This video introduces RSS as a way to subscribe to websites and save time on the Web. An “old vs. new” theme illustrates how RSS differs from visiting web sites independently, including: The new and old ways of reading news on the web An introduction to RSS Readers (using Google Reader as an example) How […]
Encryption is fundamental part of using the Internet securely, but it is mostly invisible to the user. This video explains the basic idea of encryption and specifically the two types of keys that are used online: symmetric and public. It teaches: • Why encryption matters on the Web • An example of encryption used in […]
Keeping the WordPress core up to date is one of the most important aspects of keeping your site secure. If vulnerabilities are discovered in WordPress and a new version is released to address the issue, the information required to exploit the vulnerability is almost certainly in the public domain. This makes old versions more open […]
Melbourne, AU. For immediate release. Following Google’s announcement that it will be favouring mobile-friendly web sites in mobile searches from 21 April 2015, many small businesses are suddenly panicking that their web site is suddenly going to fall off Google. The reason Google has decided to make this major change to its algorithm is believed […]
[wpmudev-video video=”add-image-from-pc”] This video will show you how you can add an image to your WordPress site, that you have stored on your computer.
I admit it. I’m a geek. I like gadgets. But only if they add value to my day, not if they distract me from what I really should be doing. The Apple Watch is due for release any day. But what could it add to my life? From the look of the pre-launch advertising material […]
April 22, 2015. It’s going to be a very quiet day in many shops. Because that’s the day they fall off Google. Sure, on April 22 some shops will be super busy. They will have one of the biggest days of sales all year. A huge percentage of the people who would normally shop with […]
Here at Gecko Gully we are big fans of the WordPress plugin IQ Block Country. We wrote about it last year. But recent upgrades have resulted in an IQ Block Country error message appearing within WordPress admin that might be alarming to some users – “The MaxMind GeoIP database does not exist”. Especially since it […]
A quick video on how to create a .csv file from your mySQL database. You can then open this file in your spreadsheet software (like Excel). This is a good way to get a dump of, for example, your customers’ details. [svpVideo v=1]
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