Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

As wonderful as the WordPress content management system is, by its very nature—capable of supporting hundreds of different themes, thousands of plugins and so much more—it can be quite slow at times. Remember this always: when a visitor first lands on your site their initial impression is everything. Think about image optimization.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 25, 2017

When it comes to building your WordPress site, there are myriad options for creating a unique look that really defines you and your message, your product or service, your specific cause and so on. On the “Post Edit” screen select “Add Media” to upload images by clicking on “Select Files.”

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Byte Technology

JULY 18, 2017

Ask yourself this question: what’s one consistent element of every outstanding and beautifully designed WordPress site you’ve ever seen? Indeed, having the perfect fonts can mean so much to the readability of a site, and using typefaces that meld perfectly with other design elements can really make a huge impact on the user experience.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2016

From adding features to plugging potential holes in plugins and themes to giving valuable advice on what not to do when choosing new features, a group of dedicated WordPress enthusiasts always have your back. So what are some quick and easy things you can do to ensure your site’s security is up to snuff? Disable it by adding to your “.htaccess”

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In part one of this series we looked at some of the most common errors that occur with sites using the WordPress-based Content Management System (CMS). It’s not uncommon for the administrator of a WordPress-based site to forget or otherwise lose their password. If an upgrade doesn’t work, deactivate the plugin completely.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

True words no matter whether you’re running on a WordPress site or another platform. Indeed, according to Internet giant Microsoft having even a two-second longer delay in page load time cripples user ratings, click-throughs and—most importantly for those running a money-generating site—lost revenue by nearly five percent across the board.

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Byte Technology

MAY 2, 2017

No matter whether you’re a WordPress newbie or a seasoned pro who has been building and managing sites on the platform for years, it’s absolutely inevitable that, at some point, you’ll hit a snag and need some help. This is convenient sure, except that it makes your site look sloppy and amateurish.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 5, 2017

They know what aspects of their sites are the most popular and which ones are tripping up visitors. you can essentially create a custom design for your site that speaks directly to their needs and wants. Write down this code as you’ll need to enter it on your WordPress site. They know what products and services they want.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Want to know the number one reason WordPress sites get hacked as well as the number one reason users experience compatibility issues? It’s simply because the site itself—including those awesome little plug-ins that allowed you to customize your pages—isn’t working off the latest update. or in a cloud-based service such as Dropbox.

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Byte Technology

JULY 11, 2017

In Part 1 of this column we learned that, thanks to the vast and incredibly helpful community of WordPress users, there are countless hacks, tricks and tips to make designing, building, editing and administering a WordPress site a lot easier and, often, a lot more fun. Then visit “Comments, Comments Like Dislike” and configure the settings.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From a shiny new Events widget to tools that allow the display of images in sidebars without the use of a plugin or code, a great text editor for formatting posts to a video tool that lets people upload their videos (also to a sidebar area) from providers such as YouTube and Vimeo, the update was much heralded.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2023

Grant users permission to read, write or execute only the files or resources necessary to do their jobs. A WAF protects against cross-site forgery, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection attacks. Limit user access. Back up your website. Website data needs to be protected by backup software.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 22, 2017

In last week’s post we looked at the importance of keeping your WordPress site in top-notch working order with a few simple maintenance tasks that you should be performing on a regular basis. And remember this as well: perform these various maintenance tasks at least every three months, or every six months for less busy sites.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The vast majority of WordPress users managing and administering their own sites have most likely, at one time or another, received an error message or code that got their hearts racing and induced a bit of panic. Just be absolutely sure to backup everything on your site before you start attempting this fix. The Dreaded White Screen.

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

That said, the folks at WP Beginner have compiled an impressive list of creative shortcuts and work-arounds that can really up a user’s game and make the process of designing, launching and administering a WordPress site infinitely more seamless and easy. To stop this, install and activate the Login LockDown plugin.

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Byte Technology

JULY 21, 2016

It’s great to have a stellar and attractive website, one that was professionally designed to utilize the most current design trends with state-of-the-art plugins and all the accompanying bells and whistles. And if your site has a great deal of indexed data—which crawlers might also miss—having a solid sitemap can help considerably.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Should you use free plugins or paid versions? Essentially it’s a very powerful, and very necessary, too that is used to secure websites from nefarious hackers while letting your visitors and users know that their connection to your site can be trusted. This means site seals, green address bars etc., What about web hosting?

