When you need to move your blog to a different domain name, you often need to change some URL’s paths that are stored in the database to point to the new domain name. The Search and Replace WordPress plugin lets you just do that. It lets you search in your database ID, post-content, Guid, title, [...]
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Here is a tip for today- I will show you how to add your own custom avatar into your WordPress blog. Why would you do that? Maybe because you want to make your blogs look more professional or simply because your are tired to see “Mystery Man” everywhere. Just follow these quick steps below: Step [...]
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TimThumb is a free open source script that lets you automatically create thumbnails on the fly to a specific size. This script is commonly used by web developers making magazine style WordPress themes. Today I’m going to show you how to implement it into your theme in 5 easy steps. Step 1 Download the TimThumb [...]
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Spam has always been a problem for bloggers. Yesterday I found a new script by Google to help you fight spammers. The script is called Stop Spam Referer PHP Script. It’s very light weight and extremely easy to install (it took me 2 minutes to install). Has anyone have been using this script? Are you [...]
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Images always speak a thousand words. Always try to incorporate good quality images throughout your posts to make your blog more pleasant to read. Unfortunately images can be extremely expensive but thankfully there are a few places on the web where you can find free high quality stock photos. Here is a list of my [...]
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Big news! WordPress 3.0 code named “Thelonious” has just came out and is packed with some awesome new features. This is a big update so make sure, like always, to backup your database and site files before updating anything. Here are some of the highlights of this new release: The “Kubrick” default theme has been [...]
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Don’t put your WordPress blog at risk! Run a report with the ServerBuddy plugin to make sure your hosting company keeps your files secure and settings optimised for WordPress. Thanks for this free plugin go to the dev team of iThemes. The plugin is extremely easy to use. You can run quite a few reports- [...]
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A great new plugin for any authors who need to geotag their blog post. This plugin called Geolocation lets you geotag your latest post by adding a link with a short description of the location where the post was tagged. When the users hover over the link an interactive map appears with the location pin [...]
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