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How to Stop Hackers and Server Downtime

by Drew Hannush
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Jan
26

Ever stop to wonder how much a lead is worth? Go to a sales seminar, pass out business cards, really convince someone.  Then they go to your website and…”Page Not Found” or worse yet your site has a whole new look and a happy gloating message in red on black from a not so friendly hacker from Turkey, the Ukraine or some kid at a community college?

What will your sales lead think of your business?  Do you think they’d take the time to call you to let you know?  Do you think they’d care?  Or worse yet, will you be so excited to get the call from a sure lead and they only call to say what’s wrong with your website?

Egg on face.

You need to get a website monitor.  A good monitor will not only test your server but it will make sure your pages are showing the content they are supposed to.  Most of them are fairly affordable.  Check out http://www.monitornation.com …it tests the page content, the server and sends either an email or a text message to you when your site goes down.  It will even let you set it to send a message to your hosting company.

Then you can be on top of site down issues and make sure you don’t lose that valuable lead.

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New Joomla 1.6 Nearing Final Stage

by Drew Hannush
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Oct
28

Just an FYI.  Our clients that use Joomla will be interested in knowing that version 1.6 has now entering Alpha 2 stage.  This means most of the critical programming is done and now they begin final cleanup before going Beta.

Beta is a very important stage because it is the time when Component and Module developers can do final testing on their upgraded plug-ins.  Hopefully by the time 1.6 is released (we are anticipating 1st Quarter of 2010) there will be enough of the main tools, such as calendars, polls, editors, etc. available for it to start recommending it to customers.

1.6 is actually a pretty major upgrade.  The best new feature is access management.  In other words, you can set permissions for editors to only be able to access certain content and you can create your own custom permission levels.  This is the one thing this CMS has been lacking for the longest time (there have been third party plugins, but its much nicer when integrated).

As I said, next step is Beta testing.  That is when we will download it and start learning and testing it.

Support for version 1.5 will most likely continue through 2010.  As I understand it, Joomla is working on one last big patch for it and then they will most likely pass it on to the ages as they did with 1.0 earlier this year.

We’ll keep you up to date.  And if you’re not a customer of ours, but would like more information on how your CMS compares, or if you need an upgrade to 1.5 please contact us at 864-918-5992 or use our contact form.

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UPGRADE ALERT: WordPress 2.8.5

by Drew Hannush
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Oct
27

For users of WordPress, its time once again to upgrade your software.  This is not a critical update, but one in which some security holes and tightening up of the ship are occurring.

For those using any version of 2.8.x this upgrade is as simple as clicking the link that should be appearing at the top of your program.  If you need any assistance, feel free to contact our support desk [(828) 551-2114] and we can help.  If you are running a version of WordPress that is older than 2.8 there is a major security flaw in this software.  You may want to contact us to assist you in upgrading to the latest version.

Here is the link to the upgrade description on the WordPress site.

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NEW FEATURE: Get Maintenance Alerts and Advice

by Drew Hannush
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Oct
27

Over the last couple of months, I have been developing plans to improve our communications and benefit our clients and prospective clients through the constructive use of our social media tools.

Look for these changes to take shape over the next 2-3 months.

Our first major change is to add a Website Maintenance Tips category to our blog.  This will help current clients and prospective clients stay abreast of critical and non-critical software updates.  In addition, we will share non-technical client directed thought pieces and trends for a better website ownership experience and increased ROI.

We hope clients will subscribe to the RSS Feed and/or subscribe to either our Facebook or Twitter pages to receive these updates.

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