WordPress announced today that it has released a critical security update for all its currently supported versions, and encourages everyone to update their websites immediately.
If you are still running WordPress 3.9 (or shamelessly still on 3.8 or 3.7), log into your WP control panel, then go to Dashboard > Updates to do your update now!
If you enabled the automatic update feature on your site, it should already be done. [...]
Did you know that an email, unless it was encrypted, is sent in plain text? If someone (or more probably something) sniffs the network traffic where your email goes through, it can be read without any hassle.
Here’s the quick and simplified version of the path an email takes :
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It’s not easy to create and maintain relationships in 140 characters or less. Don’t get us wrong: we love Twitter (don’t hesitate to say Hi to @cakemail and @funiohosting!), but sometimes, we have a lot to say. At those times, we use Twitter to tease about the topic, and expand on it: either on our blog, our website or our newsletters. [...]
For over 3 years already, we have been constantly improving our different client interfaces and adding new tools to perpetuate our vision: make web hosting available to everyone!
More specifically today, we have done so by integrating the management and configuration of your hosting plan in your Customer Hub. In short, we have:
Article originally published on the CakeMail Blog
With 1.3 Billion (yes, that’s a ‘B’) active users, your local business should have a Business page on Facebook. The page should mention your business’ events, sales and news. The catch is that Facebook won’t display all your updates (also known as “posts”) to all the people who’ve “Liked” your business.
Even if your page has amazing updates, thousands of followers and a die-hard fan base, your news [...]
Google dreams of a secure internet; one that runs completely on secured websites. Early September, Google announced that they will no longer trust SHA-1 certificates, and begin implementing transitional warnings in the Chrome browser. When version 39 comes out (estimated to early November), the HTTPS lock in the URL bar will start displaying a warning when SHA-1 is being used.
Other browsers have also announced they have a deprecation plan for 2016 ([...]
Starting September 30th 2014, .CA domain owners could receive communications from the CIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority), requesting the update of the registrant contact information of their domain names. Indeed, since March 6th 2014, any new .CA domain registration requires that all contact information is completed. Whereas before, you could only specify the owner name without including an address, email or phone number.
In a continuous effort [...]
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No one can claim to have the perfect formula for an impeccable SEO. Positioning yourself on the Web is an art that perpetually changes; its variables are countless and publicity cost can become unrealistic.
As proof of how things can change, Google recently announced that websites secured with an SSL certificate will get extra points in their ranking. Let me take a moment for a shameless plug: Funio offers affordable SSL certificates with an automatic installation feature.
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September is at our doorsteps and time is flying by. Finding solutions to any loss of time has become a necessity. If you are anything like me, someone who likes to get things done as quickly as possible and learn at the same time, I have a great trick for you.
Funio has been working since day one on a knowledge base that allows you to find solutions to common problems and learn how to perform [...]
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