The best email services

Firstly, it’s important to have a decent email address and if you are an organisation or business it should reflect your business name and/or website address.  In other words, if someone sends me an email from a gmail address or one of the other “personal” address systems I regard it as personal or from someone … Read more

DNS servers that work well and fast

You don’t have to use your ISP’s DNS servers and sometimes can get better results with others.  Try these: Google 8.8.8.8  8.8.4.4, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 OpenDNS Now part of the Cisco empire, the primary is 208.67.220.220 with a backup on 208.67.222.222. Norton ConnectSafe Available in its basic form on 199.85.126.10 (backup 199.85.127.10) Comodo Secure DNS Rather … Read more

Email links and resources

Email explained in 2 minutes   Temporary email addresses If you give web sites and new contacts a disposable email address instead of your real one, you can selectively disable a disposable address as soon as you get spam through it, but continue using all other aliases. All disposable email address services provide this basic … Read more

Picmonkey

Picmonkey is an online image and photo editing application which manages most of the effects and tweaks you need for preparing images for your website… and more. www.picmonkey.com Using it is straightforward, but for extra information you can always use their video tutorials and “how to’s” For a basic introduction, see the video below: Top … Read more

Woo1a

Videos and notes on setting up Woocommerce. It is advisable to use a theme which states that it works or is designed for Woocommerce. This shows you how to set up a website AND Woocommerce More specific for Woocommerce

Karoo/KC Internet Settings

Kingston Communications – useful information and settings Karoo Business Support: 08451 200063 Karoo Home Support: 01482 606101 Telephone Numbers: Karoo Broadband: 150Karoo AnyTime: 08440 464000Karoo HomeTime: 08440 464100Karoo FreeTime: 08440 464200Karoo Pay As You Go: 08440 969696Karoo Standard: 0845 3210000Karoo Outside Hull: 0845 1281514 DNS Servers: primary 212.50.160.100secondary 213.249.160.100(secondary usually more reliable!)Alternate servers which don’t redirect … Read more

Sample email signatures/disclaimers

It is common practice for a signature block to consist of one or more lines containing some brief information on the author of the message and a disclaimer.  The UK’s ECommerce Regulations require all limited companies to disclose their company name, registration number, place of registration, website etc. in e-mail signatures.  It is suggested good … Read more

Email signatures

Email signatures are used to display your name and contact information. The signature is automatically inserted, usually at the end of the email. Using an email signature saves you time every time you send an email to someone. If you use Microsoft Outlook, the links below will show you how to set them up: for Outlook … Read more