Website Monitoring Improvements for all Linchpin Clients

January 27th, 2020 | Monitoring | Aaron Ware

We recently came across an issue with one of our clients that brought to our attention a gap in our monitoring services. What prompted this improvement While we monitor many aspects of our clients’ sites, until recently we were not actively monitoring SSL certificate validity or certificate expiration. Due to this gap in monitoring, we had an unforeseen and unfortunate incident, where a client website was unavailable in the early[…]

Meet Julia, Linchpin’s Digital Project Manager

August 29th, 2019 | Account Management, Random | Mary Beth Amaral

As a seasoned project and account manager, Julia strives to create a welcoming atmosphere centered on streamlined communication, with a little laughter, joy and creativity tossed in.

Fixing Magento 2 missing theme and/or not being applied to website/store

June 25th, 2019 | Development, Ecommerce, Magento | Aaron Ware

At Linchpin we work on a lot of different projects that are in varying state of development. This presents challenges when switching between branches of a project’s .git repo that may not have your theme merge into it. Additionally, this issue can come up if you move your theme directory or rename the theme directory. If you ever come across this situation with your Magento 2 theme and the theme[…]

Up In Your Business – An Interview With President Aaron Ware

May 8th, 2019 | Press, Process, Random | Mary Beth Amaral

The Up in Your Business Podcast interviewed our very own Aaron Ware, on the history of Linchpin, touching on some of the challenges of small business ownership. Check it out!

A Beginner / Common Sense Approach to WordPress Security

April 14th, 2019 | Security | Aaron Ware

Website and as an extension WordPress Security is a never ending journey. Here are my slides from a recent WordPress Rhode Island Meetup.

Web Security is Tough, Getting Started is Easy

October 26th, 2018 | Security, WordPress | Linchpin

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and now is a great time to talk about site security and the pitfalls that can often lead to hacking. WordPress is unquestionably one of biggest names amongst website builders, powering an astonishing 32 percent of websites on the net. However, having over 400 million people viewing more than 20 billion pages each month means WordPress is a massive target for hackers. With all[…]

Linchpin Wins Muse Creative Awards in E-Commerce & B2B Website Design

May 4th, 2018 | Design, Development, Press | Mary Beth Amaral

Out of more than 2,000 submissions from 40 countries, Linchpin has won recognition in the 2018 Muse Creative International Awards competition in e-commerce and B2B website design!