Sometimes there are procedures that are taken for granted by us here at CharlesWorks. We work in web browsers every day. So it is easy for us to forget that most people don't know how refresh their web browser. This process may be needed if changes are made to a web...
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Anatomy of a Phone Text Phishing Attempt
Phishing - attempts to trick people into giving up sensitive information - has been on the rise for many. many years now. Even seasoned internet individuals can fall prey to the bad actors perpetrating this criminal activity. The Phish Here is an example of a text I...
Increasing your Web Traffic using External Links from UpCity
Every now and then I like to share ways each of you can use to increase the traffic to your website. Increasing Traffic Remember that when your website is linked to from other sources, you increase the probability of more traffic being sent to it. Today, I took the...
Charles Oropallo Awarded for Sponsoring 40+ BNI Members
I have been a member of BNI (Business Networkers International) since September of 2004. It has been a great networking organization and I recommend everyone attend at least just to experience a meeting. You've everything to gain by doing so. I often remind people the...
Using All-in-One WP Migration plugin to back up your website
The All-in-One WP Migration plugin is an excellent plugin for backing up, copying, cloned or migrating your WordPress website. It's become my favorite and we use it here at CharlesWorks extensively. Issues using the All-in-One WP Migration plugin The only time we have...
Best Practices for Mitigating Website Hacks
We at CharlesWorks are often asked by our web clients if their site is protected from malware and getting hacked. They also want to know if there site IS hacked, whether there be a charge to fix it. The totally hack-proof website The totally hack proof website has no...
How to Override the WordPress default 45 tag cloud limit
If you have a WordPress website with many tags, you have undoubtedly ran into a situation where you notice they are not always all displayed. This happened to me when adding a new tag and I noticed it was not displayed. Researching this on the Internet revealed a lot...
Safe Practices for Installing WordPress Plugin, Theme and Core Updates to Your Website
Since I started CharlesWorks in 1998, it has been abundantly clear as a web developer that there are two types of web clients when it comes to site maintenance: Those who want us to do any maintenance needed as they need it Those who want to try to maintain their...
How to install PHP and the “intl” extension on a Virtualmin Debian server
Not too long ago, I wrote an article indicating Some Great Reasons to use a Local Debian Server running Virtualmin. In it, I mentioned that I had built a Debian 10 server to try out the Virtualmin control panel. Virtualmin is a control panel that allows adding of...
Some Great Reasons to use a Local Debian Server running Virtualmin
I recently built a Debian 10 server to try out the Virtualmin control panel. Virtualmin is a control panel that allows adding of websites to a server for access to a private or public network. The goal of the server is to host WordPress websites under development in a...