New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the first half of this month, so we want to keep you aware. Yoast SEO versions 1.2.0-11.5 and below is vulnerable to an Authenticated Stored XSS attack. WooCommerce version 3.6.4 and below is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Request Forgery and File Type Check. Ad Inserter version 2.4.19 and below is vulnerable […]
Having been a web developer since 1996, I’ve seen a lot of trends come and go. When I adopted WordPress about six years ago, I found it was very user-friendly and easy to teach my clients so they could do their own updates. But the themes were all over the place. Some had limited customization, […]
Since April of 2015, websites that are not mobile-friendly (able to be easily viewed on smartphones and tablets) are penalized in the search engine rankings by Google. And as we all know, as Google goes, so goes the world. If you don’t know if your site is mobile-friendly, here’s a convenient place to check and […]
A client called me to ask about an offer he got from a company that specializes in search engine optimization (SEO) and wanted to ask if he should take the offer. He forwarded me the promises that the SEO company was making so I could see what they said they could do.
A prospective client called me recently to discuss his need for a web site. As we talked, it came out that he was working on a painting that he wanted as his front page on the site. The site was not one to advertise his painting…it was to promote a book he was writing! And […]
Once upon a time you could build a website in HTML and leave it there. People would come to visit and get information, and that’s all you expected. But the Web has evolved into a place where websites almost take on intelligent life. At least that’s how it feels to me as a web developer. […]
