and writers for blogs has grown and evolved to become the biggest content management system on the block. Wordpress themselves reveal that 35% of all websites are built on their platform. They take up more than 50% of...
The Importance of WordPress Security Releases
Hi everyone, about a week and a half ago WordPress released a maintenance update titled WordPress Version 5.2.3. Within it were several minor security and quality of life fixes. Here’s a link to the patch notes....