Jun 30
Why should I secure services ?
When your server is not running any unnecessary daemon, and all those running up2date, it will divert the hacker out from your system. To the hacker, it is saying “nothing of intrest here buddy!, no extra daemons to hack, and those daemons that are there, are all updated. Better luck elsewhere”
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Technorati Tags: Better Luck, Boot Time, Bsd Systems, Chmod, Configuration File, Daemon, Daemons, Default Installation, Exploit, Fedora, Intrest, Kudzu, Override, Personal System, Saying Nothing, Ssh, Startup Scripts, Syslog, Target, Up2date
Jun 30
Perhaps you have bought a new domain name or need to change a filename without losing links which are pointing to it or maybe you have just changed the structure of your website. Regardless, your search engine rankings could take a real hit unless you make sure that people can still find your pages.
There are a couple of ways to achieve a redirect. Some are good and some are not so good, here we try to make some sense of it for you.
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Technorati Tags: 301 Redirects, Change Filename, Client Server, Domain Name, Dot, Forward Domain, Htaccess File, Htaccess Redirect, Maps, Meas, Meta, New Domain, Notepad, Search Engine Rankings, Search Engines
Jun 30
We try to make our sites suitable for those with sight difficulties and/or motor funtion problems. One of the ways we do this is by allowing our users to remove colour/font/style from our site web pages.
This is important because for users who use screen reading technology to browse the web a lot of the style information is surplus to their requirements. This is how we achieve our ‘no css’ to remove style from our website. We use PHP and so this is how it is described:
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Technorati Tags: Code Lt, Css Style, Css Version, Font, Index Php, Link Rel Stylesheet, Php Echo, Screen Reading, Sight Difficulties, Style Css, Style2, Technology, Web Pages
Jun 30
It has been nearly a month since the car had a good spit and polish as I was in the Maldives for a few weeks and the weather has been terrible since I returned.
Equipment:
1* Meguiar’s 1908ml NXT car wash
1* Meguiar’s 532 ml NXT Tech Wax
1* Meguiar’s ultra plush Gold Wash mitt
1* Meguiar’s 710 ml NXT Glass cleaner
1* Meguiar’s 710ml NXT Speed Detailer
2* Meguiar’s Gold applicator pads
1* Meguiar’s purple/green applicator pad
1* Meguiar’s 207ml Scratch X
1* Meguiar’s 800grams of polishing cloth
3* Meguiar’s terry cloths
2* Meguiar’s microfibre cloths
1* Meguiar’s (2* Bars) Clay detailing system (Clay Bar)
1* Meguiar’s 473ml Deep Crystal 1 Paint Cleaner (or equiv)
1* Meguiar’s 473ml Deep Crystal 2 Polish care (or equiv)
1* Meguiar’s 473ml Deep Crystal 3 Carnauba Wax (or NXT Tech wax or NXT Spray wax or equiv)
1* Meguiar’s 142g NXT All Metal Polish
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Jun 30
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Jun 29
It is something that has affected us here at Hungerford Web Design recently. One minute we are in the top 5 results for our keywords and the next we are on page 2 with one of our secondary domains and yet our primary domain is nowhere to be seen?!
The following should help put your mind at rest if you find that your site has suddenly disappeared. This text was taken directly from Your SEO Plan an excellent resource for anyone looking to improve their search rankings. Please do check out their site. We will be adding their link to our resources.
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Technorati Tags: Boss, Desperation, Few Days, Google, Lost, Mental Health, Myurl, Search Rankings, Secondary Domains, Typing, Web Design
Jun 29
Welcome to the hungerford web design blog. This blog serves as both a record of some of the things we are working on, some of our values and methods of working and also an informational resource for our visitors. These resources include links to things we think may be of interest, sites which may offer good services as well as tools/scripts/information to start or improve your website. Things such as Accessibility (Websites which are viewable by our disabled users), Security (protecting your site and your customers), Web standards (ensuring your site conforms to the defined standards of websites) and many other things are all covered here.
If there is a particular topic which you feel may be of interest then please do let us know. We will do our best 