Choosing a hosting provider for your WordPress website is an important decision. In this article we will discuss some of the excellent features offered by WP Engine’s managed hosting service and why we recommend them to every client. What is Managed WordPress Hosting? Managed WordPress hosts specialize in hosting WordPress websites specifically and they offer special features …
What is SSL? SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a server and a client—typically a web server (website) and a browser (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer); or a mail server and a mail client (e.g., Outlook). Originally HTTPS was designed to allow for sensitive information to …
Hip, hip, hooray! The FCC has saved the day… or more precisely the internet. Today the FCC voted in favor of Net Neutrality which classifies access to broadband as a telecommunications service. Specifically, internet service providers have been classified as “common carriers” under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, the same classification given …
In keeping with our Plugin-themed posts, we would like to solve a plugin mystery that seems to confuse and sometimes irritate WordPress users who have not heard the history of Hello Dolly. This plugin is the world’s first official WordPress plugin and was created by Matt Mullenweg, a founding developer of WordPress. There were two purposes for …
200+ hours (of unbillable time) is difficult to find. Unless you make it a priority. A real, concrete, front-of-the-line priority. Which is what we did, this summer. We made making Rocket Dog Rescue a shiny new website into our top priority.
We are a small company. MIGHTYminnow, small but strong. That’s sort of our unofficial tagline. And at our size, the bottom line is a real consideration. Rent, payroll, expenses… Estimates, calculations, hours, invoices… These mechanisms (which we sometimes find quite tedious, in all honesty) are necessary components of our day-to-day. They are the business counterparts …
Last night we hosted the latest Bay Area Web Freelancers’ Meetup, where we shared tools of our trade. Everyone who had something to share just plugged into the projector and showed off the stuff they like. We already have better productivity, less eye strain, safer WordPress sites and an overall better outlook. Below are the …
Sometimes MIGHTYminnow gets the question, “Why do you guys use WordPress?” First, CMS (Content Management System) based websites are easier to maintain than “static” websites. WordPress is one choice of CMS and there are tons of other CMSs on the (open source) market. While no CMS is the perfect answer for every website, we find …
Google announced yesterday that it has made changes to the rankings of smartphone search results. They will be looking as some common issues with “desktop” sites when visited on mobile. If your site fails or behaves irrelevantly or annoyingly on mobile, you are likely to be dinged. They mentioned two very common mistakes and some …
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There is a very bad and very brutal attack happening right now to WordPress based websites. Please read about this here: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/huge-attack-on-wordpress-sites-could-spawn-never-before-seen-super-botnet/ This is a very serious issue and it requires taking action to safeguard your WordPress sites. We highly recommend you take the steps below. Please consider ALL of the websites you have – some …
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