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Hosting7 Oct 2026 5 min read

Free Domain With Hosting: How It Works and What to Check

How "free domain with hosting" offers usually work, what happens at renewal, who owns the domain, and the terms worth reading before you order a bundle.

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Hosting7 Oct 2026 5 min read

Common Hosting Errors Explained: 500, 503, 508 and 403

What 500, 503, 508 and 403 errors mean on a hosted website, the usual causes of each, and a step-by-step way to diagnose and fix them from your control panel.

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Hosting7 Oct 2026 5 min read

How to Move a Website to a New Host Without Downtime

A step-by-step plan for moving a website to new hosting: inventory, copying files and databases, testing with a hosts file, lowering DNS TTL and switching over safely.

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Hosting7 Oct 2026 5 min read

Website Uptime Explained: What It Means and How to Monitor It

What uptime percentages mean in real hours of downtime, the most common causes of outages, and how to set up free monitoring that alerts you before customers do.

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Hosting7 Oct 2026 5 min read

MySQL vs MariaDB: What's the Difference for Websites?

MySQL and MariaDB share a common origin and work the same way for most websites. Where they differ, whether your site will notice, and what to check when moving between them.

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Hosting7 Oct 2026 5 min read

Which PHP Version Should Your Website Use?

Use a PHP version that still receives security fixes and that your application supports. How PHP support works, why outdated versions are risky, and how to upgrade safely.

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