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Jim Byrne Web Designer

WordPress hosting in Scotland

Published: April 20, 2023

Are you looking for reliable and affordable WordPress hosting in Scotland? Look no further than our hosting service!

Our WordPress hosting service is designed specifically to meet the needs of businesses and individuals who need a reliable and secure platform for their WordPress website. We understand that a website is a critical part of any business, and we strive to provide the best possible service to ensure your website is always up and running smoothly.

  • We offer a range of hosting plans to suit every budget and need, from basic hosting for small websites to advanced hosting for high-traffic sites. Our hosting plans come with a range of features, including:

    Unmetered bandwidth and storage
    Daily backups
    SSL certificates for secure browsing
    Technical support
    Security monitoring and cleanup
    One-click installation of WordPress and other popular applications

We take security seriously, and our hosting service is designed to keep your website safe from hackers and other malicious actors. You will be hosted on a VPN (virtual private server) which is faster, more relaiable and a standard shared server and uses the latest security technologies and protocols to protect your website. A team of experts is always on hand to help you with any security concerns you may have.

Our hosting service is also designed to be easy to use, even for those who have never used WordPress before. We provide step-by-step guides and tutorials to help you get started, and our customer support team is always available to answer any questions you may have.

So why choose our WordPress hosting service in Scotland? We offer reliable, affordable, and secure hosting that is tailored to your needs. We take care of the technical details so you can focus on running your business. Contact us today to learn more about our hosting plans and how we can help you get your website up and running.

Get in touch today for a quote: Tel: 07810 098 119

Email: webdesign@jimbyrne.co.uk

5 ideas to improve your online presence and make your site more secure in 2018 

Published: January 9, 2018

Happy New Year. I hope you had a restful break. 🙂

This is the time of year to make plans; freshen up your website; reach more people or try to do things more efficiently.

Here are five things to consider as we move in to 2018. Click the appropriate link for information about those activities you are interested in:

1. Make sure your website has been upgraded or re-designed to work well on mobiles and tablet computers. 2017 was the year that mobile usage finally overtook desktop browsing. Every website now needs to be a ‘responsive’ website and able to operate on all devices. Is yours?

The importance of having a mobile friendly website is, of course, not new. In 2016 Google made changes to the way they rank sites, to the extent that more mobile friendly sites are moved up the rankings. It is no longer simply about usability, it’s also about whether you can be found at all, ‘on any platform’. Gianluca Fiorelli wrote in the Moz* newsletter (Moz are an SEO consulting company) that, ‘Google is steadily moving to a mobile-only world’. Get in touch if you would like to discuss upgrading yours site to work well on mobiles.

2. Consider commissioning an accessibility audit of your site. You may be breaking the law without knowing it. If you web content is not accessible to disabled people that is considered a form of discrimination under the Equalities Act 2010.

If you ensure your website is accessible you are likely to increase the audience for your content. Accessible websites also tend to be easier to use for all visitors. This is an area I have over two decades of experience in so if you have any questions or if you would like to commission an audit get in touch. Get back to me within two days of receiving this newsletter and I promise to provide an unprecedented good deal on a website accessibility audit of your site. I will check your site against WCAG 2 level 2, or whatever level you require.

3. Ensure your website is protected against being hacked and that if you are hacked you have your content backed up. I am currently providing a discount on my standard website backup service.

I also provide a 24/7 monitoring (and cleanup) service to ensure that if your website gets hacked you will know right away. Immediate action is required if you website is hacked:

  1. If you are hacked and Google detects that your site has been hacked then your site will be blacklisted. This means that Google will start to tell visitors that your site is dangerous. Clearly that is not good for your credibility and, of course, you will lose much of your traffic as not many people will override a Google warning to visit your content. Once Google has blacklisted your site you need to clear your site of malicious content and then you need to try to get Google to remove the blacklisting.
  2. Hackers can add malicious code and content to your site and serve adverts to your visitors without you noticing. If you visit your site directly it looks fine. However when people are finding your site via Google it appears to be serving drugs or porn or some other malicious content.

In other words you need your site to be monitored and you need to be alerted right away if malicious code or content has been added to your site. You might think it won’t ever happen to you. Not true, it is almost guaranteed that you will be hacked at some point. 43,000 sites get hacked every day and 10,000 sites get blacklisted by Google every day. Get in touch if you have a WordPress website and you are not already using a monitoring and cleanup service. Not only can I give you a great deal, I’ll also install the monitoring software for free.

4. Make sure you are ready for the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The GDPR is the EU data protection regulation which replaces the current Data Protection Act. It aims to simplify regulation and give individuals more control over their personal data. I recently wrote a short summary about the GDPR I think you will find useful.

5. Get a brand new accessible, mobile friendly, feature rich website; one that is designed from the ground up to help you meet your goals, whether that be to get more members, sell more products or get more people registered for your newsletter. If it’s been on your mind for a while now’s the perfect time to take action.

Get in touch if you want to chat about any of the above. Tel: 07810 098119 Email: webdesign@jimbyrne.co.uk

All the best,
Jim

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Alternative access to client feedback

“The audit was extremely comprehensive, clear and demonstrated Jim’s expertise in the area of accessible web design.” Peter Madden, Project Manager, Sealed Envelope Ltd