How do I make my Social Media Profiles as Private as Possible?

Maintaining social media accounts while staying as Private as possible is not as hard as you might think. Each time you post on social media, you might be revealing more than you think to a wider audience than you expected. Even Employers are looking at Social Media profiles of their potential employees in order to screen job applicants. We listed some steps you can take in order to reduce your private information that is accessible online of the 3 most popular social networks

Can Someone Hack my Smartphone?

The sad truth is that hackers now have a multitude of ways to get into your phone, without ever touching it. Given that our smartphones have become our new wallets, containing a treasure trove of personal and financial information

Phone users have reported strange SMS text messages received as an initial attempt to hack a smartphone. Texts that appear as a single square or other strange characters are attempts by hackers to download spyware or malware onto your device

Your phone battery discharges too fast. If the battery of your mobile device is rapidly draining, reducing the device operating time by several hours compared to normal use

If email sent from your device is suddenly getting blocked by spam filters it could be a sign that your email configuration has been changed and email is now being relayed via some unauthorized server

A hacked phone can become a part of a network of computers involved in mining cryptocurrency. How to know who is tracking your phone. You can immediately check if your phone has been compromised

Hackers might have used your smartphone to make costly international calls or send international text messages

From draining batteries to excessive data use, little signals are all you’ve got to warn you that something isn’t right

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Top 10 Web Design Trend of 2020

If there's one thing that we know for sure, it's that website design trends are constantly changing. As soon as you launch a new feature, it's time to start research on what direction to go next. While it can feel like an endless battle of time and resources, keeping up with current website design trends is a vital part of doing business. In this article, we will take a look at the top ten web design trends for 2020

Beginners Guide to cPanel

Getting Started with cPanel

The Interface, Email Accounts, Managing Files, Domains, FTP, Softaculous, Installing WordPress, Backing Up Your Website

cPanel is a Web based control panel where you can manage almost everything with your Website

RSH Web has made cPanel available to all of our customers, It is a simple and easy to use dashboard. It is maintained with regular updates, improvements and security measures
See our blog on What is cPanel Hosting

With cPanel you will be able to Connect domain names to your hosting, Set up email accounts for your users. Install WordPress or many other CMS (Content Management System's), Back up your Website. Upload files and images, Check the bandwidth and other usage stats. Change different security settings, Install "add-on" application's
And more than 80 different features (listed here) for you to use with your website

Getting Started with cPanel

Best URL Structure for SEO

URLs are an important but often overlooked element of Search Engine Optimization

Search Engines consider URLs as ranking factor to determine specific pages or the relevant webpage resources for search queries. Search Engines do look at the entire domain. However, the keywords used in a URL also play a big part in determining the ranking of the website in search engine optimization. For Google, Bing and other search engines to provide a user the relevant results for a search query, the engines need to have information

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What Is a Backlink?

A backlink is also known as an inbound link. A backlink is a hyperlink that comes from an external website to your own website. In other words, backlinks are incoming links to a website. Backlinks are formed when a particular webpage links to another webpage. In the past, backlinks were the prime metric used to rank a web page. Pages that have many backlinks ranked higher with the Search Engines. Today backlinks are still very important in determining the online success of any website. Google and most all Search Engine considers the inbound links that are of high quality and are also relevant and rank these webpage and websites top in the search results. This is because such backlinks are an indication of a page being resourceful for its users. Therefore, backlinks still remain an important aspect of any SEO strategy

Advantages of Backlinks
How To Generate Backlinks

How To Make Your Website Cross Browser Compatible

What Is Cross Browser Compatibility?

Cross-browser compatibility refers to the situation where a website displays in the same manner, in all web-enabled devices, no matter what their type is. All technologies are not built the same. As a result, some technologies are not mutually compatible with each other. For instance, a website may end up being compatible with a Mac browser version and at the same time not compatible with a PC web browser version. This provides a great need for website owners to ensure that their websites are compatible with all web enabled devices

How Important is Cross Browser Compatibility?

Is cross-browser compatibility really important? The answer is Yes! Browser compatibility is very important. If your website is not browser compatible, it could cost you your customers. This is because whenever users encounter problems on a website, most opt to leave the site and will not return. After all, why would a user return to your website whereas there are other websites that they could browse. Cross-browser compatibility is essential if you are to keep your customers. Otherwise, you will be on the losing end, and at the same time enriching your competitors

What is the WordPress Functions File?

All WordPress themes come with a powerful file that acts as a plugin which allows you to add a lot of interesting and useful snippets to your WordPress site. In this article, we will show you some of the most useful tricks for the "WordPress Functions File"

Change some of the default behaviors of WordPress by using the "functions.php" file. Adding features and functionality to any WordPress website with PHP code. You can use it to call native PHP functions, WordPress functions, or to define your own functions

If your theme already has a functions file, you can add the below snippets to it. If not, you can create a plain-text file named functions.php to add to your theme's directory

Listing 40 code snippets for you to copy and use

How Can I Protect My Privacy?

