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How to do a Thorough Backup of Your Wordpress Blog

January 12, 2009

CathLawson, one of my favorite bloggers, recently experienced every blogger’s worst nightmare. Her host shut down her account and turned off her site. The site took 3 days to come back up.

I think this was shocking behavior on the host’s part, as there should have been ways that they could have let her easily access her files and database without keeping her blog live.

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Tutorial on Using Fantastico to Install Wordpress

November 14, 2008

I’ve created a tutorial on using Fantastico to install Wordpress. It only takes a few minutes to get Wordpress up and running on your site. Learn how!

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Easy Wordpress .htaccess 301 Redirect

October 17, 2008

Moving your Wordpress blog from one domain to another? You can redirect all the old domain’s urls with three lines of code!

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How Recent Keywords Can Help Your SEO

September 17, 2008

Enhancing your SEO: how to find out which relevant phrases your site can rank for in searches.

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How to Change the Name of Your Wordpress Theme

September 12, 2008

Editing a Wordpress theme and unsure how to make it look different from the original one? Some quick tips on changing the theme’s name and screenshot!

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Quick Fix for Unluved Commenters

September 10, 2008

CommentLuv wasn’t detecting my most recent posts. Fortunately, a friend pointed me in the right direction and now CommentLuv recognizes my posts when I leave a comment. It only took a second to fix.

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