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What is a Website Template?

For the most part, people from all over the world want to have a top-notch website. In order to get your website done, there is no need to spend a good deal of time on building your website. Actually, there is a wide range of online-projects that you can launch these days. You may dream of getting a stylish blog, user-friendly eCommerce online-project or eye-catching business website. In all of these cases, a ready-made website template can turn out to be your perfect assistant.

To follow up with our latest article, besides CBT Locker Ransomware affecting WordPress websites, this past month many internet users experienced another well known ransomware program called WannaCry. This malicious program would encrypt files by adding .WCRY to the end of the files. Those affected were threatened to pay a ransom of $300 in bitcoins. If those infected did not comply the amount would double eventually leading up to the deletion of the infected files.

Keeping Security Tight: Beginner’s Tips for Improving WordPress Security

Plesk has recently added a few Plesk Toolkits that might have a massive influence on your customer experience. Here is a breakdown on what’s new.

1. WordPress toolkit
2. Joomla toolkit
3. SEO toolkit
4. Extension catalog

Lets get started!

1. WordPress Toolkit

Two Factor Authentication is a super effective and easy to setup security measure. This cPanel feature provides an additional layer of security by requiring a code authentication upon a successful login attempt. So, after logging into WHM with the correct username and password, you would be prompted to input a code generated by an authentication application like Google Authenticator. In this blog post, we will help you activate Two-Factor Authentication and explain the benefits of using it.

1) Setting Up

VPS Management Made Easy: Why You Should Use a Control Panel

Without a GUI, servers must be configured and operated through SSH, which requires extensive knowledge of command line syntax.  Control panels provide a centralized and intuitive way to manage your servers.

With massive data breaches hitting the world’s largest brands, website owners may often wonder how well they’d fare against online threats: “If global corporations are having trouble keeping up with web security, how could I stand a chance to stay secure?”

Fortunately, online security isn’t restricted to the wealthiest, most high-traffic sites. Web hosting companies protect themselves and customers by locking down every possible aspect of their infrastructure and clients’ environments. Here are some of the most common tools reputable hosts will offer customers:

1. Web application firewalls
2. File upload and script scanners
3. Malware and antivirus detection
4. Email monitoring and protection
5. Regular automated backups
6. SSL certificates
7. Reduced PHP permissions