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A website's fonts in WordPress but also in many other content management systems are in most cases not a local source. They are generally hosted by a number of parties including of course the largest provider Google Fonts. These are commonly used by websites to ensure that the site's font looks nice and that smileys and emoticons can be used for example. However there has been a recent upheaval that we want to cover in this blog post. And why this development will be picked up by many topics in

MySQL is one of the most popular free-to-use solutions for storing data the update to MySQL 8 brings a number of improvements that could make it the choice for your next website project! Let's take a look at how to create the database at MijnHostingPartner.nl and what all has changed in the major update from MySQL 5 to MySQL 8. What's new in MySQL 8 A lot of things are different and improved in MySQL 8 so for most projects we recommend switching to the later version if you still have a legacy website

As expected the first update of WordPress has been released. After a full version update it is always a question of when the first subsequent update will be released. WordPress 6.0.1 brings with it many fixes however no groundbreaking improvements. Since this update focuses on ensuring the stability and security of WordPress. Let's cover these in more detail in this article as to what was released in this update. The following issues have been fixed to the Core of WordPress: Build/Test Tools: Pass

Google Search Console Insights is one of the most user-friendly statistics tool for novice webmasters in a simple overview you can see what matters. Without having to explore a host of deeper options. With the arrival and expansion of Google Analytics to version 4 and the overall announcement that Universal Google Analytics will go the way of the dodo in 2023 it is important to start taking some steps in the short term. So let's look at how you can execute the steps to make the new Google Analytics

Anyone who enters the world of website creation and maintenance will very soon find themselves faced with the choice of which Content Management System to use for the website. For many webmasters this choice will fall on WordPress but there are a whole bunch of other choices you can make for this as well. In this article we are going to look at the other options you have. And which Content Management System to choose for your next project. Let's get started! The market share of Content Management

Updating the software and underlying technology is an essential part of any healthy website. PHP version 7.4 will no longer be supported with security updates as of November 2022 and will therefore go the way of the dodo. It is therefore advisable to upgrade to the newer PHP versions available before then. We'll explain exactly how this works and how you can make your website fit for the newer PHP versions in this blog post. PHP is one of the most widely used code languages on the Internet although

In the world of email applications there are a few established names: Outlook and Thunderbird have been around for a long time. However Thunderbird has yet to enter the mobile market which Microsoft has been serving for some time with its Mobile Microsoft Outlook app. In updating our Thunderbird article in the knowledge base I saw that K9 is now being added to the Thunderbird community to further develop it as a mobile app for Thunderbird on Android. An interesting development then. Let's explore

Every year Google has several updates to its search engine however in May they have a major core update that can always shake things up. Has your website noticed a difference in ranking over the last few weeks? If so this should have normalized by now. Let's take a look at what this Google Core update has brought with it. Google updates can shake things up for a lot of websites with legendary updates like Penguin in 2012 turning entire industries upside down. Google is always fine-tuning their

From time to time a new search engine comes along because Google is not the only way to search the Internet. There are some veterans like Bing and now DuckDuckGo. And newer ones like Brave Search and a few other alternatives. However many of the new search engines have also been discontinued. Mainly for the reason that Google has a huge market share. This makes it difficult to convince users to switch. Yep is similar to Brave Search in many ways. In this blog post we will introduce you to this