Webdesign & development

PHP 7.1

PHP 7.1 is finally available – migrate now!

  • 30 January 2017
  • Reading time: 2 min

Last week, after upgrading to PHP 7.1.0 on the SSH nodes, this version of this server-side web development language has been made available on Combell’s Linux web hosting accounts. What...

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Thijs Feryn about WordPress scaling

  • 27 October 2016
  • Reading time: < 1 min

WordPress remains the world’s most popular Content Management System – it powers more than 27% of large and small websites, and this percentage continues to rise. Therefore, the WordPress community...

Combell welcomes Byte and HostingXS to the family!

  • 7 July 2016
  • Reading time: 2 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français Today, Intelligent -the group that owns Combell- announced the addition of hosting companies Byte and HostingXS into the ever growing family of Mega Awesome Hosters™....

Tips to secure your WordPress site

Secure your WordPress site: 10 ground rules

  • 25 May 2016
  • Reading time: 5 min

What are the guidelines for securing your WordPress site? This CMS, which runs on almost 25% of websites on the Internet is very secure in itself. But the more plugins,...

How can you use Google AMP for your web store

AMP, how can you use them for your web store?

  • 25 May 2016
  • Reading time: 4 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français In our previous article, we explained the importance of Accelerated Mobile Pages for Search Engine Optimization for news sites, as well as...

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Four trends in front-end design from the Smashing Conference in Oxford

  • 25 April 2016
  • Reading time: 4 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français Blog post written by Michiel Van de Veire, web developer for Intelligent (the holding company that owns Combell) As a web developer,...

Panama Papers - a huge leak caused by a WordPress plugin

Panama Papers: a huge leak caused by a WordPress plugin

  • 15 April 2016
  • Reading time: 3 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français The importance of installing updates as soon as they become available has once again been highlighted with the Panama Papers leak. Indeed,...

Upgrading to Joomla! 3.5 - benefits and tips

Upgrading to Joomla! 3.5: benefits and tips

  • 11 April 2016
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Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français Not only does version 3.5 of the open source CMS Joomla! make your website faster, but it also enhances user experience for...

(M)apps for Ghent puts Ghent’s open data on the map

(M)apps for Ghent puts Ghent’s open data on the map

  • 14 March 2016
  • Reading time: 3 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français The 6th edition of the Hackathon will be held on 19 March in Ghent. This is an event where anyone can use...

Transfer Wordpress.com site to your own WordPress hosting

How can I transfer my self-hosted WordPress blog to my new domain?

  • 24 February 2016
  • Reading time: 3 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français You have taken the important decision to give your website a new domain name with an extension that better reflects the content...

PHPBenelux Conference 2016: of elephants, jungles and… exotic drinks!

  • 17 February 2016
  • Reading time: 5 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français The PHPBenelux Conference has always been a very lively experience – exactly like the programming language itself, which is very dynamic. This...

WordPress 4.4 Clifford is available and these are the new features

WordPress 4.4 is available! And these are the new features…

  • 15 December 2015
  • Reading time: 2 min

Lees in het Nederlands - Lisez en français The new version WordPress 4.4 was named “Clifford”, in honour of jazz musician Clifford Brown. The main new features: a new default...