There are times when it’s advantageous to create a new user for an existing database. This can be particularly helpful in a site compromise, where the database credentials should be changed in order to ensure that the criminals no longer … Continue reading →
If your website becomes compromised, one of the things the criminals may do in hopes of preventing you from fixing the hack is to block your administrative privileges on your site. If that happens, you will need to create a … Continue reading →
As discussed in the post entitled Backing Up Your Database with PhpMyAdmin, there are times when using phpMyAdmin to back up your database will not work. This is especially true if the database is quite large, causing phpMyAdmin to time … Continue reading →
Over the past couple weeks I’ve received several notes from nonprofits, stating that they needed more time to complete their entries for the contest giveaway. Vacations on the part of key players, necessary discussions with board members, & scrambling to … Continue reading →
Bright Stars Web Technologies, a web hosting provider, is offering to one nonprofit organization (NPO) free hosting & compromise protection for a year, as well as 10% of all proceeds from client sales. This includes sales from hosting sites, repairing … Continue reading →
My friend Neal Ewers is contemplating starting a podcast but is unsure what to call it. Please send suggestions to him directly at the contact info he provides in the attached mp3. I can assure anyone that he will put … Continue reading →
A recent client of mine sent me a link to this article. Best Blog Hosting Solutions from ProBlogger While I believe many of the poins made by Darren were really excellent, I think he left out a hosting option, which, … Continue reading →
I logged into my website today & received this little wake up call. That was a good password, too! :(. Pinned the WordPress strongometer at 100%. So–the moral of the story? If you use the same username & password for … Continue reading →
Perhaps reluctantly, perhaps with great anticipation, you’ve decided you need a website. Maybe it’s for a small business startup, perhaps for a nonprofit, or perchance it’s just for your own personal use. Whatever the case, here’s what you’ll need. An … Continue reading →
One of the many reasons I decided to use Jetpack was because of its support for using Markdown. Markdown, for those who don’t know, provides a way to make lists, headings, links, & other text formatting symbols, e.g., underlining, bold, … Continue reading →