Adding Google Analytics tracking to WordPress via a plugin

Before we start you will need a Google Analytics account.  See our other guide for setting up a Google Analytics account. There are many Plugins that add Google Analytics to a WordPress site. Some will add Google Analytics reports into your WordPress site admin interface and other will just push your site’s data to Google […]

How to set up Google Analytics for your website

There are three parts to setting up Google Analytics to start collecting basic data from your website. Create a Google account or activate (access) Google Analytics on your existing google account Set up a property in your google account. Follow the instructions to set up web tracking Only you as the website owner can set […]

Electromagnetic Field 2016 – An Amazing Weekend

This weekend we attended Electromagnetic Field (EMF) in Guildford. EMF is all about making things, breaking things, fixing them again, and learning a whole lot of stuff whilst you’re doing it, either directly through your hacking and experimentation, or via any of the fantastic talks and workshops, of which there were many. We headed to […]

See you at Electromagnetic Field 2016

This weekend the Dogsbody Technology Team are packing up their tents and laptops and heading to Loseley Park, Guildford for Electromagnetic Field 2016. Don’t know what Electromagnetic Field is – here is a description from their website: Electromagnetic Field is a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in […]

17th Annual SysAdmin Day – 29 July 2016

Today is the 17th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day – SysAdmin Day for short. The day is to give thanks to the hardworking skilled men and women who you rarely see but keep your business servers secure, up and working day and night 24/7 365 days a year. These are the people who at 3am […]

HashGate

HashGate: An intrusion detection tool

HashGate is a simple intrusion detection tool we wrote for use internally and in customer environments to monitor files and alert us on any unauthorised changes to them. We try very hard not to re-invent the wheel and are already big users of tools such as Tripwire and Rookit Hunter but we wanted something lightweight […]