WordPress gave us yet one more security update to version 2.6 before the long anticipated major release of version 2.7, which is expected in the next few weeks. The new WordPress version 2.6.5 addresses a security vulnerability as well as a few other very minor improvements. There are a total of … Read more about WordPress Security Release Version 2.6.5
WordPress Tips for Beginners
Note: This post was written years ago and is almost completely out of date. Over the years my recommendations have completely changed as the tech landscape has changed. For example, I emphatically do not recommend GoDaddy anymore. For anything. So much so, in fact that we now as a company offer … Read more about WordPress Tips for Beginners
WordPress Releases Security Update Version 2.6.3
Yesterday WordPress released a security update in Version 2.6.3. According to the WordPress development blog this version update corrects a vulnerability in the Snoopy Library. Now unless you want the Red Barron to be able to cause havoc with your blog you will probably want to either update the … Read more about WordPress Releases Security Update Version 2.6.3
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
Older Versions of WordPress Hacked
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 The problem is getting serious enough that the WordPress podcast recently addressed out of date WordPress blogs being hacked.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 … Read more about Older Versions of WordPress Hacked
Brand New Design
If you are a feed subscriber you might not know. But we've just launched the redesigned SuccessCREEations, Inc. website. There are still some bugs to work out yet and now I'm in the same boat that my clients often find themselves, a new website just begging to be filled with content. Upgrading … Read more about Brand New Design
WordPress Advanced ToolBar
One of the advantages of using WordPress as a publishing platform is that the WordPress folks are constantly adding new and better features. It can be a challenge to keep up sometimes. This is especially true if we've come up with a way to do something that has since been made simpler in more … Read more about WordPress Advanced ToolBar
Errors Upgrading WordPress – Troubleshooting Tips
Not everyone follows instructions. When upgrading your WordPress site not following the upgrade instructions can cause some really unpleasant things to happen and give some scary error messages. Maybe you messed things up through ignorance. Or if you're like me you might just try doing it wrong … Read more about Errors Upgrading WordPress – Troubleshooting Tips
When Hosting Goes Bad
Web hosting is not a 100% thing. I tell people that while most reputable hosts legitimately claim 99% up time things do break. It doesn't matter whether they are mechanical or electronic. Bad things happen from time to time. That 99% figure is an average. What that means is that during any given … Read more about When Hosting Goes Bad
Add Functionality to WordPress with Plugins
WordPress is a powerful web publishing platform. That statement almost goes without saying. Because it is open source there is a tremendous amount of support for the platform freely available out there. And you can really add functionality to your WordPress site by adding plugins. What Plugins … Read more about Add Functionality to WordPress with Plugins
Backing Up – It’s Not Just For Cars
As you've probably heard, my web host had a catastrophic failure on one of their servers yesterday. And yes, it happened to be the very server SuccessCREEations was on. Then to compound the problem my host found that they had some bad CD-Rs in their backup storage so when they got things up and … Read more about Backing Up – It’s Not Just For Cars
