Hawk Host Blog

Our sixth hosting location is now officially online! Hong Kong is our newest datacenter for shared hosting plans and it’s our first location in China. Read More

Our Los Angeles datacenter is now accepting VPS orders! This is our fourth location offering VPS hosting and our first US West coast datacenter with VPS plans. Not only does our Los Angeles location offer great connectivity for North American traffic, we also peer directly with major Asia/Pacific ISPs to provide a solid network for international customers. Read More

So you just opened your shiny new Magento or Opencart store.  It looks great, it’s fast and it’s on a great host (Hint #1 use Hawk Host).  But where are all the sales? Read More

Don’t handicap your new website by falling into beginners traps. Here are some common pitfalls you should actively avoid. Read More

Below are some no-downside tips for securing your Magento store against most of the currently known attacks. Read More

Due to popular demand we’re extremely pleased to announce our semi-dedicated hosting plans are now available in a new location: Singapore! We’ve previously offered these plans in our Los Angeles, Dallas, and Washington DC location with great success but customers kept asking about our Singapore location. Read More

Building a web site can be difficult. Very difficult. Creating an easy to use, well designed, practical, and affordable web site is seemingly impossible. One option is to spend thousands of dollars on a professionally designed site that is responsive, mobile friendly, modern, and easy on the eyes. For most of us it’s just not practical to spend that much on a website. That’s where Weebly comes in. Weebly gives you the power to create a professional looking and feature rich website for free. Read More

With the release of cPanel version 56 comes a new feature titled ‘Site Publisher’. While the name is a bit vague using the software is anything but that. In short, the site publisher is a remarkably easy to use “editor” that lets you get a quick website up in less than 5 minutes. Well, the first time may take you 5 minutes, but once you know what you’re doing it will take about 30 seconds to get the publisher working on any of your sites. Read More

While it is difficult to get users to agree to sign up for your mailing list it’s many times more difficult to keep them opening your email once they do sign up.  Here are some good battle tested general tips to improve your newsletter. Read More

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