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Category Archives: Software
The Why and How of backing up your WordPress site
A website backup is your best protection against accidental and malicious changes. From simple things like making content changes, installing a new theme, having your site hacked, or moving to new hosting, you need to have a backup.
Getting your own online presence
A quick guide to the things you need, in the correct order, in order to get a self-hosted WordPress website up and running with a minimum of fuss.
Productivity Hack #1 – Recording Receipts using a mobile app
As a business operator you need to make sure that you are able to deduct justifiable expenses otherwise you are giving m
oney away to the tax man. One of the problems I have is ensuring that I capture those expenses in a way that lets me enter the information into my accounting software as well as meeting the ATO requirements for “written evidence”.
Another look at passwords
In a prior post I talked about managing passwords and briefly touched on not using the same password on multiple sites. I’d like to expand that discussion with some practical examples.
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Using an email program to manage all your business email
In this post I assume that you’ve read the reasons why you need multiple business email addresses. If not, have a look at that post and then come back to see how to set up your email program to manage all your business email addresses.
Managing passwords with Keepass
As your business grows you’ll find yourself looking after more and more secure information that requires a password. Everything from your laptop password, web hosting and multiple email addresses, WordPress account, online banking, to your ATO AUSkey login.
Evaluating WordPress themes
WordPress themes are used to change the look of your site. They are a starting point for making your site reflect the look and message that you want to convey to your customers.
Protecting your WordPress site from spam
If you accept comments on your site, one of the first things to do after installing WordPress is to install a spam management plug-in.