Setting Up Spam Filters With cPanel
Setting up a successful spam filter for your inbox is a two-part process. Let’s get to it! Part One: Setting up Spam Filtering 1. Once in your cPanel
Disk Space Management Tools with cPanel
One of our most popular requests is assisting in identifying where disk space allowance is going. But did you know you have the tools right in your cP
WordPress Cleanup Checklist
Whether you’re a seasoned blogger or just getting your site off the ground and going crazy with uploads and creating content, it’s always a good idea
How to Use Gmail (not G Suite) with Your Domain
The Evil of Email Forwarders
When an email forwarder is created, all email is forwarded to that address. Bills, invoices, Twitter notifications, those
Mindful WordPress Security Practices
Secure WordPress Practices With WordPress, one of the easiest tasks to complete is to harden your site but it’s one of the most overlooked tasks! In t
Why *Everyone* Should Have Off-Server Backups
We have all heard the horror stories, and indeed, some of us have lived them ourselves – my hard drive failed, and I lost everything. Backups are so v
BCH Managed WP Services FAQ
If you were part of our beta testing this past summer, you already know the wonders that is our BCH Managed WP Service. Let us help you manage those m
PHP 7 and why you should be using it
New and Improved PHP
The long-awaited next version of PHP, version 7.0, was released at the end of 2015 and has been since receiving regular updates.
2019 Affiliate Referral Contest
It’s been a minute since we hosted our last Affiliate Referral Contest (in 2012 to be exact, yikes!) and we thought it was time for another one! We ho
GDPR: a breakdown and what we’re doing about it
What is GDPR? The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance deadline of 5/25/2018 is swiftly approaching. If you’re not familiar with GDPR,
Bandwidth Usage and Review
What bandwidth is and what bandwidth isn’t. Run out of or getting close to your bandwidth limit for the month but Google Analytics doesn’t show much t
Upcoming SSL changes to Google Chrome
New labeling for HTTP sites Starting in July 2018, Google Chrome will be marking all http sites as “Not secure”, something you may have already seen o
A Sad Farewell
Dear BCH Family – It is with such mixed emotions that I write you today with very big news. While I’ve been largely absent from the support side of th
Big Changes Afoot!
Hello, Black Chicken Host Family!
Holy cow, folks – we’ve been working on some supercool things behind the scenes, and we’ve been gradually rolling th
Why We’re Recommending G Suite
The Truth About Web Hosts and Email
I’ll get right to the point: Hosting email is the bane of the web host’s existence. Providing email services on a
Change in Our Terms of Service
The nature of technology is growth and change – what’s super-hot and super-fast one minute is obsolete and out-of-date the next. It’s a perpetual lear
How to Unblock Your IP on a BCH Server
We have some pretty snazzy news to share with you; we’ve added the ability for you to unblock your own IP address from the firewall! Most of us have
How to make a Menu out of your Categories in WordPress
WordPress is a very popular website platform used by many of our customers at BCH. A common request is adding a menu item that quickly pulls all of th
How to Make cPanel Work for You
Most of our customers never log into their cPanel account; they are completely happy to work within their WordPress Dashboards and never worry about w
What is Bandwidth?
From time to time, you may get an email from your server that says you’re approaching your bandwidth limit for the month – what is that? In a nutshell
Is A VPS Right for You?
We get many questions about when the “right time” is to upgrade to a VPS (Virtual Private Server.) There are many cases when a VPS may be better than