DNS

Understand DNS concepts and learn how to manage DNS settings effectively for optimised website performance and reliability.

Hosting Phproject Websites

4 May 2024

Are you looking to streamline your workflow, enhance team collaboration, and take your project management to the next level? Look no further! Today, we’re diving deep into Phproject, a stellar project management tool, and how hosting it on Switchweb can transform your work life. Buckle up, grab your favorite beverage, and let’s get started on […]

PHP-Nuke Hosting: A UK Guide

4 May 2024

PHP-Nuke was an early, once-popular open-source CMS for news portals and community sites. The original project has seen very limited ongoing development for a number of years, and historically had a poor security track record with slow patching of known vulnerabilities. If you’re choosing a CMS for a new project today, this is worth weighing […]

phpMyFAQ Hosting: A UK Guide

3 May 2024

phpMyFAQ is an open-source FAQ management system for publishing and organising a searchable knowledge base, useful for support documentation, internal knowledge bases, and public-facing help centres. What phpMyFAQ offers Searchable FAQ organisation: Structured categories and search built in. Multi-language support: Publish FAQs in multiple languages from one installation. User feedback and ratings: Let visitors rate […]

Unleashing the Power of phpList on Switchweb

2 May 2024

Today, weโ€™re diving into the world of email marketing with a twist. If youโ€™re a small business owner, a marketing professional, or just someone who loves tech, this oneโ€™s for you. We’re going to explore phpList, a gem in the realm of email marketing, and how hosting it on Switchweb can revolutionize your campaigns. So, […]

How to use the DMARC Wizard tool to add DMARC DNS records

10 April 2024

Once you have migrated emails to Switchweb you may want to setup DMARC for increased security. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) is a way to stop or reduce email spam and phishing attacks. It is based on existing email authentication methods using SPF (Sender Policy Framework) or DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) Switchweb’s control […]

Cloudflare connecting IP pass-through

10 January 2024

Our CDN network now passes through the client IP address for websites proxying through Cloudflare. This means customers using Cloudflare can now see the client IP address inside their website Access/Error logs and website-level firewalls/security plugins do not need to make any special changes to discover the client’s real IP address. Using Cloudflares SSL certificate […]

Adding a DKIM Record on Switchweb Hosting

5 November 2023

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a security standard that helps to verify the authenticity of email messages. It does this by adding a digital signature to outgoing emails, which can then be verified by the receiving email server. This helps to prevent email spoofing, which is when a spammer sends an email that appears to […]

Switchweb’s Nameservers

13 June 2023

Nameservers are specialized servers on the internet that handle queries regarding the location of a domain nameโ€™s various services, such as its website and email. They are an essential part of the Domain Name System (DNS), which is used to translate human-friendly domain names (like www.example.com) into IP addresses that computers use to identify each […]

20 Years of Switchweb

29 December 2022

In April 2002 we first launched Switchweb, our low cost provider of PHP MYSQL hosting for websites. 20 Years of Switchweb later and that mission still stands clear but weโ€™ve added a range of great features along the way. Today Iโ€™m pleased to announce a new set of features which have come to new and […]

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