If you have been following along with much of my community involvement lately, you've probably noticed I've been very preoccupied with security lately. This new found push for rigorous security overhauls all started when I accidentally learned how to hack websites using XHR. Previously, remembering to use POST instead of GET for handling user data was enough to protect against CSRF. NOT ANY MORE! The past few weeks have taken me down many security roads including SRI , XSS, CSRF, CSP … [Read more...]
Case Study: Getting a site indexed on foreign search engines
One of my awesome clients recently gave me the challenge of getting their website indexed on some foreign search engines. This task was a great fit for me because of my long time background working with localization. While I was confident from the start that I could deliver, it was certainly not without challenges. Unique challenges: To index on foreign search engines, the content must be translated. The site receives millions of visitors a month. The site has numerous vital features … [Read more...]
Hosting Revamp
I have good news for current hosting customers. 2017 is the year of revamping of technology, rates, and processes. As you may know, PHP7 is now super stable and ready for production. In layman's terms this means we can run sites faster with less resource requirements. Which means I can now host more sites on the same servers and receive the same performance as before. Another important change has been Googles search algorithms based on SSL. Starting next year, sites that do not run on SSL … [Read more...]