by Deborah Perugi | Aug 5, 2023
Sometimes, and probably more often that you would like, things don’t go smoothly. Your site is down, you aren’t receiving email or a commonly used tool does not work in WordPress. Recently, three such incidences were diagnosed and corrected. A...
by Deborah Perugi | Oct 20, 2020
Bluehost sent a notice this morning announcing an automatic update of the php software that runs your WordPress website. For those on the Perugi Design Manage WP weekly plan with Perugi.com – and using Bluehost as your hosting company – this is good news....
by Deborah Perugi | Nov 9, 2018
After your WordPress website is published, whether it is brand new or a few years old, you need to be sure it is cared for. Most website owners don’t log into the dashboard very often, especially if they aren’t writing posts. And It is understandable that...
by Deborah Perugi | Sep 18, 2017
The last correspondence a web designer wants to get is an email from a client telling you their site has been hacked. They know immediately because the hosting company freezes their website and notifies them. This letter gets forwarded to you by the client and you now...
by Deborah Perugi | May 1, 2017
Not noticeable but important You probably didn’t notice that my website is sporting the https feature in the browser address. I wondered for awhile whether it was worth it for me to go the extra step and get one. Now I see Google is preferring that you do. An...
by Deborah Perugi | May 18, 2016
Perhaps your friend or an agency designed your website awhile ago and now there are problems because it hasn’t been maintained. But, do you have time or the inclination to do it yourself? The best way to stay on top of things is to use a web care plan run by a...
by Deborah Perugi | Jul 2, 2015
In the last few years it was published in the news that the Department of Defense’s computers were attacked by Malware. Yet we website owners, operators, and designers often feel overconfident about our own security. Maybe we feel we are insignificant. What...
by Deborah Perugi | Dec 19, 2014
“A colleague just called and told me her website had been hacked. It was now all in French and only the home page was visible. She has no back up and warned me to find out if I have one. Do I? I just took some screen shots of the pages – but does BlueHost –...
by Deborah Perugi | Oct 4, 2014
The best piece of software I’ve invested in lately is ManageWP. It provides web developers a convenient tool to check on their websites in one dashboard, make updates, scan for malware, (including the new formidable Shellshock) and back up and migrate websites...
by Deborah Perugi | May 2, 2012
Now that you are adding posts to your website on a regular basis, it’s important to take notice of your plugins. On the side bar on the dashboard you will see the word Plugins and possibly a little black dot with a number inside. This tells you you have...
