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WordPress threat

Icon Written by sfsw on April 13, 2013 – 1:08 pm

There is an international attack on WordPress sites. Do not worry, if you are hosted with sfsw.net, you are most likely already protected from this. You may find your WordPress admin is not available – in which case contact us for assistance. We can allow specific locations (IP addresses) to administer your site, to find [...]



Rebuilding a site

Icon Written by sfsw on February 8, 2013 – 1:11 pm

An old version of a website many have many specific pages – when these are linked to as (for example) pagename.html – this makes changing the website difficult while maintaining a smooth change over for search engines. It is better for SEO to use “meaningful” paths like example.com/about rather than refer to specific pages: example.com/about.html. [...]



Window 8 upgrade

Icon Written by sfsw on February 5, 2013 – 10:50 pm

Windows 8 Pro upgrade on a Windows 7 laptop went smoothly, except one piece of software no longer works: Avid (film editing). It turns out this package was sold by Avid to Corel and they seem to not know if a Windows 8 upgrade will ever be available. Asking Corel Support about this: Question: Have [...]



Do Not Track: what it means

Icon Written by sfsw on January 25, 2013 – 9:25 pm

Do Not Track settings are now available in your browser that sent a header with the server http request. It is simply a request that advertisers respect your wish to not store tracking cookies on your computer. What is interesting is that the setting is a) voluntary, and b) usually set to a default of [...]



How to increase website traffic

Icon Written by sfsw on July 29, 2012 – 3:15 pm

http://www.wikihow.com/Increase-Website-Traffic



Reinvention

Icon Written by sfsw on July 4, 2012 – 8:17 am

Reinvention used to be an expensive exercise involving rebranding, redesign and printing of all stationery, business cards and a slap of paint on the building. It may also require a change in company culture. These days, rebranding comes down to altering a template on a website. The secret of how to achieve this without rather [...]



Evolving cloud services

Icon Written by sfsw on April 1, 2012 – 8:28 pm

Most of our major accounts have switched to the cloud servers which are proving helpful – but we can also offer load balancers (POA) that speed up your online availability to your customers who tune in all at once instead of spread over a long period – a sort of pop art brief flash is [...]



DNS Changes

Icon Written by sfsw on February 27, 2012 – 8:24 am

Some clients have been affected by a DNS change. If your site is still not working please contact me tech@sfsw.net



Buffering

Icon Written by sfsw on February 17, 2012 – 7:13 am

Buffering is a local problem (i.e. specific to your location). It means the streaming application / player can not access a data stream in real time and it is waiting to get sufficient data to support a sustainable streaming experience. Hosting can be upgraded from standard shared to cloud – in most cases this is [...]



Protected: real privacy

Icon Written by sfsw on February 16, 2012 – 2:59 am

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