Guides for getting your website online
Plain-English explainers on domains, DNS, DirectAdmin, SSL and website performance — written by the people who run Traxio's hosting support.
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How To Move Your Website To A New Host
Moving hosts without downtime is mostly a matter of doing things in the right order. The full sequence, including the DNS step almost everyone skips.
WordPress.com vs Self-Hosted WordPress
Two very different products share the WordPress name. What each actually costs, what each lets you do, and which suits which kind of site.
How Much Does Web Hosting Cost In The UK?
Real UK hosting prices in 2026: what shared hosting genuinely costs, why the advertised price rarely survives renewal, and how to read a pricing page.
How To Get Email On Your Own Domain
hello@yourname.co.uk instead of a Gmail address: the three ways to get it, the DNS records that keep you out of spam, and when each route makes sense.
Website Builders vs Web Hosting
Wix, Squarespace and friends versus hosting your own site: what each route costs over three years, where lock-in bites, and a framework for choosing.
Choosing Forum Software: A Practical Guide
phpBB, MyBB, Flarum, SMF and Discourse compared honestly: what each is like to run on ordinary shared hosting, and which suits which community.
How To Start A Website For Free
A practical guide to launching a website for free — what the free options actually cost you, how to pick one, and the setup steps in the order that avoids rework.
How To Start A Forum Online
A practical guide to launching a forum: choosing between MyBB, phpBB, SMF and Flarum, moving a community off Facebook, and surviving the empty-room problem.
Best Free Hosting Options in 2026
A non-affiliate look at the genuinely free hosting options — InfinityFree, GitHub Pages, Netlify and WordPress.com — and which one suits what.
Why NVMe Hosting Is Faster
What NVMe storage actually changes for a website, how much difference it makes in practice, and the cases where it is irrelevant compared to caching or image sizes.
Installing WordPress in Under Five Minutes
The one-click Softaculous route step by step, the handful of settings worth changing immediately, and a first sitting that ends with something published.
Website Security Basics for Site Owners
The unglamorous habits — updates, passwords, backups and a few headers — that prevent the vast majority of small-site compromises, ordered by payoff.
How SSL Works and Why the Padlock Matters
What actually happens in the TLS handshake, what certificates prove and don't, why they're free now, and how to check your own site is set up properly.
Shared Hosting, Explained Properly
What you're actually sharing, when it's the right fit, and the honest signs it's time to move to something bigger.
DirectAdmin vs cPanel: What's Actually Different
Both panels do the same job. Here's where they genuinely diverge — interface density, resource use, and why hosts price them differently.
What Is DirectAdmin? A Plain-English Introduction
The control panel behind every Traxio hosting account, and the handful of screens you'll actually use day to day.
DNS Explained Without the Jargon
A records, CNAMEs, MX, TXT, nameservers and propagation explained through one honest analogy — and the handful of records every site owner actually touches.
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