Category Archives: Web Design News

Upper GI West Website Goes Live

upper gi west website

Upper GI West are a well established specialist surgical practice built on the basis of providing expert management of the full range of Upper Gastrointestinal conditions to Western Australian patients.

Please explore their Nutwork custom designed website:

eBook Online Shopping Store Website

readyed website

Ready-Ed Publications was established in 1984 with the purpose of creating practical classroom activity student worksheets. At the time the role of the teacher was becoming ever more diverse with an increasing range of duties and responsibilities within the school and school community. Since then, this role has continued to evolve with an escalating range of tasks and obligations ensuing a reduction in time available to prepare work for the daily instructional program.

From one great content management system they can run four seperate stores in four countries.  This is truly a great shopping cart solution!

Expore their websites here:

A Website Domain Name is not a Business

Website Domains For Sale

Website Domains For Sale

I have often been quoted as saying “A Website Domain Name is not a Business”.  Just because you have a great domain name does not mean that you will be able to run a successful business.  However, recently I have been eating my words.

A number of domains have been and are being sold for huge numbers.

Some website domains hitting the big time are:

Sex.com was sold for $13 million in April 2011.

Social.com is going on sale with an opening bid of $5 million.

Pay.com is expected to be sold for millions also.

Anyone got a good .com domain name they want to sell me?

How to Stop your Website from being Hacked

Don't let hackers see your code!

Don't let hackers see your code!

1. Update your Website Software

Keeping your website software (Drupal, WordPress, Joomla etc.) up to date is very important.  These CMS systems are very popular and this makes them attractive to hackers.  Keep your website up to date to minimise the risk of a hacker getting into your site and causing trouble.

2. Choose secure passwords

For all of you who have set your password to “password” or “password1″, please take the time now to change it to something more secure.  A password of 10 characters long, which excludes dictionary words and includes capitals, numbers and punctuation, is best.  A good example is MtWtFsS2011! You might tell me that is too hard to remember, but not when you know it’s Monday tuesday Wednesday thursday Friday saturday Sunday 2011!

3. Beef up security with WordPress plugins

Recently we have been able to get our hands on a number of great security modules for WordPress.  They beef up any security system you may already have in place.

4. Only update your website from a system that is safe, secure, and spyware-free

If you have a habit of updating your website from an internet cafe then think again.  Public and shared computers are rife with spyware and other nasty software.  If you use these computers then passwords and usernames are not safe!

5. Automate your backups

If you do not have a backup of your site then beware.  If you do get hacked you need to be able to revert back to the original site from a backup. Backup regularly to avoid disappointment.

If you put these five measures in place, you should avoid your website being hacked.  If you have any security questions, why not give us a call on 08 9284 4111.