Entries by Graphic Lux

WordPress.org vs WordPress.com

WordPress.org vs WordPress.com.? If you’re new to WordPress or even played around a bit, this is a normal question and usually needs some explanation since the two get confused pretty easily. Both are great options and the best one for you depends on the plans you have for your site, your skill level and how much …

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Why Website Maintenance Should Be On Your Mind

Why Website Maintenance Should Be On Your Mind The problem for many WordPress websites is that they have been neglected, and out of date.  The WordPress CMS core, plugins, and themes are in need of basic updates/upgrades while security monitoring and daily backup’s should be taking place.  Without these updates/upgrades your WordPress website could be susceptible …

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WordPress 4.5 broke my website!

Why did WordPress 4.5 break my website? WordPress’s Core will automatically update your website to the latest WordPress version when the newest version has been tested and deemed safe for release, unless you have preventative measures already in place.  Wordpress 4.5 included many new updates and changes which can all be seen here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5 One of …

Hacked by Hmei7, Anonghost, or Isis? Let Graphic Lux help.

What or Who is this Hmei7? Hmei7 is an Indonesian Top Hacker that has created some chaos on WordPress (and Joomla) websites in the past (2012) and fairly recently.   Known for Mass Defacements, Hmei7 has claimed to have defaced more than 5000 websites in under 3 days.  He has hacked many high profile websites including IBM, …

5 Reasons Why You Must Have A Responsive Website

Responsive web design put simply is a website that responds to whatever device it is viewed on, that could be a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, phone or watch. If you had a website designed before 2011-2012 your website is probably not responsive, and this could mean you are losing out on customers & sales. Reason …

Ten Ways To Secure Your WordPress Site

As Buffalo, NY’s premiere WordPress security guru’s we thought we may give you a few great ways to keep those pesky hackers out of your site.  Here is a nice infographic that will give you the beginning steps to help secure your WordPress website. Of course having a WordPress maintenance plan or what we call …

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WordPress Care Plans & Why You Need Them

Why WordPress Care Plans and what the heck are they? It’s no secret that in the Web Design industry, most companies are great at working on projects but generally stink at the on-going support of a site. It doesn’t matter how easy the update or request is, the industry is just generally bad at caring for …

Web Design & Development: You Need Both

You can be a jack of all trades, master of nothing. That being said, it is  impossible to find a single person capable of mastering web design and web development at the highest level, it just doesn’t exist. What does exist are strong teams with members specializing in each area, this is what you want …