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If you think your site is safe because it doesn’t have any content worthwhile to hackers, think again, because the vast majority of security breaches aren’t aimed at stealing your data or defacing your site. Hackers generally want to use your server as an email relay for spam, or to setup a temporary web server, usually to serve illegal files. If you’re hacked, …
A WordPress Multisite network can be more than the sum of its parts – it can also be a community. As well as providing your users with a great way to create their own sites and content, you can also bring them closer together. Vast Multisite networks like WordPress.com and Edublogs help their users to find great new content and communicate with …
When it comes to planning and designing your website, the sidebar might not get top priority. In an age where minimal design and mobile browsers dominate, it’s easy to understand why you may want to skip the sidebar altogether. However, your sidebar is an excellent way to display extra information and an even better way to display page-relevant details that …
The terminal is one of those things that seems scary for the uninitiated. It’s all text based and spits out responses you don’t understand and feels like you’re hacking the system. The reality is, it is extremely simple and straightforward and can shave hours off each of your work days, I kid you not. In this article, I’ll introduce you …
A fellow WordPress website builder recently suggested that I include the WordPress.org Theme Check plugin in my repertoire of theme evaluation and selection tools. At first, it seemed like a great idea, but the longer I thought about it, the more my opinion changed. Evaluating and picking a WordPress theme is not for the faint of heart. Every WordPress website …
Your site goes down and all your browser tells you is there are too many redirects or that your site is in a loop. Such a mysterious sounding error can leave you scratching your head, but you can unfurrow your brow because there’s a straightforward fix. This kind of error is known as a 310 error but can sometimes show up as …
WordPress Multisite has many uses. You can use it to create a network like Edublogs that helps people create their own site, you can use it for a network of sites or blogs for your organization, and you can use it to host sites for yourself or your clients. If you’re like lots of web designers and developers, the chances are …
So you’ve got XAMPP installed and a fresh local installation of WordPress set up. Next, time to install that perfect theme. But wait! What’s this business about a fatal error and maximum execution time? Just when you thought you were past all the hard stuff… Running into issues when developing with XAMPP is normal, especially if you’re working with it …
Is a ghoulish hacker haunting your site? Tell-tale signs include: Constantly getting hacked no matter how often you clean your site, and WordPress telling you there’s an extra admin account that isn’t actually listed. OK, so maybe your site isn’t actually haunted… but it sure feels like it when your site has a mind of its own! What’s more likely …
We’ve reached out to developers and designers quite often here at WPMU DEV. Their insights have been invaluable. But today, our focus is a bit different. We approached devs with one question: What’s your funniest confession about being a developer or designer? Their answers are varied. Some relate to process and others deal with mistakes and missteps. Regardless, however, one thing …
