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2018 WP plugins recommendations

Jan 11th, 2018 by Max Tokman

Here's our pick of WP plugins, recommended for use in 2018

Caldera Form is a free and powerful plugin that creates responsive forms with a simple drag and drop editor that makes it easy to create forms for WordPress.  The plug-in  includes conditional logic, anti-spam, notification emails, and database entry tracking

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Skip security updates and your website just might end up selling Viagra

Mar 8th, 2016 by Max Tokman

This is what happens when Drupal or WordPress security updates are ignored - nothing.  Yet again, maybe your website gets hacked, malicious code is inserted into page templates, and next thing you know, you’re in the business of selling Motilium, as happened recently on an actual website we had to fix.

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CVE 2014-3566 SSL v3.0 POODLE vulnerability

Oct 16th, 2014 by Max Tokman

CVE 2014-3566 SSL v3.0 POODLE vulnerability was announced yesterday and was addressed overnight on all servers supported by OSS.  If your web site or web server does not have a support contract with OSS, please make sure to contact your hosting company with any questions related to this issue.

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WordPress themes and plugins: benefits and potential issues

Aug 25th, 2014 by Max Tokman

When we talk about WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and other popular frameworks, it is almost implied that framework is a toolkit that provides building blocks for web site construction. To some extent, that’s true - frameworks do allow you to quickly create sites based on existing themes and modules.
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