Must have WordPress Plugins for 2018

WordPress, being a versatile plugin allows you to launch all types of sites. It allows users to install plugins to make website search engine friendly, faster, highly rewarding, etc. WordPress has millions of users. The WordPress repository hosts over 100k plugins of all types. An experienced blogger using WP platform may not difficulty in choosing the right plugin. But the newbie users may get confused. ...

November 7, 2016 · 3 min · 532 words · prhost78

How to increase Amazon Affiliate sales?

Amazon Associates affiliate program is one of the most important sources of revenue for many bloggers. If you’re struggling to earn money from Amazon, follow the below tips. Effective tips to increase Amazon affiliate sales Send more traffic: Amazon is counted among the most trusted brands in the world. It has listings of more than a million products. The products include household items, accessories for mobile devices, cameras, etc. They have a competitive price tag due to which people don’t hesitate in buying expensive or inexpensive stuff from Amazon. Hence, the more traffic you send to Amazon, the higher will be the conversions. I can say this from my personal experiences. ...

November 5, 2016 · 2 min · 397 words · prhost78

What are Covert Channels?

A covert storage channel occurs when illegitimate hidden information or data is sent secretly via a legitimate communication channel. The process occurs through the manipulation of communications medium in an unconventional way in order to transmit data that is unseen in everyday operations. Thyer (2008). An example of a covert storage channel involves the hiding of data in ICMP error echoing functionality. OWASP (n.d.). Due to the specification, data can be sent to cause a host to leek information or provide verbose error messages potentially revealing sensitive operating system information. This type of covert channel could lead to gaining knowledge of vulnerabilities and possible future attacks. It can be mitigated by clearing out all reserved fields prior to transmission to ensure no sensitive data is leaked. ...

November 5, 2016 · 2 min · 274 words · icarnaghan

Modern Application Frameworks, Legacy Browsers and Security Implications

I was recently sent an article titled ‘How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016’. Aguinaga, J. (2016). It is a somewhat amusing take on the current state of JavaScript frameworks and libraries available to web developers and how this environment is changing so quickly. All quirks aside, modern application frameworks provide us with much interactivity and web functionality we take for granted. The modern web browser has to cope with these advancements and continue to evolve to meet the demands of its users and developers. In the Federal government and other organizations that are not able to update their software systems to keep up with the pace, libraries called polyfills have been created to add functionality to legacy browsers that were never designed to run such rich modern web applications. Modernizr is one of the most popular HTML5 polyfills available as open source software at https://github.com/Modernizr. ...

November 3, 2016 · 2 min · 364 words · icarnaghan

Top 7 Best web hosting services for 2018

Web hosting is the backbone of a website. It is crucial to the success of a blogger, business, and the website. A poor web hosting firm will have big downtimes. Because of poor infrastructure, the network latency will be high and your site will rank below faster websites in the search engines. Web hosting services are of three types, shared, VPS, dedicated, and cloud. The shared hosting plans are the cheapest of the three. They are ideal for small sites owned by newbie webmasters and beginners. VPS and dedicated plans are costly as compared to shared. They are suitable for business or larger websites owned by experienced webmasters. Cloud platforms are suitable for websites whose traffic may explode anytime. ...

November 3, 2016 · 4 min · 776 words · prhost78

Best Viral WordPress themes 2018 : Responsive, fast & feature packed

A viral theme is one which helps website owners in garnering tons of traffic from social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, etc. It should have excellent layout and beautiful social network icons. The icons in a viral WordPress theme must be placed at the best position so as to increase the chances of a visitor sharing the content. If you’re planning to launch a viral WordPress site and looking for a good theme which above mentioned features, consider using the following templates: ...

October 28, 2016 · 4 min · 738 words · prhost78

Best Viral WordPress themes 2018 : Responsive, fast & feature packed

A viral theme is one which helps website owners in garnering tons of traffic from social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, etc. It should have excellent layout and beautiful social network icons. The icons in a viral WordPress theme must be placed at the best position so as to increase the chances of a visitor sharing the content. If you’re planning to launch a viral WordPress site and looking for a good theme which above mentioned features, consider using the following templates: ...

October 28, 2016 · 4 min · 738 words · prhost78

Best Job Board Themes for WordPress (2018)

Recruiting a right person is crucial to the success of a business firm. Creating a website that allows you to publish job listings and managing them is not a huge task for a website developer. The developer can take anything between 20 to 50 days to create a job board site and he’ll charge you over $500 as a fee. If you’re are looking for a cheaper option, consider using WordPress content management system and buy one of the best Job Board Themes for WordPress we have shared in this article. ...

October 26, 2016 · 4 min · 819 words · prhost78

Fixing WordPress HTTP error on media or image upload

Today, I have addressed one major issue the WordPress users face i.e. HTTP error on uploading media or image files. I encountered this error yesterday while trying to upload a picture in my latest blog post. The picture uploader tool was repeatedly throwing cannot upload error. I logged into the server and checked PHP error log files generated by the website and PHP web server. The files were clean. I checked WP memory limit in the wp-config.php file. The memory allocated to my site was 64 megabytes and all my sites were using 15% of the allocated system memory. Hence, I ruled out the low memory issue. ...

October 24, 2016 · 2 min · 401 words · prhost78

Best Google Penalty Checker tool for sites whose traffic is down

1000s of changes have been made to Google Search Engine since it was launched in 1998. Engineers working at Google don’t reveal what changes were made, but they do warn or alert webmasters that their website traffic may be impacted by an update. In case your blog or website is not performing well suddenly in Google, you must know that your site has suffered a Google Penalty. To know which Google Algorithm has affected your site, you can either post help message in the webmaster central forum or use the Baracuda Panguin tool. ...

October 20, 2016 · 2 min · 324 words · prhost78