You need HTTPS on your website. It encrypts all data sent to and from your web server, which is especially important if visitors are handing over contact details or payment information. But there’s more to website security than encryption. Continue Reading It Takes More than HTTPS to Make Your Website Secure
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Setting Up DNS and Email on Page.ly
Page.ly has changed more than its hosting panel lately: they have a new policy on e-mail, which is to say, they no longer provide email service to their clients. This makes things considerably more confusing for the non-technical, so I’m providing a tutorial for my MediaBistro students and anyone else interested on how to get things set up. Continue Reading Setting Up DNS and Email on Page.ly
Manual Upgrades Are Not a Thing of the Past
What is it with certain webhosts? I mean, I know that none of the Fantastico-type installers have yet caught up to the fact that you can upgrade WordPress automatically from within the dashboard, so whenever you log into your control panel, it’s going to tell you that you need to upgrade even though you already… Continue Reading Manual Upgrades Are Not a Thing of the Past
