Testing Your HTTPS Setup

If you run a site with HTTPS, the first thing you’ll want to do is make sure that the Certificate and Web Server are set up correctly. A great tool for testing your Certificate and Server Configuration is SSL Server Test by Qualys SSL Labs. Using their site all you have to do is enter your…

How to Safely Update Your WordPress Site

One of the most important things you can do for your WordPress site is keeping it up to date. These updates can be security fixes to prevent your site from being hacked, performance improvements, or new features that allow you to do more with your site and make adding and editing content easier. WordPress provides…

What is Sender Policy Framework (SPF)?

What is Sender Policy Framework (SPF)? The Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is an open standard specifying a technical method to prevent sender address forgery.[1] SPF was created in 2003 to help close loopholes in email delivery systems that allow spammers to “spoof” or steal your email address to send hundreds, thousands or even millions of…

The end of JPEGs?

photo credit: Express Monorail Yesterday Google released a new open image format, WebP. The goal of the WebP format is to create a new image format specifically for the internet that will significantly reduce image size. From Google’s initial trials, WebP reduced the file size by 39% in a test of 1,000,000 images retrieved from…