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How To Prevent WordPress Spam with a Honeypot

December 6, 2015 by Herb - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Contact form spammers are relentless and are some of the most annoying creatures on the planet. That's because most are actually bots, which are automated programs whose mission is to search for contact forms and fill them in with annoying messages or … [Read more...]

Optimizing Responsive Design Websites for Smartphones

January 28, 2015 by Jonathan - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Why You Cannot Push a Pig Through a Keyhole Building an effective responsive design website entails much more than simply designing a responsive theme. The primary purpose for using a responsive design is to have one website that works with all viewing … [Read more...]

Google Adds Encryption As a Ranking Factor

August 7, 2014 by Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Google made an announcement in a Webmaster Central Blog post that says using encryption throughout a website is now a ranking factor. You heard that correctly. Google wants to see Secure Sockets Layer encryption used throughout a web site. Encryption is no … [Read more...]

How To Use the UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin

October 15, 2013 by Herb - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

I recently stumbled upon the UpdraftPlus backup plugin for WordPress after a client mentioned it. This is a free plugin that not only backs up your WordPress database, but also optionally backs up your site's theme, the 'uploads' directory and plugins. It … [Read more...]

Lesson 1: WordPress Terminology For Newbies

March 24, 2013 by Herb - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world with over 61 million installations. You do not need to have strong technical skills to use WordPress. It is designed with simplicity in mind and can be used by almost anyone. … [Read more...]

Automating a WordPress Copyright Notice

January 1, 2012 by Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Automating the copyright notice on a web site with a dynamic date is easy to do with PHP. We do this on every site that we develop, including WordPress sites. Why would you want to automate the copyright date? You do not really have to update the date, … [Read more...]

Beware of Free WordPress Themes

June 16, 2010 by Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

If you run one or more WordPress blogs, you might be tempted to use some of the thousands of free WordPress themes available on the web. Be aware that some may contain malicious code or links embedded in encoded sections of PHP code that may be detrimental … [Read more...]

Use Good Netiquette When Designing Your Web Site

July 10, 2008 by Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Netiquette, or Net etiquette, is a set of guidelines for content and web site design that seek to create a seamless communications channel with users and to avoid areas that sometimes cloud or confuse the communications. Many rules that have become bona … [Read more...]

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