What Marketers Should Know in Order to Hire Quality Web Developers

I recently had a colleague of mine approach me with a conundrum.  He's a great marketer and felt he had a firm understanding of exactly what he wanted to do with a variety of web site projects he was working on, but he was just at his wits end trying to find a web developer…

The 15 Second WordPress Security Fix Everyone Should Do

One of the biggest holes in WordPress security is the configuration file, known as wp-config.php. This handy file is what controls all of your WordPress settings, and it's what connects the ever important database to your WordPress theme, plugin, and system files. The most frustrating thing about the wp-config file is that, while it is a nice…

Automatic Backups in WordPress

It's amazing to me that WordPress has yet to implement a true backup solution as part of its core functions.  Backing up is something everyone with WordPress should do, for a number of reasons. Outside of restoring your site from total destruction, backups are used everyday for minor restores. A backup can be used to easily migrate…