Year in Review: Dev4Press in 2017
With only 2 days remaining in 2017, it is a great time to look back and summarize this passing year, celebrate a Dev4Press birthday and take a look at what to expect in 2018.
Security related HTTP Headers, Part 3: Content Security Policy
Content Security Policy (or CSP) is very complex and powerful security-related HTTP header, that might be complex to implement, but essential in limiting what browser is allowed to load when browsing your website.
Security related HTTP Headers, Part 2: Referrer Policy
Referrer Policy is a new HTTP header drafted in 2015, implemented last year. This header controls referrer header value browser sends when the user is navigating away from your website pages.
Security related HTTP Headers, Part 1: Introduction
Response to each request made to the server from the client side (browser) returns the content and the special block with HTTP response headers containing various information about the content.
Dev4Press development moving from SVN to Git
For the past 8 years, all Dev4Press plugins, themes and other projects were managed through the SVN repositories. And, now Dev4Press has switched to Git. Here is why, where and how.
Security Hardening: 6 Months Overview
Dev4Press server started experiencing occasional problems with overload in back in July. The problems started getting worse in August and September. And, the investigation lead to some interesting findings.
Year in Review: Dev4Press in 2016
Now, that only a few days remain before this 2016 comes to the end, it is a very good time to take a look at everything, the good and the bad, that has happened this year on Dev4Press.
Beware of pirated plugins and themes
Many WordPress users, in the attempt to save some money, instead of purchasing plugins (or themes), they are searching for pirated versions of popular premium plugins and themes and use them instead.
Improving security leads to better website performance
Dev4Press server started experiencing occasional problems with overload in back in July. The problems started getting worse in August and September. And, the investigation lead to some interesting findings.
reCAPTCHA for comment spam prevention
One of the most popular and very effective methods to combat spam is to use some form of captcha protection. But, captchas can lead to poor user experience. reCAPTCHA by Google is a quite different captcha trying to minimize user interaction.
Login Honeypot to fight comments spam
There are many ways to fight spam. And, spam delivery method will largely influence the way to fight it. Honeypot on the login form is very effective if your website is free for anyone to register.
In-depth analysis of comment spam
Before we get to methods to fight comment spam, it is very important to understand how spammers and spambots work, what methods they use, what types of comments they are posting.