Windows Movie Maker alternatives
The best Windows Movie Maker alternatives
  • Online sales

Cut! That's a wrap – from Microsoft operating systems Windows 10 and on, Microsoft customers will have to do without the Windows video editing program. Fortunately, there are many Windows Movie Maker alternatives available on the internet, many of them free. Some of them offer beginners the most important basic functions, while others are impressive for even advanced and semi-professional video...

The best Windows Movie Maker alternatives
The best forum software
Forum software comparison
  • CMS

Whether you’re searching for help on how to change a tire, or you desperately need make-up tips for an upcoming wedding, you’ll sooner or later stumble upon a forum. These community platforms have been around for years and are still going strong. Even today there are countless successful online communities that attract thousands of users daily. If you want to create one of these platforms for...

Forum software comparison
Hootsuite alternatives
Hootsuite alternatives: what do other social media tools have to offer?
  • Social media

Today, successful social media marketing campaigns are all done via special software that unites different accounts from different networks, making the work a lot easier. In recent years, Hootsuite has established itself as the market leader in this field. However, when it comes to Hootsuite alternatives, there are many competitors with promising options for those looking for a cheaper platform,...

Hootsuite alternatives: what do other social media tools have to offer?
What is a thumbnail?
Thumbnails – little pictures, lots of power
  • Social media

Thumbnails can be found everywhere online. These small images help users to get a preview of web content such as photos or videos, and to select what might interest them. Thumbnails can be seen as teaser, formatted as compressed images. Website operators use the thumbnail images to attract attention and gain clicks. But what exactly are thumbnails? And when are they used?

Thumbnails – little pictures, lots of power
Relational Databases
The relational database model
  • Technical matters

With relational database systems, you use tables to store and manage information. This sounds simple but involves quite complex concepts such as normal forms, key relationships, and JOINs. This article will introduce the basics of the relational database model, compare its advantages and disadvantages, and delimit this type of data storage from alternative approaches, like object databases,...

The relational database model
HSTS: Reliably secure your HTTPS connections
HSTS: How the HTTPS expansion works
  • Web development

HTTPS, the network protocol for TLS-encrypted data transfer online can be circumvented in some cases. The danger is that encrypted websites can be accessed via unencrypted HTTP. But the HTTPS extension HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) forces website access via TLS encryption, closing the security gaps that hackers like to use to intercept the HTTPS connection during transport using...

HSTS: How the HTTPS expansion works
The most important HTTP status codes at a glance
HTTP status codes and their meaning
  • Technical matters

404, 302, 503 – short number combinations with great significance. Users encounter server status reports time and time again and if you know how to interpret them you can act accordingly. Knowledge of HTTP codes is even more relevant for website owners. With the right know-how you can vastly improve user experience on your homepage, which will have an effect on the search engine ranking.

HTTP status codes and their meaning
How HTTP/2 optimizes the World Wide Web
HTTP/2 – how the new version optimizes data transfer online
  • Technical matters

HTTP/2 has been released and is the official successor of the internet protocol HTTP/1.1. It is already compatible with many current web browsers and servers. Up to this point, many of the bigger website operators have switched to using the new transfer protocol. But what lies behind the Hyper Transfer Protocol and what are the advantages of the new version?

HTTP/2 – how the new version optimizes data transfer online
Chrome 56: changes to make the web safer
Google is planning to label unsafe websites in Chrome
  • Search engine marketing

For two years now, Google has been actively promoting SSL encryption for websites. The search engine giant started acknowledging data transfer protection as a ranking factor in 2014, but now wants to go one step further. Users of Google’s browser, Chrome, will soon be actively warned about websites with unsafe data exchanges. This articles explains what the planned changes are and which...

Google is planning to label unsafe websites in Chrome
Chrome Updates
What is Chrome 68?
  • Technical matters

Early next month, Chrome 68 will be launched and the new browser will distrust all webpages that do not have HTTPS encryption as “not secure”. This is a big step in the recent trend towards emphasizing user safety on the internet, a not entirely selfless strategy from Google. In this guide, we will explain what changes will be made, why they are happening, and how you can prepare your website...

What is Chrome 68?