Softaculous WordPress Installation I recently reviewed the Social Blog Blueprint (it is a very good blogging course for beginner and intermediate bloggers). My main gripe was showing 1-click installation of WordPress. The course recommends installing WordPress via the Softaculous script. I did notice that Softaculous allows you to change some of the default WordPress settings […]
Murphy’s Laws of Moving my WordPress Site
Some months back now, I said I was going to move My Local Business Online from Hostgator to my reseller host at WebHosting Buzz. Oh how I tried to move my WordPress website… and tried and tried again! It should be simple. It is USUALLY simple. Finally, I hope I’ve succeeded in moving this blog! […]
WordPress 3.7 Automatic Update Feature (Should You Use It?)
WordPress 3.7 is here (doesn’t seem like 5 mins ago 3.6 was released!) Named “Basie” after jazz musician Count Basie (yes, I had to go look up who he was…) WordPress state that version 3.7 contains “some of the most important architectural updates we’ve made to date .” It wasn’t a totally smooth update to […]
If Plan A Fails – A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way
You know when you have one of those days when technology just does not want to work with you? I had one of those days this week and I thought I would share it with you. Even doing this stuff day in day out does not make me immune to brain farts or technology gremlins. […]
Is Your WordPress Secure From Attack?
WordPress installations worldwide are currently under a brute force attack. These attacks are targeting the most common username and password combinations. Is your WordPress Secure? If you still have your username set as admin, your WordPress sites are very much at risk. As a precaution, all WordPress users should change their passwords to a secure […]
A Simple Way To Increase Your WordPress Security [Video]
Talking about WordPress security isn’t particularly sexy or interesting. It is an important topic though. Just for a moment, imagine how it feels when: customers tell you your website triggers their anti-virus or firewall your blog readers email you to say they can’t access your site because Firefox has blocked it with a big red […]
WordPress 3.5 Now Available – How To Upgrade To WordPress 3.5
WordPress 3.5 is here and it’s time to upgrade again. With any major release, there are bound to be glitches with themes and plugins along the way. Known WordPress upgrade issues can be found on this post over at wordpress.org How To Upgrade To WordPress 3.5 I’m going to outline how I upgrade clients and […]