On April 23, 2015, WordPress released version 4.2, aka “Powell”. Named for musician Bud Powell, WordPress 4.2 aims to make global communication quicker and easier, and to enhance the WordPress experience for all users, from beginner to expert. Updated “Press This” App For Enhanced Content Sharing While the “Press This” app has been around for…
On September 4, 2014, WordPress released version 4.0 (aka “Benny”, for Jazz great Benny Goodman), offering the release for download on the WordPress site and for update via the WordPress dashboard. Besides providing hundreds of behind-the-scenes program refinements and improvements, WordPress version 4.0 also includes some great new features aimed at enhancing the writing and editing experience and improving…
In this web-obsessed world, your company website is often your introduction to the public, and most especially, your prospective clients. If your site is not up-to-speed (literally!), you can lose clients, subscribers, and even prospective clients. Want to make your WordPress load faster? This post contains our list of 10 things that WordPress users can…
As the world’s most popular CMS software, WordPress is particularly vulnerable to attacks by hackers who take advantage of the fact that many WordPress users simply fail to maintain a clean and up-to-date website. Securing WordPress is much simpler than you probably think. Below is a list of easy things that average WordPress users can…
Version 3.8 of WordPress is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. This is truly one of the biggest WordPress updates we’ve seen in a long time. WordPress 3.8 includes a major overhaul of the WordPress dashboard, which is now based on a “responsive design”, meaning it is now usable from pretty much…
The highly anticipated version 3.7 of WordPress, named “Basie”, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. This release features some of the most important back-end updates in recent years. The updates include: Automatic security and maintenance updates: many existing WordPress websites support this impressive and long awaited feature Better and stronger password…
When it comes to malware scanning and dealing with hacked websites, we have trusted Sucuri for a number of years. We continue recommend their services to our clients regularly. If your WordPress site has been recently hacked and you are trying to clean it up yourself, we recommend that you use SiteCheck Malware Scanner,…
The folks at Social Media Camp are very excited to present an enhanced fall series this year, with new partners, exciting speakers and some fantastic hands-on training opportunities! Here are dates of all of the shows in the Fall series: Victoria – Saturday, October 19th, University of Victoria Nanaimo – Monday, October 28th, Vancouver Island…
WordPress 3.6.1 is a security release for all previous WordPress versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. It addresses three issues fixed by the WordPress security team: Block unsafe PHP unserialization that could occur in limited situations and setups, which can lead to remote code execution. Prevent a user with an…
WordPress 3.5 has been released! This is an exciting update for WordPress users and developers alike. The main new feature is completely revamped media management. The media interface has been completely overhauled, meaning uploading photos and creating galleries is easier than ever. Adding meta data to your images and media is also completely streamlined. For…