Text: WordPress Security 58,701,915 WordPress sites in the wild. Due to popularity WordPress presents a large target. Two primary types of malware attacks aimed at WordPress. Injections and Backdoors. Injections Your website code is injected with advertisements or links to another site. Typically adult or pharmacy sites. This code is usually hidden from normal display and… Read It
Whether you construct emails, text all day, craft memos, write copy or blog nearly every day for work or fun, there’s one underlying truth every writer must know and accept: Your first draft isn’t very good. This is not to say your first attempt at writing will be bad, just that it’s not your best… Read It
Most writers will say that they just like to write, no matter the topic. From white pages to blog posts and technical documents to copywriting, myriad types of writing can overwhelm even the most talented and trained scribes. If you’re thinking about pursuing writing as either a serious side job or full-time gig, generalizing… Read It
Our primary datacenter provider Firehost is performing scheduled maintenance on: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:00 AM CDT – 5:00 AM CDT. Scheduled Maintenance: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:00 AM CDT – 5:00 AM CDT Impact: We anticipate up to 20 minutes of total downtime and connectivity may be intermittent during this total 5 hour timeframe. We will be restarting primary… Read It
One of the scariest things about writing in any medium is the fear of being disliked. Too many of us make writing decisions based on fear, instead of making those same decisions based on interestingness, shareability, and plain ol’ informativeness. While this approach may attract a few corporate copywriting jobs, it certainly will not be… Read It
We have implemented additional measures to mitigate the ongoing botnet brute force attack. While we feel we have a handle on the security side of things, the large volume of traffic was adding load to the servers and slowing down the overall user experience We tightened down rules to drop these requests at the network edge… Read It
Abraham Lincoln MAY have said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” While the quote above may not be true, the lessons are. Whether you’re starting a business, creating content, or working for the man every night and day, repeatedly practicing is one… Read It
Malcolm Gladwell says you need 10,000 hours of practice before mastery can be achieved. Allen Iverson may be, pound for pound and inch for inch, a top 5 NBA all-time great. One of them believed in practice. The other didn’t. Who would you say is more successful? While Iverson may have earned more during his… Read It
Todd Henry, author of Accidental Creative, speaks often to the need for those in the creative industry to recharge their ideas and personal energy long before they’ve worn out. From afternoons spent researching to mornings spent reading, being talented doesn’t matter much if most of your time is spent recovering from working too hard. The… Read It
Recent announcements of a major security vulnerability found in 2 popular WordPress caching plugins has everyone (except you) running scared. Page.ly has already secured your site. One of the many benefits we provide to all our WordPress Hosting customers is our automatic plugin updates. This system keeps every plugin up to date without any intervention needed on your part. Since 2009… Read It
SEO for writers sounds like some tacked on, unimportant obligation necessary for online writing, but it’s not. Similarly as to how proper formatting, page design, and subject matter can make writings more attractive to people, a few, simple tips can help make your writing more attractive to search engines without compromising the integrity of your… Read It
Our friend Brad Touesnard just dropped a pro version of his plugin WP Migrate DB. Bear witness to your life getting easier. They are also offering a sweet deal to get started: Get 20% off with coupon code TWITLAUNCH.
We manage WordPress which as we all know requires a login to use. We also provide a standalone interface to manage your Pagely Hosting Account which has its own account management system. Add to that a typical Pagely customer may have multiple WordPress sites, each with their own Administrator login and user. So here you are left… Read It
You have all likely heard about the recent rise in brute force attacks against WordPress, if you have not: Sucuri has been chronicling it for you. Here at Pagely we have the the best in class enterprise security appliances protecting our network, additional 2nd level mechanisms in place to throttle and block brute force attacks against… Read It
There are few professions with more rules — written, unwritten, said or unsaid — than writing. Seemingly every author, novelist, screenwriter or copywrite has their own set of writing rules and their own justifications when breaking them. From Elmore Leonard to Neil Gaiman and Stephen King to Steven Pressfield, plenty of published successful writers have… Read It
Self editing is hard. Try as we might not to, we all get caught up in our own style and writing patterns. Similar to how loving something can cause us to overlook flaws, editing your own writing is not something to brush off.
