by aporter | May 15, 2017 | Security, Tips and tricks, We recommend
You’ve probably heard all about the Wannacry ransomware that’s been spreading like wildfire across computer networks since last Friday- the one that encrypts computer files, demands a ransom (that doubles within 3 days) and threatens to delete the files in 7 days if...
by Bryle Crodua | May 2, 2017 | Tips and tricks
By Norman Arvidsson WordPress can take up a lot of time. Since that’s something few of us have in huge supply, we need to find clever hacks to cut it down as much as possible. Here is how. So, like so many of us, you severely underestimated how long it takes write...
by Bryle Crodua | Apr 27, 2017 | Tips and tricks
By Eliza Medley Every year, new trends emerge or re-emerge in web design. 2017 is no exception. Chances are, you’ve noticed some of these trends yourself. Hopefully, at least a few have inspired you to get creative and bring new life to your website. But as we all...
by David Nutbourne | Mar 7, 2017 | Tips and tricks
It’s actually quite easy to speed up your website. Here are seven tips you can do today – none of which will require to do any programming. If your page is slow most people won’t stick around to find out how good the content is. It’s unfortunate that people have...
by Joe Miles | Mar 21, 2016 | Tips and tricks
You want your WordPress website to be engaging and attractive. You want everyone who visits it to grasp what you’re trying to get across, and to come back for more. But life doesn’t always go to plan. For that reason, it’s always a good idea to prepare for the worst....
by udadmin | Oct 20, 2015 | Tips and tricks
If you send your backup via WebDAV to an OwnCloud install, then the following information is for you. (If not, then you can stop reading if you’ve got other things to do!). A recent release of OwnCloud 8.1 (we have not discovered exactly where the change came...
by udadmin | Sep 16, 2015 | Tips and tricks, updates, UpdraftPlus advantages
UpdraftPlus already has various features allowing you to exclude particular files or folders from your backup set. These include: Exclude specific files or folders by listing them in the ‘exclude these’ settings in your settings. Exclude top-level...
by udadmin | Jun 9, 2015 | Tips and tricks, Training materials, UpdraftPlus advantages
Here’s the guide – with lots of screenshots – for our new “send data direct site to site” feature. You can see how it works – and, we believe, how easy it is to use. David Anderson (founder, lead developer, UpdraftPlus)...
by udadmin | May 30, 2015 | Tips and tricks
Just a quick note… Our Google Drive setup guide used to have a note saying that Google did not allow WordPress installs hosted on ‘localhost’ (i.e. a development machine not reachable from the public Internet) to access Google Drive. This restriction...
by udadmin | Apr 17, 2015 | Tips and tricks, updates, UpdraftPlus advantages
The next release of UpdraftPlus is due out on Monday. This includes some tweaks necessary for our “automatic backups” feature (whereby a backup is taken just before a WordPress update, so that you’re covered if the update is bad) to work well with WP...
