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Helpful covid Info
Last updated 06/18/20 We regularly receive emails regarding covid, so we've compiled a list of helpful info for our Customers and Community. We'll continue to update as information comes in. And FYI, we deliberately used lower-case letters for covid... don't want to...
CWS turns 18!
Thank you Customers for allowing us to continue in business for 18 years! Here's to the next 18 ...
Why do I need a Secure Certificate or SSL?
Google and Search Engine Ranking Google will penalize you if you don’t use SSL. For search engines, non-SSL = non-trustworthy. Search engines are warning visitors on websites without SSL. Google uses SSL as a ranking signal. Without a valid secure...
CWS is Celebrating 17 Years in Business!
Thank you to our Customers for allowing Creative Web Solutions to celebrate 17 years in business. It began in 2002, and we've grown to support our Customers, big and small, and their website hosting and design needs.
WordCamp Atlanta 2019
We're excited to be attending #WCATL WordCamp Atlanta (Tech City South) in early May this year. Gotta get our GEEK on! More info here: https://2019.atlanta.wordcamp.org/
Time to Update Passwords
When was the last time you changed your passwords? Don't be an easy target - do it today! Thank you to Chris Barbalis on Unsplash for the photo
No Tricks, Just Treats
Don't let a monster website frighten away your customers! No tricks when you work with Creative Web Solutions! Have a BOO-tiful Halloween and Treat yourself to a Great (Pumpkin) website! Don't be a scared-y cat, "screech" out to us today! Thanks to Dane...
Google Mobile-first Indexing
We're seeing notifications from Google that mobile-first indexing has been enabled for some of our Customer websites. We're letting our Customers know as the notices come in. What does this mean? Prior to now, Google's ranking system used the desktop version of your...
WordCamp Birmingham is August 4-5, 2018
WordCamp Birmingham will be held August 4 & 5, 2018. If you work with WordPress in any way, you should go. WordCamps are the most awesome workshops for all things WordPress. All levels of experience are welcome. WordCamp is all about open source, learning,...
Dreamhost Service Issues
Dreamhost is under DDOS attack (as reported by WordFence in this post). According to WordFence, "It looks like it may be an Anonymous attack targeting the Dreamhost DNS to try to take a white supremacist website called ‘punishedstormer dot com’ offline. The website...
We’ll be Attending WordCamp US in December, 2017
Creative Web Solutions owner Lisa Smith will be attending WordCamp US in Nashville in December, 2017. This is the third annual country-wide WordCamp US. The first two were held in Philadelphia, PA, with this year and next year's events held in Nashville. The Workshop...
Yahoo Reports Massive Data Breach
Yahoo reports they had a massive data breach, and if you were impacted, you probably received an email. For more information about this issue and our security resources, please visit the Yahoo Security Issues FAQs page available at...