Ever wondered what the difference was between the ‘@’ symbol and the ‘*’ symbol when setting up a DNS Zone file for a domain name. In the past I have seen them used interchangeably with sometimes unexpected results. The difference is that one (@) is for exact match search where there is no subdomain and the other (*) is a Wild Card – they are not interchangeable in all circumstances. Consider the following Zone File for domain name xyz.com, Any DNS...

Big changes are coming in the domain name space with the addition of thousands of new gTLDs in the coming years. The process has already started, so don't wait until it's too late to grab one of these new domain names for your business! Here's what you need to know now.

The importance of keeping your PC up to date with reliable Antivirus products cannot be understated. Read on for a real life situation that we found ourselves in recently.

Be sure to display an accurate privacy policy on your website so that visitors know exactly what to expect when it comes to the collection, storage and use of their personal information.

We have had a client report an intermittent mail issue where their email was being bounced with a 5.7.1 error. We host around 10 email accounts for this client, but only act as a pass-through POP - as email is redirected to Gmail servers. The reported issue was that every few months or so, three of the ten email addresses would start bouncing email back from our server with a 5.7.1 error. Post fix mail logs weren't very helpful since 5.7.1...

A little over two years ago Morgan Stanley predicted mobile would overtake desktop use by 2015. More recently in 2011 Microsoft suggested the changeover would take place by 2014. Now a report published by the China Internet Networks Information Center suggests both estimates were conservative, with more Chinese now connecting to the Internet via mobile phone (smart phone) than desktop computers. Despite the data being a little misleading (desktop and laptop users were counted separately, when combining them might have seemed...

What is Responsive Website Design? Responsive Website Design is the process of designing and building a website using techniques that allow the layout of the website to automatically adapt to fit the device it is being viewed on - be it on a desktop computer, a smartphone (such as an iPhone, Blackberry or any brand of phone using the Windows or Android operating system) or a tablet computer (such as iPad, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab or Google Nexus). Figure...

So someone has stolen your photos, images or copy and is using it on their website. Well tough, it’s a big bad world and there’s not much you can do about it right? Wrong! – The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) could be your saviour. Most Internet Service Providers, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts subscribe to the principles of the DMCA and take any DMCA complaint seriously. It is important to note that by making a DMCA complaint you are making...

The start of a new year - a time when many people take stock of the year that's passed, set personal goals and make plans for the year ahead. For many businesses the dawn of a new year is also a time for goal setting and scoping out improvements that can be made or achievements that can be built upon from the previous year. From our experience in the web industry it's also a time when many businesses reconsider their existing...

According to Gartner (the world's leading information technology research and advisory company), by 2013 mobile devices will overtake desktop computers and laptops as the most common web access device worldwide. And while New Zealand’s smartphone uptake is slightly behind the rest of the world, the increased adoption of these devices cannot be ignored. As a consequence it’s becoming more and more necessary to not only consider these devices, but actually cater to them in your website design and build process. When...