how our work over the years enabled clients to transition smoothly to remote work
For years OwnSourcing has structured work for our clients around enabling online collaboration. When the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, our clients continued working largely without downsides of being remote.
This article will grow to share some of their stories. Check back for more.
why develop on a local computer when building for the web?
Research summary:
Experts agree that web development should happen locally. Their reasoning may differ slightly, but all reinforce the arguments against changing code/configuration directly on production servers.
Leadership Q&A: 7 steps to fix a compromised website
The scenario
We received this email from a small business owner requesting help:
Our site shows Chinese text trying to sell sunglasses instead of showing our content. My team can log into the site and can see our content is still there. Also, some of the code seems to have been changed and I understand index.php is missing. Is there something we should do, like, right away?
Our email response:
An injection attack is the most probable explanation. WordPress, on which your site is built, is like any major CMS in providing