You may be under the impression that your personal information is safe, secure and private. Just how much information about you winds up on the Internet. Do a search for yourself on Pipl, "People Search Directory", Did the search come up with your name, social media profiles and possibly even your parent's names, address and telephone number too?

If you are worried about identity theft or not found of the idea that others can track your every move, there are a few things you can do to help keep your online data private. Also see our blog on "Remove Yourself from Search Directories"

Be weary of those phone calls web-sites and e-mails that want your personal information. These Scammers are very good at imitating legitimate businesses, be on your guard. They also may use high pressure tactics that can spook you into giving up your information, but do not be fooled. Legitimate businesses will not make unsolicited calls to ask for any personal info. If you received a call or email like this you think might be legitimate, contact the business or company directly using contact information you looked up on the company's website. If the matter is legitimate they will confirm this and help you resolve the issue while making sure your information stays safe

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How can you Protect your Personal Wi-Fi?

Personal Wi-Fi Security

Home Wi-Fi Security

Prevent Wi-Fi Based Attacks

Do I really Need to Secure my Home Wi-Fi?

Other people connecting to your home Wi-Fi may not be the biggest security threat to you, but it still should raise some concerns. In most cases this will result in reduced bandwidth as part of your connection is being used by some one else. And depending on your service plan, this could increase your cost. In some cases your Wi-Fi just might be used to preform illegal activities as the authorities may identify you as the culprit

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What is "Your connection is not Secure"

The "Your connection is not Secure" error can show when trying to connect to a secure website. This means that your Browser is preventing you from browsing the web page because it cannot establish a secure connection

When you browse to a HTTPS web site, your browser sends a request to the Websites Server. Both the Browser and the Server need to complete an SSL/TLS handshake to establish a secure connection (you can learn more about the SSL/HTTPS here). During the handshake, the website sends its SSL certificate to your browser to prove that it is secure and on the encryption protocol they will use to communicate

If your browser has trouble validating the SSL Certificate, a secure connection will not be established. Most Browsers today will stop you and will show you a "Your connection is not Secure" or sometimes a "Your connection is not Private" error message. And depending on what browser, what operating system, and how the Web Server is configured, you could get different variations of the same message

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USB Drive Encryption

Protecting Sensitive Information

Protecting Personal Information

Information security is crucial if your USB or Flash drive stores sensitive or personal information. They have become very important when we need to store such data. The best way to protect the data in your storage devices is to use encryption software. If these devices happen to be stolen you can make sure the person with the right encryption key only can access the information

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DNS Hijacking or Redirecting

DNS based attack is not something the average Internet surfer would know about but this can be a serious online threat. To learn about DNS hijacking or redirecting you first need to understand what DNS is and what it does

How DNS works

DNS "Domain Name System" functions as an interpreter between humans, (who communicate with words) And computers (who communicate with numbers). When you type in a Domain Name such as "rshweb.com" your Computer needs the IP (199.223.232.0) to actually find it and route you there. It does this by sending a query to a DNS Server That stores a database of IP addresses and their associated hostnames or domain names

What is it, How to Prevent it

How to Delete your Saved Passwords in you Browsers

Why would you want to delete your Browser Passwords?

Saved passwords can be accessed by third parties, It could be a friend borrowing your computer. Your "X" which may not have bad intentions by accessing your social media accounts. However, a more tech savvy person will know that most Browsers today will let them check passwords even being off-line. Surprisingly, this information can be revealed with a few simple clicks of the mouse

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Should I Wipe my Smartphone before I Sell it?

Before you sell, give away, or trade in your device you should delete all of your personal information

It is important that all your sensitive or personal data is deleted. Leaving personal information on your old devices can lead to humiliation or expose you to hackers. No matter who your old phone or tablet goes to you should always wipe it before giving it to them. The main reason for this is to protect your privacy, but it also makes it easier for the new owner to set it up "as new". There are several important things to do when removing your data from your old phone

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Internet Surfing Habits to Avoid

There are many ways you can get yourself in trouble on the Web, some of these habits are common mistakes you should stop. You will be surprised at how many times these dangerous surfing habits are overlooked. Are you guilty of any of the below examples? If "Yes" try our solutions, they could just save you from some very big trouble

Have you ever Clicked on “Agree” without reading the terms (and installing some malware). Downloaded files from questionable websites. Doing online shopping with that free public WiFi. Using simple passwords, because you think no one is watching

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How do I Stop and Block Spam Text Messages

More than just wasting your time and being annoying. Unwanted calls and Spam texts can cost you money

Unwanted text messages can be annoying and can cost you, especially if your data plan has limited texts. There is ways to block unwanted texts using your phone, through your carrier, or using a third-party app. There's even a number you can report spam messages to

You can use third party apps. However, they also mostly block spam calls rather than texts. If you do decide to use such apps, beware that some of them might gather your data without your permission or even sell it to other companies. Read their privacy policies carefully

Here are some other steps to can do to help stop these spam messages