Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

For anyone who designs, owns, manages or administers a WordPress site, the importance of the “community” that surrounds the wildly popular content management system cannot be understated. Here are some good tips for tapping into this information-rich resource and becoming an active player in WordPress world. Check out a forum.

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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.

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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. The post The Fast Lane: More Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 21, 2012

They included a variety of graphics that look like typical credit score spam, but the sender addresses are obviously faked and the links look like they point to hacked WordPress sites like nbouhout.astblogs.org//wp-content/themes/trulyminimal/includes/framework/plugins/score_for_free.html.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 15, 2017

So why wouldn’t you do the same for your WordPress website? After all, WordPress sites are made up of many different component parts, including the core program, hosting, software, plugins and even themes. WordPress experts continually harp about the importance of backing up your site, and for good reason.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Anyway, WordPress is a blogging tool (in fact, the one that runs this blog.)

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 13, 2012

The first 3 links point to hacked WordPress sites that mean do me harm, such as: aliceclayton.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/greet.html. If you have any other problem please contact us by clicking on the following link: [link]. This email was sent by 123Greetings.com, Inc., 1674 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. emeraldexpo2012.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/greet.html.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. Tweets overloaded with hashtags look messy, are hard to read, and make your nonprofit look desperate to gain followers.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

At some point yesterday morning, my WordPress database disappeared and was replaced with a default WordPress install. It looked like this in Safari: That tiny print is the copy that’s on a default WordPress installation, but with the Thesis theme I use applied to it…kind of. WordPress 2.3 Although WordPress 2.3

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For many years Nonprofit Tech for Good used a budget website hosting company for $12 a month, but by 2020 our website downtime became significant and our email opt-in forms so overrun with spam bot subscribers, that we had to make the shift to a premium website hosting company and upgraded to a $96 a month plan.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 12, 2015

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. If you frequent Snapchat or WordPress it’s likely you’ve already encountered the new No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA security feature.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2024

For many years Nonprofit Tech for Good used a budget website hosting company for $12 a month, but by 2020 our website downtime became significant and our email opt-in forms overrun with spam bot subscribers. Every social media platform offers 2FA, as do most digital marketing platforms, such as WordPress, MailChimp, Windows 365, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. 5) BuddyPress: BuddyPress is a plug-in that adds features to a WordPress MU site ( multi site ), such as profiles, groups, friending, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

It will help you centralize all your efforts and reduce the amount of spam and notification e-mails sent to your work e-mail account. HootSuite is a Web-based social media dashboard service that allows you to update and monitor Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and WordPress from one dashboard.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

However, most people don’t consider an equally startling fact: WordPress sites are some of those most commonly attacked. Why are WordPress sites so attractive to the malicious individuals lurking in the virtual world? And given these statistics, it’s little wonder why website security is such a booming business around the globe.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Seattle, WA: WordPress: Blogs, Websites and So Much More! Peterborough, Canada: Spam legislation- What it means for e-communcations. Vancouver, Canada: The Canadian Anti-Spam Act: What Nonprofits need to know before July 1. Sydney, Australia: Radical changes coming to the internet: How best to market your organisation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections. Make sure the CMS you choose lets you moderate comments, ban individuals from commenting, and fast-track certain commenters—staff, for example—by allowing them to publish without waiting for moderation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

mail-tester:: mail-tester.com This free tool reveals if your email domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols. Tools like WordPress (website and blog content) and MailChimp (email marketing) are much easier to work with if users can make simple HTML edits. See also OptInMonster.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

Vancouver, BC: The Canadian Anti-Spam Act: What Nonprofits need to know before July 1. New York, NY: Building Websites with WordPress for Nonprofits. Upcoming Events. Saturday, June 14, 2014. Traverse City, MI: Discussion Panel - FCC’s Regulatory Proposals - Net Neutrality. Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

A Drupal or Wordpress site could include these features by adding modules/plug-ins/widgets. If users have to create an account, that in itself is a barrier, but it will allow you to delete accounts that spam. If you open up filesharing, you could expose your members to viruses, unhelpful or inappropriate content, or spam.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

It's also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website's content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Does it say what you really want it to about your organization? Email is a critical channel. design: is it clean?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In the past, people would try to game the algorithms by spamming anchor text links to artificially increase their rankings. How to add a sitemap on Google and WordPress. I’d recommend using the free Google (XML) Sitemaps plugin if your site is built on WordPress. To avoid this penalty I recommend using related keywords.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. It’s not really mine, and I don’t like that. Privacy Suck: Not so long ago, there was a little hiccup in Web 2.0 goodiness.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

It’s also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website’s content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Your website should tell people who you and what you do. design: is it clean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! It like it was also splog and closed down by wordpress. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! NpTech Talk. Congrats to Allison Fine for the Terry McAdam Book Award.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Subscribers stop opening your emails for several reasons: your emails are going to their spam folders, their email address is no longer in use, or they are simply ignoring your emails because they are no longer interested. An unengaged subscriber is one that has not opened an email from your organization within the last six months.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Then Automattic, the company behind WordPress, purchased Disqus’ biggest competitor : Intense Debate. It also now uses Akismet for spam filtering and it supports Gravatar images. I have it set to just filter spam but not require any other moderation at the moment. Tags: WordPress Blogging.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Spam, obscenity--they just aren't an issue at all. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. We use Wordpress to power our blogs. The great thing about any really strong community on the net—we’ve never ever had to remove a comment on Flickr or even worry about it.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Its also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your websites content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Does it say what you really want it to about your organization? Email is a critical channel.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The real case for multiple ESPs is that it provides a different IP address, which can prevent your emails from being marked as spam. This is important because spam filters are responsible for an average loss of $15,000 per year, according to the Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study. Lead Generation. Link Building. Marketing Plans.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

You can also use RSS to pull in content from other sources like Flickr and WordPress. TINT will automatically blacklist usernames and keywords to prevent spam from competitors or vandals. You can even approve or reject posts before they show up live to prevent spam or profanity from ever appearing on your aggregated feed.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 19, 2017

Stay away from creating a domain name with hyphens, as they too often denote spam sites and impart a bad impression to potential visitors. By having a name that stands out and is memorable you’re creating instant branding for yourself and your site. So try to settle on a name that’s catchy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The groups had become a burden to manage and now with only one group remaining, I can commit myself to being a better group manager ( translation: deleting spam and spammers faster). Nonprofit Tech for Good’s LinkedIn Company Page requires a minimal time investment and grows in value each year, so it made the cut for 2016.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Tools like WordPress (website and blog content) and MailChimp (email marketing) are much easier to work with if users can make simple HTML edits. Newsletter Spam Check :: mail-tester.com. This free tool reveals if your website domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Blackhat SEO spam campaigns are also based on economic gain. By doing so they can hopscotch across those visitor’s websites and compound the effect of malware, which can ultimately give them banking and credit card information, access to e-tail accounts and much more.

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