Why You Cannot Push a Pig Through a Keyhole Building an effective responsive design website entails much more than simply designing a responsive theme. The primary purpose for using a responsive design is to have one website that works with all viewing devices, from desktop monitors down to small smartphone displays. Unfortunately, a theme may be mobile ready, but the web … [Read more...]
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Russian Hackers Have Stolen Over 1.2 Billion Passwords
The web is abuzz with a report from a Milwaukee-based security firm called Hold Security saying that they have evidence showing a Russian hacker ring has collected a whopping 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from around the web. They discovered this through the use of presumably proprietary deep web monitoring tools. The first question that came to mind when I heard … [Read more...]
Google Adds Encryption As a Ranking Factor
Google made an announcement in a Webmaster Central Blog post that says using encryption throughout a website is now a ranking factor. You heard that correctly. Google wants to see Secure Sockets Layer encryption used throughout a web site. Encryption is no longer something reserved for use with e-commerce sites on pages where sensitive personal information, such as credit card … [Read more...]
Tech Support Scams – We’ve Detected a Virus on Your PC
An increasing number of people are receiving phone calls from scammers who claim they detected a virus or Trojan on the user's PC and they want to help remove the threat. Sometimes they claim your Windows license is about to expire and they want to help you renew the license. I received three calls from friends and clients over the past week with questions about the calls. … [Read more...]
All In One SEO Pack Vulnerabilities Found
If you use the WordPress All In One SEO Pack plugin and have not updated it recently, do it right now. Two potentially serious weaknesses have been discovered. The bad news is these are potentially very serious security holes that could allow a hacker to take control of some aspects of you site or inject cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks on users. The good news is that a … [Read more...]
Design Considerations With Responsive Design Websites
Responsive design mobile-ready websites--also known as fluid designs--can solve a range of issues and will increase the mobile usability of your website, but there are some issues to consider if you want to site to be effective with a wide range of mobile devices. Most site owners build a responsive design website primarily because of the compatibility with smaller screen … [Read more...]
What is Shill Bidding?
Shill bidding occurs when someone places a bid on an auction for the sole purpose of stimulating bidding activity or raising the bid prices--with no intention of purchasing the product. Shill billing most often occurs when a seller is either getting no bids or is not happy with the bid prices thus far. Sometimes sellers with multiple auction accounts bid on their own offerings; … [Read more...]
Be Careful When Registering Domain Names
At one time if you wanted to build a web site, you looked for a good domain name, registered it, set the nameservers, and built the web site. That may no longer be the case. We are finding out that domain names need to be scrutinized before registering them, because penalties are sticking with the domain. A case in point is a recent web site we built for a financial services … [Read more...]
More FAQs About Responsive Design
Many people have questions about responsive design WordPress sites. These are some of the most common questions. If you want to see a demonstration of what can be done with this coding technique, visit our responsive design demo page. Can Any Website Be Converted to a Responsive Design? Unfortunately, not all sites are easily converted. A site that has a very complex … [Read more...]
What is the Ken Burns Pan and Scan Video Effect?
Pan and scan effects can be added to still images used in videos to give the viewer a sense of motion. It is commonly referred to as The Ken Burns Effect. This is not because he was the first to use it, but rather because he was the innovator who made it popular through creative use of the effects in his PBS and History Channel historical documentaries. The Ken Burns effect … [Read more...]