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Does your website push visitors away?

Posted by Andrei on June 24, 2016 in Web Design

These days everybody can have a website and if you own a business, small or big, then you should have an online presence. But, as you probably already knew, there are thousands of websites competing for online visitors or customers. How can your website stand out? How do your visitors see your website? Do they […]

How to choose the right domain name

Posted by Andrei on June 17, 2016 in Domain Names, How To's

If you want to have a website or a blog the first step is to choose the right domain name. After you’ve selected a great name for your domain, you need to choose a good registrar and a domain extension. Then, it’s about how much you’re willing to spend for the domain name. Yes, we […]

Do you know how to make the most of your site Error Pages?

Posted by Andrei on June 09, 2016 in cPanel, How To's

Everybody knows what error pages are. It can happen to any website, links break, servers go down, pages get lost and your visitors end up on the 404 page – a standard response code in HTTP telling the user, in effect, that they’ve clicked on a broken link. This has always been an immense source […]

What type of web hosting is best for your WordPress site?

Posted by Andrei on June 03, 2016 in Web Hosting, WordPress

Today, every business should have a website. After deciding which website is great for you and your business, you have to choice a type of hosting. And often it is cheaper to outsource the hosting of your website to a third party rather than trying to deal with it on your own. However, price shouldn’t […]

Prevent a WordPress Backdoor Exploit Hack

Posted by Andrei on May 25, 2016 in How To's, WordPress

Everybody wants to prevent and stop their WordPress site from being hacked. And even though we all know how superior and beloved this platform is, WordPress security still has a long way to go. One kind of hacking is when your account is accessed by another admin but you don’t see that person listed. Backdoor exploit is the […]

WordPress 4.5.2 Security Release

Posted by Andrei on May 17, 2016 in WordPress

WordPress has released its latest version 4.5.2 as a security release for all previous versions. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. This version patches two security vulnerabilities in WordPress versions 4.5.1 and below. The first is a SOME vulnerability (Same-Origin Method Execution) in Plupload, the third-party library WordPress uses for uploading files. The second is […]

WordPress 3.9.2 Security Release

Posted by Andrei on August 12, 2014 in WordPress

WordPress 3.9.2 is now available as a security release for all previous versions. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. This release fixes a possible denial of service issue in PHP’s XML processing, reported by Nir Goldshlager of the Salesforce.com Product Security Team. It was fixed by Michael Adams and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team […]

WordPress 3.8.2 Security Release

Posted by Andrei on April 14, 2014 in WordPress

WordPress 3.8.2 is now available and is an important security release for all previous versions, we strongly advise that you to update WordPress installations immediately to secure your web space. This new WordPress release fixes a weakness that could let an attacker force their way into your website by forging authentication cookies. This release also […]

WordPress 3.8.1 Maintenance Release

Posted by Andrei on February 23, 2014 in WordPress

When WordPress released the new looking 3.8 it had over 9.3 million downloads in just six weeks, quiet an amazing number and just shows the popularity of the WordPress blog. If you have your blog set to auto update then you will already be running WordPress 3.8.1 by now, if not then you can easily […]

WordPress 3.8 Released

Posted by Andrei on December 18, 2013 in WordPress

For all you WordPress fans, version 3.8 has been released and is available for both new installations and updates of existing installs. This is not a security release but a refresh of the look of WordPress, it looks fancy 😉 WordPress download page If you are performing a fresh install you can do so […]

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