People who are familiar with Nuts and Bolts Media are probably aware that we offer three main services: website design, web hosting, and WordPress consulting. However, you may not know that web hosting was never part of the original business plan, or that, thanks to my frustration over a $4 app for iPhone and iPad, hosting.

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  I receive emails every day from people who want to make their websites look awesome. After all, that’s what I do! But many of the people who contact me are also concerned about the cost of a full website design. It’s a big investment, especially if you’re just starting out and can’t justify spending.

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As a web designer, I’ve worked on websites using a number of popular web hosts. While I once believed that most hosting companies were the same, I’ve since learned that they vary widely when it comes to things like customer service, pricing, and even pageload speed. If you’re new to self-hosted WordPress, choosing a hosting.

I wrote a post awhile back about ways to protect your WordPress site from being hacked. Since then, I’ve worked with several clients whose sites had already been compromised to help them rid their blogs of infected files and malware warnings. Here are a few reminders for keeping your WordPress site secure: 1. Don’t rely.

I’ve had a lot of questions from other bloggers regarding the recent rebrand of my personal blog, So Over This (formerly So Over Debt). Basically, I was feeling burned out and wanted to change the focus to something more general instead of just personal finance. However, since I’ve been blogging there for about a year.

I blogged for almost a year before I realized that I didn’t have to get up early every morning to tweet my blog posts and add them to my Facebook fan page manually. Well, that might be inaccurate - I knew that some people used a service to do it automatically, but I figured it would.

It’s a blogger’s worst nightmare. You visit your blog and get a malware warning. Or maybe you try to log into your dashboard and find that your password no longer works. The signs of a hacked WordPress site can manifest themselves in many ways, but one thing’s for sure: It SUCKS to find your hard.