I’ve been receiving this error message Gateway Timeout. The Gateway did not receive a timely response from the upstream server or application on several WordPress websites and I decided to figure out how to fix this and found a solution. This is the typical error message I would get: When I tried to update a […]
I’ve just recently received multiple emails from what appears to be from wordpress.org about a vulnerability found on our websites. I have received one for each WordPress website that we manage. Here’s the full email I received: Dear user The WordPress Security Team has detected a critical vulnerability on the website: xxxxx The Remote Code […]
I’ve been using WordPress since I launched our first company Advertise Me – a digital solutions company and I’m now using it for all of our websites. WordPress is an incredibly popular and powerful content management system, allowing users to easily create and manage their own websites. I purely love the simplicity and also the […]
Marco TranI am an entrepreneur based in Sydney Australia. I was born in Vietnam, grew up in Italy and currently residing in Australia. I started my first business venture Advertise Me from a random idea and have never looked back since. My passion is in the digital space, affiliate marketing, fitness and I launched several […]
Ever since I started the business Advertise Me – a digital solutions company, I have been constantly learning how to launch and build websites. Prior to this, I had no knowledge about creating websites and since then I’ve launched over 20 or so. During this period, I also learnt about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) techniques […]
Using the .htaccess file is one of the easiest ways to block specific IP addresses to your website. I’ve also used the software firewall to perform this task, but if you need to block specific IP addresses to different URLs or content on your website then .htaccess is the perfect way to do this. I’ve […]
Advertise Me just relaunched a website we previously had called Digital Signage Portal. When we first built the website we used it as a forum to discuss digital signage topics. If I recall correctly, the website was built using Joomla an open source content management tool. I checked how the website looked on Internet Archive […]
If you’re looking for a booking tool for your website then try TidyCal. You can actually see it in action on my website on the BOOK ME page. On this page you will see that the TidyCal booking page is actually embedded on the WordPress page and in this article I will show you how to do it. Firstly, you need to get a TidyCal account, there is a […]
I recently had to upgrade the WordPress version on one of our digital signage websites and after the upgrade, things started not working. Basically, it was due to the fact the theme that we’re using is old and no longer supported. The WordPress theme company I was using shifted their focus and is no longer […]
One of my VPS (Virtual Private Servers) reached 100% in disk space and I was about to pay more money to increase the disk space but found the cause. So read this article in case you are in the same situation. Initially, on the VPS I used the below command to find the largest files […]
So, you have a website and you want to include a Strava widget on it? Well, you have come to the right place. Adding a Strava widget on a website is super easy. It’s even easier when using the WordPress CMS platform. Firstly, for those of you who don’t know what Strava is, let met […]
In this article, I will show you how I add a date counter on a WordPress website. As you can probably tell, I use the WordPress CMS self-hosted platform for this website and the majority of websites I manage. The date counter is a great way to share your stories, show birthday announcements, share a […]
As many of you know, I’ve been a WordPress user since the early days. The majority of the websites we manage is using the WordPress CMS. In this article, I will be sharing with you some of the top WordPress caching plugins we are using on our websites. I’ve tested the website performance of our […]
If you read my previous post “My first time receiving a donation” I received a donation of $1 from a kind stranger. I thought it was pretty cool for someone to do that so today I decided to “pay it forward” by donating $5 to someone (I don’t mean charity) I mean some stranger who […]
This might be the last favour we do. Let me explain. A friend asked us to be the middle man ie reseller for one if their friend’s company since they needed To but several laptops. We agreed (everything was legal) since it was a friend… But since then this small job has turned to be […]
Today we received an email for our digital wayfinding solution. We currently only have a handful of clients using our wayfinding software but as we complete one of the projects we have been working one, we intend to start pushing the product to other industries and businesses. It’s currently being used in hospitals and it […]
My brother is looking at changing the theme to our Advertise Me website. The last time we did that, (over 4 years ago) we paid the consequences. One thing to remember when changing anything with your website is that you may either increase your SERP (Search Engine Results Page) or bury it. A few months […]
Have you tried or learnt something new today? I sure did. I decided for tomorrow party to make hummus from scratch. I’ve never done this before but decided to get out of my comfort zone and just give it a TRY. I followed a recipe I found on the Internet and replaced some of the […]
The Sponsor My Articles is another great digital product that Advertise Me developed. One of the biggest lessons with creating any digital product is being able to continuously provide support and add new features to the product. From experience with developing products, you will find there is always going to be potential buyers who will only […]
This morning, I woke up to a Facebook message from one of our clients using our Sponsor My Articles WordPress Plugin. It was a testimonial about our product and their experience with our customer service team. I was delighted to receive positive feedback and thought I’d share their feedback and how I quickly set up […]