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WordPress – Stay Current and Stay Safe
WordPress While it is always important to keep your WordPress software current, this past summer saw a barrage of updates and security issues. Like any Internet based application, WordPress is no stranger to security issues. In fact back in 2007 this article, WordPress Version 2.2 Hack Warning, was posted on Blogging Tips. This summer saw a barrage of updates: WordPress 2.8 was released on June 10th and by August 12th version 2.8.4 was released for a ...
Continue readingHow Often Should You Change Your Blog Theme?
WordPress Themes For better or worse, your blog’s theme is the first thing most people notice about your site when they visit. Even before they’ve read a word they’ve made judgments about your site, its appearance and its professionalism that can not be undone easily. With that in mind, many bloggers obsess over their themes almost as much, if not more, than their content. Considering how easy themes are to change out in most blogging ...
Continue readingPlugins for Nerds
WordPress Plugins Plugins for nerds, well English and writing nerds that is. Anything you can do to spice up your blog should be included on your page. Why? You should have a variety of plugins for your site because people enjoy the little things they can discover. Does this mean that readers just want to know the nitty-gritty of what you’re doing? No. It simply means that readers like to know what you’re doing or any type of information that you can ...
Continue readingBlogging on Android with wpToGo
WordPress My mobile phone contract was up a few weeks ago so I had to decide what new phone to purchase. The obvious choice was the iPhone 3GS. A few of my friends have it so I have been able to use it a little over the last month or so. Plus I have had the Apple Touch for close to two years so I am familar with how it works. However, I looked elsewhere. One of the main reasons was price. The iPhone currently costs £200 (around 325 USD) more than every ...
Continue readingGravity Forms – Premium WordPress Form Plugin
WordPress Plugins RocketGenius have just launched a fantastic form plugin for WordPress called Gravity Forms. It allows you to easily create, manage and embed forms into your WordPress powered blog. Here is a full list of the plugins features: Easily Embed a Form into Posts & Pages Create Autoresponder Emails to Users Integrate with Other Plugins Using Hooks View Entry Summaries from the WordPress Dashboard Visually Create Forms with Our Sleek Editor Prevent ...
Continue reading3 New Interesting WordPress Plugins
WordPress Plugins I was browsing around the WordPress Plugin Directory today and came across a few interesting new plugins which I thought I would share with you all. Hope you enjoy the list Restricted Site Access Jacob M Goldman from C Murray Consulting has developed a WordPress plugin which helps you set up a secure private blog. Restricted Site Access is a WordPress plug-in that allows you to restrict access to logged in users and a set of IP addresses with ...
Continue readingWordPress.com Gravatar Widget
WordPress Plugins WordPress.com have added a great new widget which lets you easily add an about me box to the side of your WordPress.com blog. The widget is called Gravatar Widget because it displays the users Gravatar image and puts it in the about box. Many themes come with a standard About Me area which can be edited via the sidebar.php template however a widget is much more preferable as it allows you to switch between themes more easily (i.e. without having ...
Continue readingUBD Money Theme
WordPress Themes The guys over at Unique Blog Designs have released a fantastic new theme today called UBD Money Theme. The theme has it’s own control panel; Flikr, Twitter and FaceBook integration; and best of all, it’s FREE!! To download this theme all you have to do is enter your email at the UBD Money Theme demo site. Not only will you get this great theme, you will also get ‘Blog Your Business To Success Volume 1′, a 32 page blogging ...
Continue readingHow To Fix The WordPress Internal Server Error
WordPress I was writing an article earlier today on Blogging Tips and I received the famous Internal Server Error. When this happens you can still access non WordPress pages on your site and see your favicon however the site is unusable and you cannot access any pages, including the WordPress admin area, This is the kind of message you will see if you have an Internal Server Error : Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or ...
Continue readingBBPress 1.0 Final Released
WordPress The final 1.0 release of bbPress, the popular forum script and kid brother of the world famous blogging solution, WordPress, is now available. bbPress 1.0 alpha started around August of last year, and after several release candidates they have finally released bbPress 1.0 Final. The latest release is now available for download on the bbPress site. The current version is geared towards WordPress users offering various usability improvements ...
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