Firstly, it's unusual for us to post what is essentially a negative opinion piece about a WordPress plugin. We love WordPress. We love the plugin ecosystem, and are huge fans of Open Source software. Having said that, the rebranding and repurposing of the "Does what it says on the tin" WP User Avatar plugin into a fully-fledged, but "lite" version of the developers ProfilePress plugin in this way...
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Email marketing is one way of the best way to communicate offers and sales to your customers, helping you to grow your business! Here at O’Brien Media, we can help advise and carry out your email marketing for you. This blog post will explain why Email Marketing is so crucial and show you some of the work we have done here at O’Brien Media. Why use Email Marketing? 0 Billion Global email...
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A WordPress vulnerability rated as critical has been patched. The patch is applied to WordPress version 5.7.2. Sites opted into automatic download should be receiving this update without any additional action by website owners. O'Brien Media customers with support agreements are being updated and tested and you will receive a confirmation email once this has taken place. Website owners are...
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Our Experts, Your Digital Dream Team Find out more about who will be working on your website development or design project. Meet the team who will work on your project from start to end and guide you every step of the way. Christopher Grant Website Design and Development Specialist Dan Hatherall Technology and Infrastructure Consultant John Liley Marketing Support Advisor Camilo Pires Inclusion...
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Here at O’Brien Media, we can use the Internet Archive (archive.org) to recover content for your old site for your new website! This blog post will tell you about the advantages of using the service as well as how you can also use the Internet Archive for your own enjoyment! What is the Internet Archive? It is a service where you able to go back to a particular time to view what websites looked...
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1. Open Mail 2. Click Mail in the top menu bar and select "Preferences" 3. Select the "Accounts" tab and select your email account in the left panel 4. On the right, select the "Server Settings" tab and change your IMAP and SMTP settings as needed. Outgoing mail server (SMTP): E.g. serverXX.obrienmediabusiness.co.uk (where “serverXX.obrienmediabusiness.co.uk” is replaced with the server...
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1. Open Mail 2. Click Mail in the top menu bar and select "Add Account" /*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img {width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} 3. Select "Other Mail Account" 4. Type in your name, full email address and password...
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There has been a ‘package delivery’ scam called Flubot that has been sweeping across the UK and infecting Android phones over the past few weeks! This blog post will talk you through what Flubot is and how you can stay alert. What is Flubot? It is a piece of malware that has the ability to take over devices and spy on them – used to gather sensitive data including banking details. How can...
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We created a fresh new website for Phillips & Sutton Ltd using WordPress including a staff portal feature to allow their teams to access important project information on the go without consulting email or other paper documents. Project images
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