If you’ve bought your own website from us here at Webwalrus you’ll be happy to know that all our accounts come with email built in. But how do you get that setup in Microsoft Outlook? Read on…
Setting Up Your Webwalrus Email With Microsoft Outlook 2013
For the purposes of this tutorial we’ll assume you are using Microsoft Outlook 2013 and already have an email account from another account set up. If you are using a different version the routine is basically the same, but the layout and descriptions used may vary slightly. There are some links to help you out with other versions at the bottom of this post but with any luck the information here is enough to get you through. First time users may be presented with a ‘wizard’ to get you going, if you are cancel that and then follow these instructions.
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Step One: Click ‘File’ |
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Step Two: Click ‘Add Account’ |
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Step Three: Select ‘Manual setup or additional server types’ then click the ‘Next’ button. |
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Step Four: Select ‘Pop or IMAP’ then click ‘Next’ |
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Step Five: Set your email settings up following the example in the image below. User Information Your Name: Where I have typed ‘Joe Hewes’ in the image, swap this for your own name. This is how others will see your name in their email programs so choose what you would prefer here (remember to keep it professional). Email Address: Add the email address for the account you are setting up here. We will have provided this to you via email when we set up your email account. Server Information Account Type: Make sure this is set to ‘IMAP’ Incoming Mail Server: Set this to ‘mail.yoursite.co.uk’ replacing the ‘yoursite.co.uk’ with the name of your website (without the www bit) Outgoing Mail Server: Is the same as your incoming mail server – see above. Logon Information User Name: Is the email address you are setting up, so this should match what you have entered in the ‘Email Address’ box Password: Enter in the password we supplied you via email very carefully. It is case sensitive so check your capital letters. Ensure ‘Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)’ is turned off (just like in the picture). We recommend setting ‘Mail to keep offline’ to ‘all’ unless you have a computer with a very small hard drive (128gb or less). If you do have a small drive, try setting it to ‘three months’. Now click ‘More Settings’ |
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Step Six: Click the ‘Outgoing Server’ tab at the top of the dialogue box, and select ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’. Ensure that the setting look the same as below, with ‘Use same settings as my incoming mail server’ selected. |
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Step Seven: Click the ‘Advanced’ tab at the top of the dialog box. We need to change the ‘Outgoing server (SMTP)’ setting to 26. The ‘Incoming Server (IMAP)’ setting should be set as 143.Press OK |
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Step Eight: Press the ‘Next’ button to allow Outlook to check your settings are correct. |
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We’re all done! Hopefully at this point you will receive a message to tell you that you are all ready to go.
If a dialog box appears asking you to re-enter your password, double check you have entered it correctly and then press OK.
If Outlook does finds any other errors in your settings run through this tutorial again carefully checking all your settings. If there are still issues a good thing to double check is that your internet connection is working correctly (try visiting Google in your favourite browser – if it loads you are all good there).
Still having problems? Drop us a message by visiting our contact page.
Some Extra Help for Users of Older Versions Of Outlook
Click the link below to get you started (just use step one) and then return here and work from step five.
Got any tips of your own to help other users in the Webwalrus community? Add them below so we can all benefit.
Once upon a time all internet users were sat in front of a computer screen, usually a PC, using Microsoft Explorer to browse the web. How things have changed.
Where Website Usage Is Today
The range of devices we use to connect to the internet has fragmented. This is largely due to the massive increase of mobile phone use. Nowadays every body has a mobile phone and here in the UK the vast majority of people have a smart phone. Let’s look at some stats.
According to Smart insights 80% of internet users now own a smartphone. 91% would use their PC to search the internet, and 80% would use their smartphone. 47% would use a tablet. So you can see that where we used to think of the internet as something displayed behind a PC monitor, now we have to design equally for PC and smartphone usage.
It’s not just because the majority f our users want to use their smartphone to search for our content though – Google has recently announced that it is going to actively penalise websites which do not make themselves ‘mobile friendly’. You can read more about this at this great blog post by our neighbours Website Design Ltd. But the crux of it is that all those sites you visit on your phone that have tiny text and difficult to tap buttons are now going to plummet through the Google ratings. If you have a site that is not designed for mobile, now is the time to act. But what can you do to bring our site up to speed?
Mobile Website Design
There are two approaches for mobile website design The first is to design per platform – that is designing a special site that only appears when viewed on a mobile device. The problem here is that with each new device that appears on the market we need to consider again device shape and size. How many times have you visited a site on your tablet and realised it was designed to be viewed on a mobile phone? Massive icons and text can make these sites feel a little ‘toy town’. Not a good look.
The second approach is ‘responsive design’. Responsive sites adjust their content on a sliding scale, which means they will reproduce well on any device. They do not have different content for different size screens, rather they adjust the layout to fit. Usually these sites begin with the mobile device in mind and move on to ensure they look good on desktop as well. This has lead to this kind of design also being know as ‘mobile first’.
Applying a responsive design.
We recommend the all round approach of responsive design and have since the get-go supplied all of our sites with this in mind. But if you have a fixed design at the moment and want to change over to responsive there are a few things your web designer can do for you. Applying a new responsive template to your CMS site (WordPress or similar) may be a good avenue to explore. If you haven’t used a CMS system then things do tend to be a bit trickier, but if you need advice on getting your existing site converted then please do get in touch in the comments below.
What On Earth Is Google Analytics?
Google Analytics is a set of free tools from Google which, when paired with your website, gives you powerful insight into the inner workings of your website. It gives you a large amount of facts and figures to work with, but the results can be a little bewildering. What on earth to do with all this data?
Well thanks to the guys at www.quicksprout.com for providing this handy infographic to guide us all through the process.
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