Protecting Your WordPress Blog From Hackers, Crackers, and Jerks

The last few days have seen a rash of hacker attacks on WordPress blogs, with isolated reports going back a month or more. Without exception, as far as I can tell, the successful attacks were on blogs running outdated older versions of WordPress. The latest exploits involve hidden admin users and permalinks polluted with javascript [...]

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Skype Can Be a Pain In the Ass

I don’t restart my computer very often; it mostly runs 24/7. So when I did have occasion to do a restart, I was hit with the issue that my development instance of Apache wouldn’t start. I would get the error: “Windows could not start Apache 2.2 on Local Computer. For more information, review the System [...]

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Using My Way Links To Build Incoming Traffic

This isn’t strictly WordPress related, but if you are an avid blogger and use your blog(s) for income, then you might want to check out Jonathan Leger’s My Way Links program. One thing that we’re all looking for as bloggers is traffic. Lots and lots of traffic. To get that traffic, we have to rank [...]

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Using PHP Short Tags in Plugins Is a No-No

I had a client call up over the weekend in a panic because her blog disappeared. “Help! All I see is a blank screen!” “What’s the last thing you did?” says I. “Updated my theme files,” says she. So after an hour’s worth of troubleshooting, I found the problem: Plugin and theme developers: please do [...]

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Just Released – The Simple Link Cloaker Plugin

Anyone who’s ever done any affiliate marketing knows the value of ‘cloaking’ outgoing affiliate links. First, it can deter the occasional commission thief who will strip out your affiliate code and replace it with their own, robbing you of a well-earned commission. Just as importantly, it makes your links more ‘professional’ looking when the visitor [...]

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Dealing With Duplicate Content Issues on WordPress Comments Pages

I saw a tweet today about WordPress comment page duplication issues related to SEO. While the word is still out as to just how much damage it does or doesn’t do to your ability to get found by the Great G, this specific problem is relatively easily fixed — and not by disabling the paged [...]

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Why I’ll Probably Never Visit Your Blog Again

In my office, I run on a 8mbs cable connection. In other words, about a bazillion times faster than dialup. I don’t pay the extra money for this kind of speed just because I want the technology. I do it because page load times make a difference in my day. So when I visit your [...]

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A Colored Tag Cloud For Your WordPress Blog

I needed a colored tag cloud widget, and I couldn’t find one that I liked. So I cooked up another one. You can see it in action over in the sidebar. You can configure colors, sizes – you can even use it in your theme instead of as a widget. Or you can do both. [...]

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