by Nikole Garcia | Jun 12, 2014 | Web Tech |
"Why is my site so slow?" is a question I get asked a lot. It’s not always an immediate thing — sometimes a site slows down over time, or after some changes have been made. But in general, there are a few things that nearly always contribute to a...
by Nikole Garcia | May 19, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
A few weeks ago, a friend of of mine told me she needed a SSL certificate for her WooCommerce/Wordpress site. This is pretty much how the conversation went: Me: Why do you need a SSL certificate? Her: So I can have the checkout on my site. Me: Why do you want to have...
by Nikole Garcia | May 17, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
This post is half a rant and half a lesson for all to learn — and 100% an exercise in bravery for saying it all. I’ll start out with the rant because I just have to get this off my chest before anyone gets hurt, and then we’ll talk about how you can...
by Nikole Garcia | Apr 18, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
1. You can’t afford a data breach. I was actually one of the people that was involved in the Target Black Friday data breach — in fact, I shopped there twice during the time period, and used two different cards in those trips, so you can imagine my card...
by Nikole Garcia | Mar 22, 2014 | Web Tech |
I read this question recently on Facebook: I need to share files with my clients and sometimes my list. I’ve tried Amazon S3 but it seems confusing. Can you help? Amazon S3 can be confusing for many people with its buckets and permissions, which is why I’m...
