All Production Wordpress sites hosted at CanTrust need to have an effective caching plugin installed. What is "caching" and why does my site need it? By default Wordpress has no caching. This was just fine when Wordpress was being used to display simple blogs, back in the early 2000s [...]
Vancouver-Burnaby colo is now back up Last Update: 2025-10-15 10:45am *The generator is up, and powered is restored! Earlier this morning, websites hosted in our Vancouver-Burnaby colo (Smartt Networks) are not loading due to generator failure at the facility after a BC Hydro failure in the area. All equipment there [...]
There is a security epidemic happening on web stores now and for the past couple of years. All of the serious cybercrime gangs are regularly attacking and skimming Woo / Magento / Zencart powered sites. Their goals are the same always, (a) to steal the wp_users table and rest of [...]
Primary Access to the hosting backend access is done via encrypted SSH or SFTP connections. We run SSH/SFTP on a non-standard port of 22222. We also provide phpMyadmin access for web-based database debugging and administration. We do not provide cPanel, Plesk, Webmin, or other web based control panels. This is [...]
Mail for Windows Setup There is a friendly and functional email client built into Windows 10+ called "Mail". 1 Open the "Mail" app from your Start menu 2 Add an account Select: Other account POP. IMAP from the list [...]
Mozilla Thunderbird Setup Thunderbird is a free Open Source email program developed by the Mozilla foundation (the same people that bring you the Firefox web browser). It's a good choice because it's open source, so it is free and works with all mail sever options. The Lightning calendar extension [...]
Connecting Outlook New and Classic New Outlook Outlook Classic New Outlook 1 Run Outlook from the Start menu 2a First Time Running If this is your first time running it, you'll see "Welcome to the [...]
Set-up your Nextcloud calendar on a Mac desktop. Open Nextcloud and open the Calendar app. Scroll down the bottom left click "Settings and Import" for the calendar settings, scroll down to the very bottom link: copy iOS/macOS CalDAV address and copy that. https://*yourname.canwork.cloud/remote.php/dav/principals/users/yourusername/ Paste that to a text file [...]
An easier way to collaborate. A simple form to gather information easily. A simple multiple choice form in Nextcloud: canWork Dashboard Go to Forms Create new form Add your description or notes Add your question Add answer choices Add share options public | private | via link Adjust [...]
Open a password manager file. Open and copy a password from a folder in Nextcloud. Open the file, not through the app at the top. Password file is already created and in a folder in your Nextcloud. Start at Dashboard Go to Files Find password database Double click [...]