The Security Problem Security practices are often overlooked (even ignored) in many small to mid-sized businesses today. Employees put company data, trade secrets, client info, and much more at risk everyday and are not even aware that they are doing it. From logging in to email and company resources from free Wi-Fi at a coffee shop to not locking down their hardware at … [Read more...]
Slides From WordCamp Atlanta
Thank you so much to those of you who attended my talk on "WordPress Security - Beyond The Plugins". To those who attended these slides will make sense. To those who missed it, you may be able get some benefit from the slides but I rarely put like 1000 bullet points in my presentations because people hate that. Instead, I use images and stories to get my point across. If … [Read more...]
See You at WordCamp Atlanta!?
WordCamps are all about learning all things WordPress. WordCamps are held in cities all over the world and the ones closest to you are broadcasted to you in your WordPress dashboard. I have been to several WordCamps and they are amazing. There are so many good topics to choose from, most of the time you have to pick a buddy (or two) and divide and conquer. Meaning - split … [Read more...]
Is Your Small Business Website Vulnerable To Hackers?
In short - YES! For starters, consider the following: Here's an example of how long it will take a hacker to hack a sample password (similar to what you may be using right now) Password example: child -- can be hacked instantly! <<--See that? INSTANTLY!!!!! child00 -- can be hacked in 19 seconds childname --- can be hacked in 22 minutes ChilD$n@mE--- can be … [Read more...]
Best Way to Avoid Getting WordPress Website Hacked
Best Way to Avoid Getting WordPress Website Hacked Alright good day and welcome, welcome to WordPress website secrets for the absolute beginner and I'm all caffeine-up this morning cuz we starting to get into the stuff that I really love which is security not to say that were passed the beginner stuff because we're definitely not passed the beginner stuff but I … [Read more...]
From Dull to Beautiful WordPress Theme Using Widgets
From Dull to Beautiful WordPress Theme Using Widgets - YouTube And we are really starting to get into the good stuff now. In the last video I showed you how to upload and apply a parent and a child theme and this is the demo for the theme that we purchased and this is what ours looks like. So you may be asking yourself why does ours look so boring and yet we spent all this … [Read more...]
Installing WordPress Parent and Child Themes
Installing WordPress Parent Child Themes Hello and welcome I'm Steve with wordpresswebsiteecrets.com and this is video number 14 on my long series of videos for the absolute WordPress beginner. Last video we took a look at the importance of being a savvy shop or when it comes to getting a theme. And in this video I'm going to incorporate a theme that I've decided I liked for … [Read more...]
Free Themes vs Paid Themes WordPress
Free Themes vs Paid Themes WordPress Alright welcome back video number 13. Okay so we’ve learned a ton in the first 12 video and we still have a reasonably boring blah looking website; so why is that? Well the key to prettiness is the theme and that is why when you go to appearance the first thing that you see themes and we've been using a very, very much not so much a blah … [Read more...]