by Kim Shivler | Aug 25, 2015 | WordPress
WordPress 4.3 shipped August 18, 2015 with several new features providing more functionality within WordPress core. Adding a Site Icon One of the most helpful features is the ability to add a Site icon (Favicon and app icon) within the WordPress Customizer...
by Kim Shivler | Aug 18, 2015 | Updates and Maintenance
Although this was originally written when WordPress 4.3 shipped, the information here remains relevant for current WordPress releases. The latest feature rich release of WordPress, version 4.3, went live yesterday August 19, 2015. As a website owner,...
by Kim Shivler | Aug 5, 2015 | Security Alerts
If you are concerned about WordPress security, the second most important thing you can do to keep your WordPress site secure is to keep the software up-to-date. This includes the WordPress core software along with plugins and themes. Having a solid, recent, backup of...
by Kim Shivler | Jul 31, 2015 | Plugins
The WordPress Visual Editor provides many options for formatting content without the need for HTML or CSS. This allows you to add content similar to how you would in a WordProcessor. However, the default toolbars leave several popular formatting features...
by Kim Shivler | May 2, 2015 | WordPress
Nothing online or offline is ever 100% secure, but there are many things you can do to help make WordPress more secure. Every day websites across the world are hacked or compromised with malware. Many of these are caused by website owners who don’t take...
by Kim Shivler | Apr 17, 2015 | WordPress
On April 21st, Google’s ranking of sites based on their Mobile Friendliness goes into effect. There has been a lot of news surrounding this update including large numbers of FEAR marketing and spam emails stating things like, “If you don’t pass...
by Kim Shivler | Mar 12, 2015 | Security Alerts
Yesterday, March 11, 2015, an update was released for the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast to fix a security vulnerability that was discovered in the code. According to WPTavern, WPScanVulnerability Database issued a security advisory after alerting the...
by Kim Shivler | Dec 5, 2014 | WordCamp Orlando
There are times when it’s easier to edit and add information to a WordPress post or page using the Text editor, as opposed to the visual editor. For example, when using DIVs to layout images and text together. The challenge comes when you move back and forth...
