It can be very frustrating to have gotten locked out of administrative control of your Joomla! website. The information here requires that you have access to your Joomla! website's database. That information can be gained via FTP if you have FTP access, or via your...
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Fix “Secure Connection Failed” Error in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer
We've run into trouble recently loading sites lacking SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption on our workstations. The issue has been happening using both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Researching why this was occurring led me to some possible fixes I will address...
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...
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 enable TLS 1.2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
The Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials runs on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, which was an extremely popular server. It is still an extremely stable platform for handling DNS, serving up websites, and handling email servers. Despite being long past...
Continued Email Phishing Attempts
What is Phishing? Phishing is defined as the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. Phishing attempts continue at an...
Fixing a broken Twenty Ten theme after latest update
Within days of this writing, the Twenty Ten theme was updated. The fact that this theme is still kept up is a very good thing from a security point of view. The update included what appeared to be more extensive uses of blocks in WordPress. In my opinion, WordPress...
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Web Maintenance Explained
I cannot begin to tell you how many people believe that once their website is done they are "all set". Many think they don't have to do anything more to it once it is out there live. While that may seem true in that moment, there is still much that needs to happen and...
Adding Akismet comment spam protection
Akismet provides a convenient and free way to protect your personal or non-profit WordPress site or blog from spam. Many times we'd like to allow comments to be left on our WordPress site. The hassle with this can be the tremendous amounts of spam that come through...