Category: How To

How To: Migrate From Squarespace to WordPress with BigScoots

Unfortunately, it is impossible for a migration from Squarespace to WordPress to include the specific theme files, plugins, or customizations. The only elements we can move are the ones that are exclusively yours, which is your content (i.e. posts, media files, etc.). So, how does BigScoots make it work?

How To: Improve Website Security

We go to great lengths to provide you with enhanced website security features at BigScoots by deploying enhanced brute force protection, a custom firewall solution, spam filtering, malware scanning, network wide DDoS protection, among many other practices.

How To: Recognize and Avoid Phishing Attacks

Unfortunately there is no way to keep yourself entirely safe from phishing attacks. They are inevitably going to occur however, there are a few precautions you can take to keep yourself safe from these attacks.

How To: Remove Dates From Permalinks in WordPress

As you may know, WordPress automatically generates a permalink for each of your posts and by default, uses the date option. In many cases, site owners will choose to remove the dates from their permalinks and change the structure to the designated posts name, category, keyword, etc.

How To: Effectively Work From Home

Whether you are working remotely by choice or as a necessity, it definitely has its perks. But it also comes with its own set of tribulations, which is why it is so important to find what keeps you motivated! We have compiled a list of our top 10 tips to effectively work from home.

How To: Install and Set Up WordPress With BigScoots

At BigScoots we specialize in and we’re best known for building the fastest WordPress hosting environments on the web today. But everyone doesn’t always have a WordPress website for us to super charge, so for those folks, let’s talk about how to get one!