WordPress users in Tampa will want to check out the Tampa Bay WordPress users group meetup tonight at 7 p.m. The topic is WordPress Security Measures and Good Practices. The group will meet at CDB’s Southside. At tonight’s meeting, members will discuss php security and WordPress, third party themes and plugins. General discussion about website security and WordPress will follow.
The group is for WordPress users and developers in the Tampa area and those interested in learning more about WordPress’ features and functions. The Tampa Bay WordPress group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. In March the group will discuss installing a local version of WordPress on your computer and the basics of maintaining your local web server. For more information about the Tampa Bay WordPress users group, visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/tampabaywp.
Posted on: 8 Feb, 2012
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Guest Article by Joshua Bowman
WordPress is the one of the simplest and easiest website platforms to work off of no matter what experience level the administrator possesses. As a beginner, it takes a very short period of time to become comfortable with how WordPress operates and how you can make it look and work according to your preferences. Very little training is required with WordPress, which makes it a great tool for those who are looking to be in command of their own website.
Working in WordPress allows for anybody to get a feel for how they want their website to work and look. It takes no time at all to enter in your content on separate pages, upload different images or PDFs into the media library, or change the configuration of the menu systems. WordPress allows for a very hands-on experience when working with a website. Within a very short period of time, a person with no web skills whatsoever can become a website managing wizard.
One of the great advantages of WordPress, if not the biggest advantage, is the ability to have access and control over your own website. For small to large size business owners, you can have complete control over how your website looks and operates. Making updates on WordPress is very simple, and can be done at anytime with the proper login and password. If something needs to be taken off of your website, a business owner simply logs in to their WordPress powered website and removes whatever they would like. There is no time wasted in contacting someone who is in charge of your website. After a little bit of training, you will already have the knowledge and skills to do it yourself.
WordPress allows for so much freedom when it comes to managing your company’s website. The editing options on WordPress are very self explanatory and quickly become second nature. A person with very little computer experience can quickly become comfortable with operating and updating a WordPress website. WordPress is an awesome tool for any size business, because it puts the power of a website into the hands of the one who know the most about their business.
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Posted on: 4 Feb, 2012
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Websults client Brandon Lewis, owner of Painter Ready Chattanooga, is launching a new campaign fundraising software business, My Campaign Treasurer. To learn more, visit www.mycampaigntreasurer.com. We at Websults wish Mr. Lewis the best in his timely venture and look forward to continuing our website consulting and strategy work with him.
MyCampaignTreasurer.com is campaign fundraising software that serves the needs of state and local campaigns which are typically under-served in the areas of political fundraising.
Posted on: 31 Jan, 2012
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Sears launches microsite fitness website at http://t.co/D4vdh12l. Contact us to discuss whether a microsite is right for your business.
Posted on: 9 Jan, 2012
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If you are looking to improve the security of your WordPress website, you might consider restricting access to the wp-login.php login file. A great way to do this is thru the use of an .htaccess file.
Sample code is below. This code should be placed in the .htaccess file of your root directory (assuming your wp-login.php file is in root)
<Files wp-login.php>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from xx.xxx.xx.xx
allow from xx.xxx.xx.xxx
</Files>
In code above, replace the “x” values with the actual IP addresses that you wish to allow access to wp-login.php. The code above works on HostGator. If you are having trouble getting this to work, be sure that you keep these statements in all lowercase:
order deny,allow
deny from all
.htaccess files can be quite fickle so trial and error is often required.
Taking this extra step to restrict IP traffic into your WordPress login page is a great way to further reduce the chance of your website being compromised.
Posted on: 3 Oct, 2011
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