I started to review a new client’s WordPress website when I spotted some code that screamed out to me… HACKING! This new hack is called, Nemonn. I’ve done a cleanup of the website and all is well again, but it’s a good time to share how any WordPress owner can test to see if their website has been hacked …
GoDaddy Went Down and Came Back Up
GoDaddy.com was down for 4 hours yesterday. This was headline news because GoDaddy hosts more than 5 million small business website and may even be your hosting company. There has been speculation thorough out social websites that the outage was due to a hacking attack by the group “Anonymous.” Their involvement has yet to be …
CT Sales Tax Hike: Connecticut Website Owners Will Need to Update
You may not have realized it yesterday, however today is not just the start of a new month, but the day the sales tax increase goes into effect in CT. If your business uses a shopping cart or another method (even PayPal and Google Shopping Cart) to collect payments on your website you will need to …
New PayPal “Pending Balance” Policy
Emails have been sent and there’s a new notice on PayPal accounts… it’s in a pretty pink box atop the activity area of the account. PayPal’s new policy is to hold funds for up to 21 days in a “Pending Balance” then once cleared and they are satisfied there are no returns of merchandise or …