Alright, I know I bang on about how much we love WordPress but this handy little feature has saved my ass many times, like today. Yesterday, I spent quite some time working on a page, we’re talking hours here. Just as I was about to UPDATE, kaboom, the power went and my PC powered down. […]
Facebook Post Images Missing
Facook post images not resolving from hotlink. Help needed: When I submit a new post to Facebook, I include a short description and URL. Facebook dynamically pulls an image from that url and displays it in the post window but when the post is added, the image is no longer there. OK. step by step. […]
Stop Contact Form 7 Spam in WordPress
After a flood of spam originating through our WordPress Contact forms with No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA, we needed a fix. This excellent article by barn2.co.uk shows 6 Ways to Stop Contact Form 7 Spam in WordPress The 2 we liked and are now trying are: 1. Quiz Simple quizzes are becoming a popular way to combat […]
Support Ticket Frustrations
I find it extremely frustrating when I receive a response to a ticket that does not include my original message. Generally we’re talking about support tickets, where the customer requests a service (ie rectify). I understand the need for business to provide a ticketing system to manage support services but so many are frustrating, slow and […]
Don’t Let Your Website Be Marked as “Not Secure”
SECURITY NEWS | FEBRUARY 2018 All types of website: business, freelance, creative, agency or blogger will need SSL. Unless you want Google telling visitors that your website is NOT secure, then you must have a security certificate. From July 2018, Google Chrome will display a warning message on HTTP web sites with any type of […]