Website Care & Security

Think about that for a second. What would it cost in lost traffic, missed orders, and potential new clients or customers? Depending on the size and type of business you run, it could amount to a considerable amount of money. There is also your reputation to think about. There are a million ways you could…

It’s always been important to have a secure website. However, Google is now using the presence or absence of a secure website as a ranking feature. That means it’s vital to make the switch from http:// to https:// for your WordPress site. This will appear as part of your website address in the browser bar.…

Are you ready? I’ve mentioned this before, but the date is looming for you to make sure your website is compliant with the new guidelines. All websites that require visitors to input any kind of text will require an SSL certificate. This will ensure the address bar does not display a “not secure” warning. This…

WordPress is one of the best and most user-friendly platforms to use when you want to build a blog or website. But as with any other website, it can be hacked. The trick is in knowing when this has occurred, so you can quickly do something about it. There are some signs to watch for…

Plenty of people use WordPress to power their website or blog, and it makes sense to do so. However, it is only as good as your efforts to maintain and monitor it. If you find it a struggle to back up and update your site as often as you should, you may well benefit from…

When it comes to hosting your WordPress website, you have a choice between different types of hosting. Most people will choose regular or “shared” hosting over managed hosting. Shared hosting means that one physical server hosts multiple websites and the resources of that server are shared among many websites. This sharing of resources is the…

Do you pay attention to the address bar when you visit a website? Do you check to see whether it starts with HTTPS? You should, and in 2017 it will become even more important that you do. Google recently announced the release of Chrome 56 in January 2017 that will treat all standard HTTP pages…

Modern websites need the speed and stability that traditional single server hosting struggles to provide on a consistent basis. By combining multiple servers to handle your website traffic and data in a cloud optimised cluster, your website is not affected by any spikes in traffic or any technical issues that may occur with a single server.…

If you’ve done a page speed test on a website like GT Metrix, you might have come across a suggestion to remove query strings from static resources. If you right click > view source on your website, you may well see a number of URLs for your css or javascript files similar to http://www.mydomainname.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.10.2. The…