I listened to a few downloaded youtube videos (sort of a choose your own adventure poor man’s podcast) while I was on a recent road trip. They were by Miriam Schwab, and one was about speeding up your site, (and so was this one) and a very approachable one was about securing your site. I […]
Easy Way to Stop Those Varmints from Stealing Your Images n Stuff
If you don’t lock down your directories, people can come along and poke through them and take your images and sometimes even pirate a copy of your theme. (though I doubt they’d be able to update it, but still, it’s the principle of the thing) Easy-peasy fix for this. But first go test if your […]
Easy Way to Link to a Specific Spot on Someone’s Site
Probably everyone else remembers how to do this, but I didn’t, and if it helps even one person I’ll be glad. Suppose you’re writing a blog post, and suppose you want to link to a nice useful chart on a page in someone else’s site. It’s very easy. Step 1, create the link in your […]
PHP – More Stuff to Think About
So I just had another client’s site have a problem, most likely from incompatibility between a plugin they needed and the version of PHP running in their hosting plan. Specifically, the Constant Contact plugin is hasn’t been updated in a while and it still has a (not unreasonable) expectation that you’re running at least PHP […]
Upgrading Your Version of PHP for Fun and Profit
What does it mean to upgrade your version of PHP? (start using a newer, better version of PHP to run your site) Why should you do it? (your site will load faster and be more secure) How often should you? (check the releases, but generally…maybe twice a year) Will it hurt? (not if you are […]
Good Habit – Keep Your Hosting and Domain and Backups Separate
You know how the royal family has to travel separately, in order to mitigate risk to the line of succession? Of course you do, it was the entire plot of King Ralph. Keeping your domain and hosting separate helps to manage the risk that your site can be hacked. Think about it – if someone […]