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GHOST Vulnerability Affecting Open-Source Web Servers
Researchers at Qualys (a California-based security research firm) recently disclosed a critical buffer overflow issue aptly named: GHOST. This is a remote command execution vulnerability in…
How to Choose a Web Designer
Beyond being the easiest way to determine the quality of your potential web designer’s work, their portfolio can yield quite a bit of useful information.
Imagine Monkey: 2014 In Review (A Retrospective)
It’s been another year in the world of Imagine Monkey Web Design, which means it’s time for the year in review! This year, we’ve kept ourselves…
Three Plugin Vulnerabilities for WordPress that you should fix, now.
The Wordfence Team has announced three fresh security vulnerabilities for popular and widely used WordPress plugins – Happy New Year! Updates for the following plugins have…
Not-So-Extreme Makeover: The Importance of Website Redesign
Welcome to this week’s Imagine Monkey blog where we’ll be talking about website redesign! In case you’re not a regular visitor or you didn’t notice, we…
Web Security And You, Part 2: The Lasting Effects Of A Security Breach
Welcome to the second installment of Web Security And You, this week, I’d like to talk about how a lack of web security can impact your…
Web Security And You, Part 1: It Can Happen To Anyone
The recent attack on Sony’s computer systems serves as a stark reminder to businesses of all size that ensuring their web security is not optional. Nefarious…
Small Business Web Design, Part 3: Subject, Tone and Style
Before we get into this week’s installment of small business web design, I’d like to share a short bit of history… In the early 1500s, Pope…
Content Strategy: How we begin the process of designing your site
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the importance of considering content hand-in-hand with design but we didn't talk much about HOW we determine what…
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