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...
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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...
How to Choose or Update which PHP version my Website uses
It's important to keep your website secure! CharlesWorks uses DirectAdmin on most of its Linux based servers. The latest PHP versions offer the best security. The later versions also offer better speed as well. The CharlesWorks web servers are optimized to keep your...
Common Bitcoin Phishing Message from online Scammers
The lost revenue to individuals and companies responding to and falling prey to these phishing messages is enormous. We in the web field lose considerable amounts of time that we could be working on websites answering queries about such matters. It is obviously part...
Google Mail (GMail) Trusted Senders
In many cases, email sent from forms in WordPress on does not make it to the Inbox of Google GMail addresses. Note: Unfortunately, we at CharlesWorks do not have any control over how Google or any other email provider chooses to filter email on their systems. If the...
How to Choose your Web hosting Company:
Seven questions to ask your potential provider! If you or your business has an online presence, a crucial part of the whole web presence is deciding who will host your website. The web hoster provides the web space. It also manages the servers on which your site will...