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10 Jan
So You’ve Installed WordPress…Now What?
Overview Congratulations, you’ve chosen the world’s most popular Content Management System (CMS) now powers nearly 25% of all websites. Within an hour you can go from a basic install to a functional website. The good... -
25 Nov
Analysis of a WordPress Pingback DDOS Attack
Two months ago, one of the websites we manage was hit by a wave of Distributed Denial of Service attacks, each with a changing attack vector as the systems mitigated the attacks. These started with... -
17 Nov
A simple guide to using Traits in Laravel 5
Overview If you have exposure to Object Oriented programming, then you will have been introduced to the concept of abstract classes and interfaces. A "Trait" is similar to an abstract class, in that it cannot be... -
03 Nov
Namespaces in Laravel Applications
Like many languages, PHP does not allow you to have two classes with the same name at a global level. While on the surface this may sound like a good idea, it becomes a problem... -
14 Oct
What’s New in Plesk Onyx
With recent changes to head company structure for Plesk, we have seen them emerge as their own entity and a reinvigorated identity. The term "Plesky" is quickly becoming the adopted vernacular within the Plesk company ranks, describing their new, invigorated focus on product...
18 Jan
Good Password Hygiene
As the year gets off to a flying start, now is the time to work on and tidy up our passwords. Like all systems, good password hygiene can help to ensure you remain secure and avoid costly exploits. Instead of waiting for an incident to occur, we want to be one step in front and prevent it from ever occurring...
