Over the past decade, with the explosion of technology, we have seen an increase in the number of websites and applications. This is due to two main reasons: digital media has become mainstream and companies are investing more money into creating their own apps or sites.

As our reliance on technology grows, so does the amount of data that gets stored. We produce a mountain of information every day- emails, notes, pictures, and videos that accumulate over time. This is why it becomes important to consider how this information will be preserved and protected once you’re no longer able to access it.

The term for this process of protecting your legacy is archiving. It is typically done through different methods such as wiping hard drives, deleting files, and deactivating accounts. While these are all good practices, there is one thing they don’t address: what happens to all of those documents, messages, and other pieces of content that aren’t actually deleted? They still exist, but nobody can access them!

That’s where another type of protection comes in: encryption. By encrypting something, people cannot access its contents without knowing the password or key. Technically speaking, everything you put encrypted is said to be “obliterated” because noone knows what was inside of it.

Encryption isn’t just used for preserving legacy material though; it is a very common practice in today’s society.

Hosting environment

A hosting environment is where your website exists after you upload it to a web server. Most of the time, they are not transparent about what services they offer, so we will go over some basic information here.

Free web hosts typically give you either very limited space or no space at all. This can be problematic if you want your site to grow into a success.

Most people start off using free websites like Google Chrome as their primary browser. If this was you, then it is highly likely that you found out too late that most browsers have an add-on feature called Firefox Sync.

This allows for seamless switching between computers by saving your bookmarks, account info, and other settings. By doing this, you would lose these things when you switch computers!

Firefox has a built in solution for this – sync accounts! You can link your account to another computer via the same password. This way, you do not need to reestablish everything each time!

Web hosting providers usually make users choose from only one style of dashboard layout, which can get boring quickly. Some allow you to customize yours, but most do not. This is because it takes more money to provide those features.

Social media

Recent developments in web design are social networks. Websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have made it easy to create interactive online communities or what they call “social networking sites.