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One way of safe guarding your wordpress site from hackers
Once again the hackers are out in full force and as I type, warnings are being sent out by major hosting companies such as Hostgater.
These wise words from Tracey Rissik, our WordPress Expert here at The Web Tech Club, were posted on our Members Only Facebook Group:
“Hi all – just so you know, attacks against WordPress sites seem to be happening worldwide, to all hosting providers – just got this from Hostgator http://blog.hostgator.com/2013/04/11/global-wordpress-brute-force-flood/ – make sure you have full backups in place everyone !!!…
Recommended WordPress Plugin: Exclude pages from navigation
Have you wanted to create special thank you pages for your newsletter but then got stuck because they cluttered up your website navigation bar?
What about wanting stand alone sales pages that you want to use for specific marketing campaigns, but not want listed on your website’s menu?
You may have got your website designer to do some clever coding to stop these pages being added to your menu, but this often costs you money and it doesn’t allow you to quickly knock up a page or two without a few days delay.…
Best WordPress plugin to showcase your recent blog comments

Comments on your posts can feel like the life force of your blog, can’t it?
I remember, when I started my first blog back in 2005, how isolating it would feel when no one would stop by and leave a comment at the end of my articles. I knew people where visiting, but I wasn’t sure I was on the right track until I started to get comments.…
WordPress plugin recommendation: Thank Me Later

Best WordPress Plugins: This week’s WordPress plugin recommendation
Any tool that allows me to automate an opportunity to reach out to someone gets the thumb ups from me. But the trick to many automated tools is being able to customize them so that they feel as if you have personally written them.
This is why I love the thank me later WordPress plugin.…
The importance of your “Contact Us” page on your website

How many of you have been on someone’s website, wanting to get in touch to find out about a product, complain about a service … or just tell them what a great job they did… and you’ve not been able to find ANY way of getting in touch with them?
And how does that leave you feeling? Untrusting of the business?…