Happy New Year! Today marks the first day of the first full working week of 2015. What are you going to do over the next few weeks to give your online presence and marketing a huge boost, setting you up for the year ahead? Here’s some ideas: Get your Social Media sorted out. Are you… Continue reading Ideas to get 2015 off to a flying start
WordPress 4.1 Dinah is out now
The WordPress team have been busy over the last few months and have in the last few days launched their latest update – 4.1. Named “Dinah” in honor of jazz singer Dinah Washington, it’s available for download or update in the usual way and offers a wealth of new features: A new default theme –… Continue reading WordPress 4.1 Dinah is out now
Warning for non-secure websites
The Google Chrome Security Team are now seriously considering showing a message to visitors of websites that aren’t running on SSL/HTTPS, warning them that the connection “provides no data security”. Take a look at the BBC News article and the information from the Security Team itself. This proposed warning could also be added to other… Continue reading Warning for non-secure websites
Changes to PayPal e-commerce sites connections
PayPal are making important changes to the way their payment systems communicate with e-commerce websites, to make them more secure. Following the discovery of the POODLE vulnerability earlier this year, PayPal are taking action to stop SSLv3 connections to their systems. This is happening in two phases – the first one is today (3 December… Continue reading Changes to PayPal e-commerce sites connections
Managing multiple currencies – considerations
The UK provides great opportunities for trading, but virtually the whole world could be available to you as an online business. If you’re thinking of selling abroad, one of the most important things you need to think about is working with multiple currencies. Many customers will want to pay in their own currency, but how… Continue reading Managing multiple currencies – considerations
Web security – review and recommendations
This year has been a big year for publicised security vulnerabilities with websites and servers, all around the world. The emphasis is on ‘publicised’ because we seem to have had a flurry of flaws covered in a big way by the mainstream media with great names like Heartbleed, Shellshock and POODLE. But the real situation… Continue reading Web security – review and recommendations
Time for Benny – WordPress 4.0 is available
WordPress.org have this week launched WordPress 4.0, with a range of new features that give what they call a “smoother writing and management experience”. This new version includes: Manage your media with style: Explore your uploads in a beautiful, endless grid. A new details preview makes viewing and editing any amount of media in sequence… Continue reading Time for Benny – WordPress 4.0 is available
New startup? Essentials to get started on the web
Congratulations on deciding to start a new business. If you want to invest your time into building your business, you’ll need a strong presence on the web, but you probably don’t want to invest your time in researching all the technical stuff you need. So, we’ve put together this quick-list of what you need to… Continue reading New startup? Essentials to get started on the web
Heartbleed – none of our servers are affected
You may have heard in the last few days about a serious security vulnerability affecting many sites and services on the Internet called ‘Heartbleed’. It’s quite a big problem for many sites and web technologies. We’re pleased to confirm that NO sites hosted on Enbecom servers have this vulnerability. Our servers do not use the… Continue reading Heartbleed – none of our servers are affected