COVID-19
The Lockdown I was hoping for an quiet time. It was anything but that during the first two weeks as the Internet struggled to keep up with demand. What we thought was going to be a quiet time ended up as a hectic time for us as people shifted to working from home. Internet congestion, […]
Is your password or Email compromised?
If you belong to LinkedIn, DropBox and others the chances are that spammers of hackers have your email or password.Just recently Facebook was hacked.Email lists are being circulated amongst spammers increasing the volume of unwanted emails.You may also start to receive ransom emails that cite your password plus your involvement with less desirable sites. There is a […]
IT Support People
IT people exist because of the skills you lack or your time is better spent elsewhere. Whatever the reason we deal with a lot of IT people who are acting on your behalf, where in reality we should not be involved with IT people as they should have the skills to represent you. Sadly this is not […]
Stripe Payment Gateway
Stripe Payment Gateway is Live We have built a new payment Gateway which will handle New Zealand Dollars by default with the option of paying in Australian Dollars.You can hold your credit Card details using this payment Gateway which are stored on the Stripe Server All transactions happen directly on the Stripe Payment Gateway.No credit […]
Does the free SSL Certificate Automatically make my site SSL?
Yes and No What sort of answer is that? Installing the SSL certificate is easy depending on your skill set. Just because you have an SSL certificate does make your site automatically SSL. Here is where your skill set comes in In your public_html folder there is normally an .htaccess fileAt the top of the […]
Let’s Encrypt Free SSL Certificates
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
PHP 5.3 End of Life
The only constant in the technology industry is change. Marc Benioff Challenges of Balancing change and security with PHP 5.3 was a challenge. We were facing a dilemma with PHP 5.3 and the sites which relied on this version of PHP. Our plan was to upgrade every site relying on PHP 5.3 before we migrated servers so […]
Server Security
Your own security One of the largest threats to your website security is loose passwords.Please ensure that have a strong email password.The server now allows all email connections to use a signed SSL certificates.If you are still using Ports 26 or 110 please update your ports to a secure port. Scam/Phishing Emails Hackers will often […]
DIY Website Builders
“There is no better insurance than the knowledge of how to do something the right way. There is no greater peace of mind than knowing you did it the right way.” ― Jerry G. West Are DIY websites any good? The answer is Yes and No depending on your skill set and your time availability. […]
Fastpage CMS End of Life
First Published 16th Oct 2014 Fastpage CMS The software was developed by NZServers back in early part of 2000.The software was never charged being a FREE module we used to develop websites.If we update the current PHP version of 5.3 most Fastpage sites will cease to work.At that point your Fastpage website will be down […]