Category Archives: Design

Secure your website with an SSL certificate

Secure your website with an SSL certificate

Website security is becoming an increasingly important topic for both organisations and its clients. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates are now recommended for all websites, whether they are used for purchasing products or services online, or simply for contacting the organisation. An SSL certificate ensures the secure transfer of sensitive data, such as your clients’ […]

What is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org?

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When we are consulting with clients by designing and developing a website for them, we recommend WordPress. According to W3Techs, WordPress is just used on 24.9% of the websites on the internet. Its popularity is predominately due to its ease of use, making it simple for anyone to maintain their own website. However, one of […]

Five tips to spring clean your website

Five tips to spring clean your website

It is hard to believe we are now in September! Spring is here, and we suggest it is time to spring clean your website. We hear many organisations reflect on whether having a website is worth the effort when they aren’t getting as many visitors as they would like. Our top recommendation is that you […]

ISIL defacements exploiting vulnerabilities in WordPress websites

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CyberGuru has received notifications of some very important WordPress updates available that should be applied to all WordPress websites. The following paragraph is from the Internet Crime Complaint Center which has a partnership with the FBI: ISIL Defacements Exploiting WordPress Vulnerabilities Continuous Web site defacements are being perpetrated by individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State […]

Critical WordPress updates are required on your website – upgrade to the latest version!

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We are in the process of contacting all of our website design clients for whom we developed your websites for. Most websites that we have developed in recently years are maintained in a content management system known as WordPress. WordPress has recently released version 4.0, and more recently, version 4.0.1 Security Release which is a critical […]

The three monkeys: SurveyMonkey, MailChimp and EventBrite

The three monkeys: SurveyMonkey, MailChimp and EventBrite

There are many cloud-based services available for small businesses and not-for-profit organisations these days to enable features on their existing websites or use them as standalone through their independent websites. Three particular services that we suggest to many of our clients and prospective clients are SurveyMonkey, MailChimp and EventBrite. In this article, we thought it would […]

Is your business on Google My Business?

Is your business on Google My Business?

Google has recently improved its search engine features for businesses (and not-for-profit organisations) to enable them to be easily found on its search engine whether or not you have a website. Known as Google My Business, businesses can connect directly with customers with Google Search, along with Maps and its social platform, Google+ at no […]