I woke up this morning and see that WordPress released a new version yesterday. The new version 2.6.2 is a security release. It looks like the security exploit they patched is a fairly low probability complex hack involving randomized password generation and a bunch of technical blah, blah, … Read more about WordPress Issues Security Uptate in Version 2.6.2
Improved Security When Upgrading WordPress Not Automatic
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 … Read more about Improved Security When Upgrading WordPress Not Automatic
Chris Brogan is on a Roll
Social Media rock star, Chris Brogan, is on a roll with his blog posts these days. Yesterday he posted links to ten posts representing his Best Advice About Social Media. Then today he followed it up with his Best Advice About Blogging. If you aren't familiar with Chris' blog, you should … Read more about Chris Brogan is on a Roll
Delicious Gets a New Look and a New Domain
One of my favorite social media sites, the social bookmarking site Del.icio.us, got a major overhaul about a week ago. Not only did the site get a whole new look, but they've cast off their strangely unique domain name for a more conventional one. Delicious Bookmarks If somehow you aren't familiar … Read more about Delicious Gets a New Look and a New Domain
KnowMoreMedia – Demise of a Blog Network
This has been a sad week for the blogging world. KnowMoreMedia, a major blog network with over 100 blogs focused on the business world, effectively went out of business as of Thursday. Well, they laid off all their employees anyway. I suppose technically that's not exactly the same thing as going … Read more about KnowMoreMedia – Demise of a Blog Network
Bed Head Gallery is Live
A few months back I ran a series of posts I called the 40 Days of Bed Head. The idea was fairly straight forward. Each morning shortly after I woke up I took used the web cam on my laptop to take a photo of myself. And my bed head. Yes my hair sticks up in the morning. It's always sticking up, … Read more about Bed Head Gallery is Live
Mac Friday – Easily Protect and Remember Web Passwords with 1Password
I have an insane number of website accounts and profiles to keep track of. It goes with the territory of one who makes his living in the virtual world. Between my own profiles on dozens of social media sites, various email accounts, the blogs I own, banking and online bill paying sites, web hosting … Read more about Mac Friday – Easily Protect and Remember Web Passwords with 1Password
Image Formatting Issues on Upgrading to WordPress 2.6
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 problem was because I'd seen the … Read more about Image Formatting Issues on Upgrading to WordPress 2.6
WordPress Upgrades to Version 2.6
WordPress rolled out their update to version 2.6 the other day with some great new feature improvements. Here's a quick rundown of the new features. WordCount Ever wonder how many words you have in your blog posts? I do. I've been a longtime user of the TD Word Count plugin. But now WordPress … Read more about WordPress Upgrades to Version 2.6
Analog Networking eWomenNetwork Style
I flew out late last week to join Gorgeous in Dallas at the eWomenNetwork annual national conference. I bought the latest Technology Review to read on the flight because the current issue is all about social media and the future of Web 2.0, which is obviously something I'm interested in. On page … Read more about Analog Networking eWomenNetwork Style
Supercharge Your RSS with FeedBurner
There are very few blogging services that I universally recommend to all my clients and FeedBurner is one of them. (If you aren’t sure what RSS means or what feeds even are, feel free to check out a post I wrote a while back on RSS and Feeds to get the basics.) What is FeedBurner? FeedBurner … Read more about Supercharge Your RSS with FeedBurner
Sunday Morning Goodness – July 6 2008
This week I'm bringing back our Sunday Morning Goodness feature that's been on hiatus for nearly a year. You see there is so much good stuff being published out there. And some of the things I find in my feed reader are simply worth sharing. So grab yourself a cup of coffee, click through the … Read more about Sunday Morning Goodness – July 6 2008
