Canoni-what? Canonical is the word used to describe the one address that you want the world to go to when they look you up. The typical choices are whether or not to use www in front of your domain or not. The classic example follows: http://www.example.com/ or http://example.com/ Choosing what your canonical website address (URL) […]
Yes, we do support git! You can “git push” your local repositories to your Pendeo site just like you might do with bitbucket, github or any other git based version control system. Git branches are supported too so you can easily switch between development, staging and production. Simply upload your SSH public key to the […]
We are serious about our passwords here at Pendeo. You might have noticed our 23 random character passwords for your WordPress admin user we generated during the installation of your site. That’s the kind of password that will keep your site safe from brute force and dictionary attacks. The random.org site provides some tools for […]
Your shiny new site is ready to go, eh. Now what? I have a couple recommendations. Enable “pretty” permalinks under Settings -> Permalinks Typically “Post name” is a good option but you can choose whichever setting you prefer. The reason for doing this is two-fold. First, your URLs just look nicer and secondly your pages […]
The best option is to use MailChimp to manage your subscriber lists and also to send the emails. There are plugins that can integrate with your MailChimp account but even that is unnecessary if all you want is to add email addresses and then send emails when you write a new blog post. The way […]
Whether you are a first time WordPress user or not you may need to build your new site while your existing site continues to run. If you immediately update your DNS settings to point to Pendeo what you’ll see is a default installation of WordPress. That’s probably not what you want. So, you have a […]
Here are some great resources for learning how to use WordPress. The Official WordPress User Manual – https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/ This is a living document created and maintained by the amazing and dedicated wordpress.org team. Easy WP Guide – http://easywpguide.com/ You wont find any talk of HTML, PHP or creating WP Themes here. What you will find […]
There are times when you want to prevent the world from seeing your website. One reason might be that you are in the process of designing and developing and don’t want to share in your progress since it might not be ready for all eyes. Another reason might be that you only want registered users […]
Brute force login attempts are typically against the admin user. The admin user used to be the default username of the first administrator created when installing WordPress but since version 3.0 the installation now asks you what you want to name it. By removing the admin user you are forcing the malicious hackers out there […]
The Pendeo platform is designed to prevent your site from getting hacked. Security is best practiced as a series of countermeasures against know vulnerabilities or threats. We provide the essential underlying protective layers and the rest is up to you. There is no protection against a weak password so… The single most effective way to […]
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