Your website is the most crucial element of your online marketing efforts. This is why it is imperative that you maintain it regularly to ensure that it is accessible to your target audience, 24/7. Many people believe that once their website is up and running they...
Web Hosting
Should I Get SiteLock Security For My WordPress Website?
SiteLock is a service that I have come across many times as a website developer. People have unwittingly fallen for the "need" to have SiteLock to "secure" their websites from their hosting companies. Many hosting companies even have some licensing deals with...
6 Important Website Maintenance Tips That Will Help Ensure A Seamless Experience for Your Visitors
Let us be clear about one thing – there is no concept of ‘do once and then you are done’ as far as websites are concerned. In fact, you need to continue taking care of your website and conduct ongoing website maintenance procedures to ensure that it continues to...
Web Hosting Types: Understanding Key Features, Advantages and Differences
For any website to be successful enough to attract traffic in the long run, it is imperative that the front end, i.e. design element graphics, and content should be top-notch. However, once you have your website up and running, you will realize that while content is...
WP Website Updates: The Whys and Hows
The number of WordPress based websites crosses 10 million. Around 500 websites are added daily making WordPress the fastest growing CMS currently. Major updates are released after 152 days, on average, and since the platform’s launch, 32 main updates have been...
Why Backups Are An Important Part of Your Website Security Process
Do you have backups of your website? Do you have a provider that keeps regular backups? Incidentally, this is not something I would leave to just your host's discretion to do. I have heard countless stories from people who assumed their website host had backups of...
Protecting Your Website With WordFence
If I built your WordPress website for you, chances are you have WordFence security software installed on it. WordFence has never let me down and does an amazing job securing your website from potential threats such as malware and hacking. At the time of this post, it...
How To Get A Website Online
As a website designer and developer, I often deal with clients who have never had a website before and don't understand the different aspects that go into getting it live on the internet. You can't just have a website designed for you and magically expect it to show...
Combatting Those Pesky Spam Emails
It was recently brought to my attention by a client that they were receiving a large amount of spam emails with subject lines like "unpaid invoice," "final notice," or "overdue invoice" in them. Well, sadly, they are not alone. A lot of people are receiving these...
Stop! Do You Really Need That WordPress Plugin?
Anyone who has used WordPress for more than 5 minutes knows how great it is to have the ability to add plugins to their website with the click of a button. But, sometimes, because it is so easy, it is overused and could even be letting in unnecessary security risks to...
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