There is a ton of incomplete information about the best option for structuring your WordPress permalinks. SEO considerations are important, but so is WordPress performance. Both should be taken into consideration.
How to Block Spam on WordPress
September 14, 2010 by 10 Comments
Spam is the scourge of the internet. No one wants to have spam comments filling up their WordPress website. It reflects poorly on you as a site owner, and this is especially true if you WordPress site represents your business! Fortunately there are some great tools available to make eradicating spam on your WordPress siteRead More
3 Easy Ways to Back Up Your WordPress Site
July 29, 2010 by 9 Comments
Backing up your data has been a necessary part of life at least as long as we’ve had computers. Far too many people live out on the raggedy edge, care free and unafraid, never giving a second thought about backups. Until something bad happens and they loose a bunch of their data, that is. OurRead More
How to Protect Your WordPress Site From Hackers
July 21, 2010 by 10 Comments
It’s a nightmare scenario. You go to your website only to find a nasty message from a hacker bragging about hacking your site. And nothing else. As far as you can tell your content is gone and you can’t even find a way to log into your WordPress dashboard. Would your business survive your websiteRead More
Best Way to Get Started with WordPress
October 8, 2009 by 27 Comments
Yesterday someone asked me what’s the best way to get started with WordPress. Good question. With its free code and famous 5 minute installation, WordPress is a great platform for the do-it-yourself website and folks looking to have a top notch website on a very tight budget. Since WordPress installation is so straight forward should youRead More
How to Use Gravatars in WordPress and Beyond
April 17, 2009 by 76 Comments
Gravatars are an easy free way to add avatars to your website whether your site is built on WordPress or another platform. Here is all you need to do to get started with Gravatars…
WordPress Tips for Beginners
October 30, 2008 by 73 Comments
Andrew Cunningham recently asked a good question about getting started using WordPress. Can any of you guys recommend good, simple resources for learning how to use wordpress? How do you get started? It’s a great question that deserves some more attention. Your Objectives Ultimately the best way for you to get started depends on whatRead More
Improved Security When Upgrading WordPress Not Automatic
August 27, 2008 by 22 Comments
One click WordPress upgrades are convenient. They fit right in with how I describe blogging platforms to the uninitiated: They make web publishing simple for people of modest technical means. Some web hosts include the Fantastico module which also allows for one click upgrades of WordPress. I’ve used it many times. It is (usually) fasterRead More
Image Formatting Issues on Upgrading to WordPress 2.6
July 22, 2008 by 20 Comments
Got a call yesterday from a buddy of mine who had just upgraded his blog to WordPress 2.6 and found he wasn’t able to get images to align in his new posts the way he did before. No matter what he did the images just displayed one way. I knew right away what his problemRead More
Older Versions of WordPress Hacked
July 2, 2008 by 14 Comments
WordPress blogs are starting to get hacked in greater numbers lately. The problem is getting serious enough that the WordPress podcast recently addressed out of date WordPress blogs being hacked. Even my good friend Mark Goodyear went to log into his blog and discovered that GoodWordEditing was hacked. In his case he couldn’t even logRead More
