How to Hide From Robots
A "robot" is a program that search engines use to follow links, read web pages, and create indexes of the information they find on the web pages. There are several reasons why you might want to prevent robots from indexing your web page. More ...
RSS Basics
Understanding and using RSS feeds is critical to today's webmasters and bloggers. Being able to syndicate news of new information added can drive traffic to your site. In addition to revenue from increased traffic, RSS provides many other marketing opportunities, such as in-feed advertising and higher search engine ranking. More ...
Set Up a Freefind Search Box on Your Website
A search box is an element that enables site accessibility and navigation. A search box provides an alternative way for people to find things at your site. This article explains how to embed a Freefind search box on Your Website. More ...
What is a Web Service?
Try to find an article on the Web that explains, in plain English, what a Web Service is and you'll be going around in rhetorical circles with no simple explanation, and no examples. More ...
Don't Let doors.txt Take Control of Your Email Server
If you have an email contact form on your Website and you have received a message which appears to contain random text and the file name doors.txt followed by some digits, your mail server is being probed for vulnerabilities by a hacker. More ...
Understanding SSL Certificate
A secure web hosting service provider ensures safety protocols are in place by encrypting the data that is submitted on an e-commerce website. A customer can identify if a website is secure by checking for the padlock icon next to the URL. The address bar will also show the URL as https instead of http. More ...
Creating a Secure Website Using Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
When setting up a website that will require payment through credit card it is important to have a minimum level of security. One protocol that has effectively become the de facto standard for website security is Secure Socket Layer (or SSL). More ...
Basic Dynamic Website Security
There are many things a user can do to cause you annoyance, but the biggest threat is an MySQL injection attack. This is where a user types in some PHP and SQL code into a field in your form. More ...
How to Redirect a Web Page Using a 301 Redirect
You've just redesigned some pages of your web site. The pages have high search engine rankings that you don't want to lose. How can you safely redirect web site traffic from your old pages to the new pages without losing your rankings? You can do this by using a "301 redirect" More ...
Four Must-Have Webpages That Add Website Security
A website is a contract between you and your visitor, it must assure visitors that the site is safe. There are many ways to convey trust, but the easiest is within your website pages themselves. More ...
Video - HTTP caching
In this video, Stephen Lamm, who works at Google in Web Performance teaches you about browser caching and what you can do to configure your web pages so that they're cached properly in browsers. More ...
Seven WordPress Security Tips
Most WordPress users are not aware that the chance of getting hacked is higher than they think. Here is a list of tips that can greatly improve the security of your WordPress website. More ...
