WordPress
Is your WordPress site protected against hackers?
After fixing a couple of sites for clients that have been hacked it seems like a good idea to take a good look at my own sites and also to be aware of best practices as I install WordPress on other sites.
It seems that security and hacking are also on the mind of others. Lorelle [...]
Posts versus Pages in WordPress
WordPress, by default, supports two similar, yet unique, types of content – Posts and Pages. It’s important to understand and distinguish between these two types of content when writing for your blog.
The first type of content is a Post. Most blogs rely primarily on this type of content. Posts are the part of a blog [...]
WordPress 2.7
I’ve been anticipating the WordPress 2.7 release, named “Coltrane”, since WordCamp NYC back in October. Initially, the thought of another major dashboard redesign made me a bit nervous. After all the negative reactions to the 2.6 design I hoped that it would not be a repeat performance.
The end result is that, while there is still [...]
Getting Ready for WordPress 2.7
I am quite excited about the new features offered in WordPress 2.7, currently in it’s second beta and due to be released any day.
For those with difficulty adjusting to change you will be in for a shock. The admin interface has undergone an even more drastic change than it did for version 2.5! Personally, I [...]
Creating a Digg Button that actually works in WordPress
Getting the right code to add a Digg Badge that automatically populates the submission information onto my WordPress blog was a challenge, but I managed it! Here’s how I accomplished the task.
It should have been simple thing, I wanted to add a Digg button to my blog to make it easier for my visitors [...]
Reasons to Upgrade to WordPress 2.5 and beyond
Some reasons to stay with the most current WordPress version for your blog.
