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Blogging with Wordpress

How to Handle Comment Spam Akismet Doesn’t Catch

October 23, 2009

Akismet and other spam plugins are great for catching 99% of spam. But sometimes spambots get creative and only leave http://link. Other times, it’s the person who’s spammy.

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When Your Wordpress Blog Goes Blank – Possible Fix

April 6, 2009

One of the many services I offer is migrating Wordpress blogs from one host to another. If you’re attempting to migrate your own blog, here’s one important tip: deactivate your caching plugin before you migrate (usually wp-cache or wp-super-cache).

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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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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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13 Admin Themes +3 : Improve Your User-Side Wordpress Experience

September 8, 2008

Tired of how the back end of your blog looks? These 13 Wordpress admin themes replace the default dashboard look.

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New Related Posts Plugin Rocks My Socks

September 3, 2008

Changing my recommendation on the best Related Posts plugin to use. This one is easier to set up and has more options to control what’s displayed. Check it out!

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Using Wordpress PHP Conditional Tags to Create Variable Design

July 28, 2008

Using Wordpress’s conditional tags can add variety and nuance to your blog. Here are instructions on how to implement them using some very basic PHP. Novice-friendly.

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