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Best practice for using WordPress for your business website
If you use WordPress, you should get involved with the community – here’s why
We just came back from WordCamp Europe, a gathering of more than 800 WordPress professionals from 51 countries. Most, if not all the countries of Europe were represented, with strong contingents from the Netherlands, the USA and of course, this year’s host nation, Bulgaria. Thankfully for us, proceedings were entirely in English. For those who […]
The new WordPress admin area
If you’re logging into your WordPress website for the first time in a while, you’ll notice things have changed. Here’s a quick guide to setting things up the way you need them. The old dashboard, where you ended up immediately after you log in, was looking a little tired, so it’s had some improvements as […]
Is your WordPress site vulnerable to hackers? Test it for free
Outdated software is the number one reason WordPress sites get hacked, but if you don’t know much about WordPress, how can you tell if you’re up to date? There’s no need to track down your developer and ask, or go and look through code. All you have to do is visit the Sucuri website, type […]
Why the big brands love WordPress
We’re only just back from a trip to the Netherlands for a European conference for people who work with WordPress – known in the community as a WordCamp. What did we learn? Well lots actually and we’ll be putting a lot of it into practice in the coming months, but for now we’re just going […]
Update your WordPress now!
Have you updated your WordPress website yet? If not you need to do it now. Last week a new version was launched – we’re now on WordPress 3.5.2 – and it’s a maintenance and security release. This version is plugging seven security holes that exist in all previous versions of WordPress, so this is not […]
WordPress website attacks hot up
As I write this, hosting companies all over the World are fighting off a huge attack on WordPress websites that has been going on for at least 24 hours. Our sites were hit for about 20 minutes yesterday afternoon, but thankfully our hosting company has a solution so all our customer websites have been safe […]
Using an early version of Joomla? Best think again before you get hacked
Joomla is one of the most popular free content management systems in the world – but it has its drawbacks as a lot of people with Joomla sites are finding out right now in the cruellest way. Thousands of owners of Joomla websites are waking up each day to find that their site has been […]
Why we love WordPress
We are specialists in using the WordPress content management system because it allows us to build great websites at an affordable price. But we are also experts at getting the best out of WordPress for you and your business and many of our customers come to us with WordPress sites that have been sadly neglected. […]
Five ways to make your website mobile friendly
The mobile web is growing fast as more and more of us get iPhones, Blackberrys and Android devices. Smartphones are changing the way we use the web. Not only are people browsing on the move, but they are using it more at home – surfing the web on their phones while watching tv, lying in […]