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Why Would Anyone Hack My Sanctuary Website?
In this article digging into WordPress security, we look at WHY someone might want to hack into your Sanctuary website. You may think that because you’re not running an e-commerce store, or have financial transactions that your website is not a risk to hackers. This is a false assumption. In fact would you’d be surprised…
How To Speed Up Your Sanctuary Website To Prevent Donors From Leaving
There are a lot of things that go into creating the “perfect” website. Of course you need a design that is pleasing to the eye, and a page structure that is easy to navigate. You’ll need content too, so that the people who come to your website can learn everything they need to know about…
Difference Between Hosting & Website Care Plans – Sanctuary Websites
It can get quite confusing and complex when trying to understand the web hosting landscape. At Sanctuary Websites we try and simplify that for our clients. In this post we will look at the differences between what a web host provides and what Sanctuary Websites provides it’s clients through our Website Care Plans. What is…
The Hidden Cost of Cheap Hosting
And What Their Marketing Dept Isn’t Telling You We recently had a discussion with someone who had been very happy with their cheap hosting account. They were paying $5.45 per month for the first 12 months (which then increases to $10.99). When we pointed out the neighborhood in which their website was housed, they were…
Why Your Animal Sanctuary Needs A Digital Strategy
We often get inquiries from people wanting a new website but don’t really know why they want one, but they assume they do because their competitors have one. Whilst we could blindly develop and deliver a new website with what they tell us they want, we first go though a series of questions to ascertain WHY they need…
What Are The Goals of Your Non Profit Website?
Your website is an investment. Your website should have a purpose. It’s not just a vanity exercise. The reason that we ask the questions in detail on our website worksheet is to uncover these goals. We need to determine what you see as success, so we can align your website with that.
Why Your Animal Sanctuary Must Have Responsive Website Design
In Australia, people love their smartphones. Smartphone penetration is doubling since 2010 to 72 per cent and putting our nation ahead of the US and UK. There are 3 ways to deliver web content to this growing market of mobile devices, 1) Responsive design This serves the same content but uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)…
How To Keep Your Animals Sanctuary Website Secure
If you haven’t got a security plugin installed on your WordPress website please take 5 minutes to read this article and I’ll explain why it’s absolutely necessary you should to keep your WordPress site secure. I was amazed the first time we used a WordPress security plugin and it highlighted the number of attempts automated…
How to Optimize Your Sanctuary Website to Boost Donations
In a perfect world, all animal sanctuaries would receive the support and funding they need to care for the animals in their care. However, in reality, many sanctuaries rely on donations and support from the public to continue their important work. One way to increase support and donations for your animal sanctuary is through optimizing…
How We Build Environmentally Sustainable Websites
You probably haven’t thought much about how your website impacts the environment. But chances are, you need to start thinking now. Although our car emissions, the fuel we burn, and our recycling rates are all widely discussed, the Internet’s carbon footprint is ignored in the media. Even if you think you’re a “green” consumer, there…
How to Write a Mission / Vision Statement for Your Animal Sanctuary or Rescue
Writing the perfect mission/vision statement for your animal rescue or sanctuary is difficult. This guide offers ways that you can craft a statement that speaks to your audience. Things to Determine Before You Write Your Statement Before you write your mission or vision statement, take a little time to consider what’s most important to your…
Do I really need a Website for our Sanctuary? Can’t I just use Facebook?
Here’s something we hear all the time from Animal Sanctuaries and Rescue organizations, “My website gets very little traffic. Most of my traffic comes from FB” And similarly, “I am currently paying about $30 per month for website and domain. My question is: how necessary is the website? Can you get away without this traditional…
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