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Wordfence Tutorial: How to Keep Your WordPress Site Safe from Hackers

7 June 2018 / 9 Comments

[This article was updated on 7 June 2018 to cover Wordfence 7.1.]

Hundreds of WordPress sites get hacked each day. How can you make sure yours isn’t one of them?

Let’s face it: WordPress security is a big topic. It can also seem a little scary at first glance. There are so many different ways that hackers can break into sites. How can you begin to protect your site against all these attacks?

Well, you can stop worrying! In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install and configure a WordPress plugin that will dramatically beef up your site’s security, with very little effort on your part. The whole caboodle takes about 20 minutes to set up.

By the time you’re done, you’ll be able to relax, safe in the knowledge that your WordPress site is well-protected against those pesky hackers!

But first, let’s take a look at exactly how hackers do what they do — and why they do it.

Set Up Google Analytics for Your Website: A Beginner’s Guide

2 December 2016 / Leave a Comment

Want to set up Google Analytics on your website? You’ve come to the right place!

Everyone says Google Analytics is fantastic for understanding your visitors, website, and online biz. But how the heck do you get started with it?

Maybe you had a go at setting up Google Analytics, but couldn’t get it working properly with your site. Or maybe it all seems too hard to even begin!

If this sounds like you, I’ve got you covered. In this tutorial I walk you, step by gentle step, through creating a Google Analytics account, linking it to your website, and testing it all works. You’ll also learn about stopping pesky Google Analytics spam, and find out what to do once you’ve set up Analytics with your site.

By the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll understand the whole setup process and you’ll feel like an Analytics pro!

To keep things simple, I focus on linking Google Analytics with WordPress. If you don’t have a WordPress site, don’t worry — most of this tutorial still applies, and I’ve also included links that explain how to set up Analytics with Joomla, Wix, Weebly and more.

Ready to set up your Analytics? Let’s go!

WordPress Backups: The Ultimate Guide to Backing Up Your WordPress Site

4 November 2016 / 2 Comments

Your WordPress website is central to your business. If it disappeared tomorrow, you’d have a big problem on your hands!

That’s why it’s so important to have a full, working backup of your site. If the site crashes or gets hacked, you can restore it from the backup and be up and running again in an hour.

However, setting up WordPress backups can be confusing. How do they work? What do you need to back up? Where should you store the backups, and how long should you keep backups for? Which backup system should you choose, and how can you make sure your backups work properly?

This guide answers all of these questions. Once you’ve read it, you’ll understand how WordPress backups work, you’ll be able to choose the right backup system for your site, and you’ll be ready to start backing up your WordPress site safely and securely.

Adding a WYSIWYG HTML Editor to Your Site

17 December 2009 / 30 Comments

What is a WYSIWYG HTML editor?

A WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor is a JavaScript-driven Web form field that lets users enter formatted text, much like using a word processor. The editor then converts this formatted text into HTML when the form is sent to the Web server. Here’s what a WYSIWYG HTML editor looks like:

CKEditor screenshot — CKEditor is a popular JavaScript-based WYSIWYG HTML editor

Most WYSIWYG editors let you do at least the following:

Add formatting such as bold, italic, and underlining
Create headings (H1, H2 and so on)
Create links
Use different font faces, sizes, and colours
Insert bulleted and numbered lists
Create tables
Left-align, right-align, centre, and justify text
Embed images, Flash movies, and more
Edit the HTML directly if desired

Many editors take things further, allowing you to upload images, Flash movies and other files to the Web server, and browse files on the server.

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