by Nikole Garcia | May 11, 2016 | Business, Security, Web Tech |
This is long. You may want to get comfy and grab some popcorn. First of all … I felt it was only fair to give this exchange some context by showing you a video that explained what I was asking the host (Bluehost) to do for my client. So, here it is: Secondly...
by Nikole Garcia | Apr 4, 2016 | Security |
I had a client contact me recently because her host had said she was hacked. I set to work on her site, cleaning it and transferring it to a new hosting account. In the meantime, she received another notice from her host. This one said: The compromised files detected...
by Nikole Garcia | Jun 12, 2014 | Web Tech |
"Why is my site so slow?" is a question I get asked a lot. It’s not always an immediate thing — sometimes a site slows down over time, or after some changes have been made. But in general, there are a few things that nearly always contribute to a...
by Nikole Garcia | May 19, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
A few weeks ago, a friend of of mine told me she needed a SSL certificate for her WooCommerce/Wordpress site. This is pretty much how the conversation went: Me: Why do you need a SSL certificate? Her: So I can have the checkout on my site. Me: Why do you want to have...
by Nikole Garcia | May 17, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
This post is half a rant and half a lesson for all to learn — and 100% an exercise in bravery for saying it all. I’ll start out with the rant because I just have to get this off my chest before anyone gets hurt, and then we’ll talk about how you can...
