Guide Your Web Designer The Right Way

Designers won’t know your company at first, so you need to make a crash course about your business and vision. Collect this information before you begin your web design project. Good information leads to better websites, so do this stage right.

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You Should Own and Control Your Domain

I have had a lot of situations where a client that has just come to me and is not in control of their website or domain. Sometimes the company that owns and controls the site for you has disappeared, or maybe the person that you paid as a middleman has disappeared.

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WP Engine Hosting

I recently started moving my clients to WP Engine hosting. Beachside Technology is partnered with WP Engine to provide a better overall experience with web hosting.

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Pros and Cons of WordPress

WordPress runs about 30% of the websites on the internet in 2018, more than any other single blog or website system. It is a good choice in a content management system for many people because it has a lot of features that can be changed around easily to build a unique website.

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Why Did My WordPress Site Get Hacked?

Why would anyone want to hack you? The answer almost always comes down to money. Hackers are not targeting you, they are targeting the websites that have weak security. These are a few common types of hacks that I see on WordPress sites, and the motivation behind them.

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How Did My WordPress Website Get Hacked?

WordPress is a complicated piece of software. It has half a million lines of code which make up the features we know and love like the ability to edit our content, the WordPress email notifications, and the dashboard that lets us control the site. The downside of this complexity is that the more features WordPress has, the higher the risk of a hacker finding one to exploit.

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