.htaccess stop spammers and brute force attacks

If you have Securi plugin in your wordpress install you will prob notice random bursts of failed login attempts. Then youll prob try all sorts of plugins, wordfence, IQ block country etc and the spammers keep coming so you have to get serious. 1. In your root folder .htaccess file place <Files wp-login.php> order deny,allow … Read more.htaccess stop spammers and brute force attacks

Adding image(s) to Supsystic Gallery plugin in WordPress

To add images to your Supsystic gallery in wordpress, navigate to your dashboard and under ‘Gallery by Supsystic’ click on ‘Galleries’ Then choose the gallery you want to add to ‘Street Art’ for example, and click on [add images] Click on [Import from WordPress media library] Drag the image from your computer on to the … Read moreAdding image(s) to Supsystic Gallery plugin in WordPress

Change social icon links in myThemeShop website header

1. So first of all in dashboard go to Appearance > Theme Options 2. Then in the options panel that appears click on Header 3. Scroll down and you’ll see Facebook, Vimeo, Instagram, etc and for this example click on facebook + 4. Open Facebook and find the page you want to link to and … Read moreChange social icon links in myThemeShop website header

error establishing ipage help

Even though the timthumb hack has been fixed many updates ago, bots still target it in the hundreds of thousands. This causes the ever so lovely “error establishing a database connection” I think. Whenever im listening to music on youtube the “i blog nnn share what i loveeee” ad comes up. Sooooo annoying. So I … Read moreerror establishing ipage help

Changing email password in iPage

1. login to your account via: secure.ipage.com/secure/login.bml#webmail using your email address and current password: 2. Click on the blue settings gearwheel: 3. In the list that appears click on ‘user’ 4. Now click ‘Password’ in the menu that appears (can ‘modify your account information’ here first if you want) 5. In the [3 boxes] that … Read moreChanging email password in iPage

display correct share image: facebook open graph protocol & debug tool

Finish your latest post, got some great photos in there, click publish, time to share with the facebook now init? Only. Wait… “That’s not the image I want!”, and “Why is that text showing?” (and sometimes:”where is my image?” ) You need to have a facebook open graph protocol plugin installed on your website, wonderm00ns simple … Read moredisplay correct share image: facebook open graph protocol & debug tool

Adding a new post to wordpress

It’s second nature almost innate behaviour for me but not for all, so I’ve decided to do a tutorial “adding a new post to wordpress” with screenshots to help wordpress newbies. 1. In your wordpress dashboard under Posts> click on [Add New] 2. Where it says [Enter title here] type the name of the post … Read moreAdding a new post to wordpress

Dreamweaver Permissions Errors

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For users of some of the older versions of Dreamweaver – the site you are updating may result in the following Forbidden error page once you have uploaded to the server, the new versions of the files you were working on: There is a supposed fix-

Updating a post in WordPress

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Had a few people ask about this so thought I’d make a tutorial. “Updating a post in WordPress”. Just in case you forget, here’s something to refer back to: 1. go to your posts list (posts – click on All Posts): 2. Click on ‘Edit’ below the title of the post: 3. This is what … Read moreUpdating a post in WordPress