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 17, 2017

Don’t forget: unless a site operates on a managed WordPress hosting service, users will have to manually initiate the update. And before starting the process everyone should be sure to do a complete WordPress backup—that means the core program, templates, plugins etc. Another new feature of WordPress 4.7

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Byte Technology

JUNE 13, 2017

And keep in mind that, unless you enjoy the ease and peace of mind of being on a managed hosting service, you’ll have to manually initiate the update (after creating a complete backup of your site first). First there’s the Image Widget, which allows users to add a picture to a sidebar without having to use a plugin or write custom HTML.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To create a new property, follow these steps: #1 In your current UA property, click admin and then press on the GA4 Setup Assistant #2 Once you click through the next prompt, it will show you the site tag and measurement ID that can be installed on your website through a developer, plugin, or our preferred method, Google Tag Manager. #3

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

Luckily, Erik was the one who brought the problem to my attention, and he stuck with me until the site was restored. Also working in my favor was the WordPress Database Backup plugin that I’ve had installed for years. After the content was restored, I had to reset my.htaccess file and some Thesis settings. Was I hacked?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Off page SEO factors – factors that are behind the scenes and used by search engines to communicate with your site (e.g. In other words, when people search for a keyword that is valuable to your brand you want to be the one ranking on the first page to drive more traffic to your site. So how do you get those first page results?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2012

You can then use plugins, redirects,htaccess files or DNS CNAME entries to get FeedBurner (and later, FeedBlitz) to serve that particular feed. How are you managing your RSS feeds for your blog or web site? This means that new subscribers always follow a feed on your domain, not your RSS provider’s platform. Ready to migrate?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Have your content needs significantly changed since the site was built? Is there any functionality or content that exists on the site which you definitely don’t need anymore? There are a number of ways you could go about upgrading your Drupal 7 site. What content do you wish you could publish but currently aren’t able to?

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2021

Have your content needs significantly changed since the site was built? Is there any functionality or content that exists on the site which you definitely don’t need anymore? There are a number of ways you could go about upgrading your Drupal 7 site. What content do you wish you could publish but currently aren’t able to?

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I upgraded C3’s site to WordPress 2.7 Turns out that there was something in one of the files in our custom theme that the upgrade didn’t like. Thankfully, upgrading this site went smoothly and was done in under 5 minutes. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. this morning.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Here’s a final checklist to run through before you launch your site to make sure everything is ready for the big-time. User friendly - Have a few staff members or volunteers who weren’t involved in the design process go through the site as a "normal" user. At a minimum, test the site on iphone, ipad, and Android phone.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. SpamBayes — Trainable anti-spam plugin for Outlook (may work with other clients as well): [link]. TrueCrypt –- Very well-designed and easy-to-use program for encrypting your files and folders: [link]. But that’s why it’s free.).

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

When it comes to WordPress sites, designers and admins—when asked what is one of the most confusing aspects of the platform—will most likely put “plugins” somewhere on their list. Indeed, plugins are fantastic and, in many cases, a must-have when working on a WordPress site. A: Absolutely.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Customer service can be unreliable and slow to respond and if your site has been taken offline or data compromised in a cyberattack, and in either case, you are going to need fast-responding, knowledgeable customer service. Since then, our site has experienced zero downtime, no more bot email subscribers, and customer service is exceptional.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Anyone who has ever designed, used, owned or administered a WordPress-based website should be well aware that keeping your site safe and secure is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, far too many WordPress sites are still lacking in strong security measures that go beyond what is provided with the base version.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Then click the “Create Audience” drop-down and select “Customer File.” CSV file or MailChimp list to import. 522 clicks to my site at a cost of $0.29 Even better, setting up a remarketing campaign on Facebook is extremely simple: First, you’ll need to set up a tracking code on your site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2024

Since then, our site has experienced zero downtime, no more bot email subscribers, and customer service is exceptional. A faulty WordPress plugin, for example, that “breaks” part of your website may require you to restore your website to a version before the plugin was installed. and requires no maintenance.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

We create the bulletin with the intent that each and every church member will hold on, write copious amounts of spiritually inspired notes from the sermon, and hang on to them indefinitely, cataloged in a special file folder at home (OK, I digress; that's probably just me). Option 3: Utilize YouVersion Live.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running. I’ll be migrating my main consulting site over to it quite soon. It will take some time and effort to get a site up, but that’s standard for any website. Joomla is growing fast. They just released version 1.5,

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John Kenyon

JUNE 25, 2019

A new type of website management tool known as Static Site Generators makes websites less vulnerable. Most nonprofit websites hacks are a result of the WordPress and the extensions or plugins that add functionality to it not being updated correctly. What are Static Site Generators? And not all are created equal.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 21, 2022

Unless someone on the content team has a rolodex memory of all the pages and information on the site it can be a tedious task to track down all the uses of a certain word. A word is outdated: The term “disabled” is now seen as negative and should be changed to “differently abled” or “person with a disability” across all uses on the site.

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