In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn how to give your UX research projects a greater level of predictability, find out how Twitter is making Spaces more accessible, discover an incredible skateboard animation made only with CSS, and more. Continue reading May 7, 2021: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News
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Takeaways from How to Take Your WordPress Site Security to the Next Level
In his How to Take Your WordPress Site Security to the Next Level online presentation at the Rochester WordPress Users Meetup, senior software engineer (and my friend) Chris Wiegman, shared practical advice and actionable steps sites owners can take to protect their sites from attackers.
While the focus was on WordPress sites, many tips Chris shared apply to every site on the web.
As well as anyone who uses the web.
What I liked most about Chris’s talk: he didn’t only focus on website protection.
Chris emphasized the importance of making sure your:
- Digital devices
- Operating systems
- Internet Service Provider connection
- Domain name server configuration
- Digital tools you use on your site
are secure.
You want to protect your data, privacy, and the people who visit your website.
He recommended site owners think beyond only site security and consider all the other ways to improve security.
Here are my takeaways from Chris’s presentation. Continue reading Takeaways from How to Take Your WordPress Site Security to the Next Level
Buying a WordPress Theme? Know the Refund Policy
Mike was thrilled to be working on the website for a local nonprofit. He’d been wanting to work on local community projects and discovered a new nonprofit was in need of a website.
He read what to consider before selecting a WordPress theme and finally found a theme he liked and could customize for the nonprofit.
Mike purchased the theme from a popular WordPress theme shop and installed it.
But when Mike started working with the theme, and customizing the settings, he ran into problems. Continue reading Buying a WordPress Theme? Know the Refund Policy