Posts filed under 'WordPress'

A newbie blogger was having difficulty in locating Permalinks for blog posts which he wanted to quote as a source for his articles. Permalinks are the permanent links for the blog article. It is important that the permalink urls are easily accessible to the readers so that they can easily link to them. But a quick look reveals finding permalinks may not be so easy after all…. (more…)

Matt Cutts, the Google engineer gave some amazing tips at WordCamp 2007. I discussed some lessons learnt and new Wordpress updates, that were revealed at Wordpress camp. Now Matt Cutt has released the powerpoint presentation that he talked of at the conference and some new wordpress security tips were known. (more…)

Everyone wants to blog and with a host of popular free blog hosting solutions available, Wordpress.com is a popular choice. However, everything that comes free has its limitations, and it is better to know the benefits and limitations before starting a Wordpress.com blog. (more…)

The Sandbox Designs Competition is over and winners have been announced. Challenging the skill of wordpress theme designers, the contest showcased new designs based on the popular Sandbox theme, well known for its rich semantic markup. The Sandpress Wordpress Theme won the first prize… (more…)

Wordpress 2.2.2 is released and its upgrade time again. The best way to upgrade is the recommended way, but since this is a minor update, with no database upgrades and no plugin issues, I tried to update from the last version 2.2.1 using the changed files only and it took less than a minute! (more…)

Its upgrade time again for your Wordpress blogs as new security releases have been announced. Two new security-related releases are available for both users of Wordpress main 2.2 branch and the legacy 2.0 branch titled Wordpress 2.2.2 and 2.0.11. Upgrade today and secure your blog. (more…)

When you upgrade Wordpress, your blog is offline for the period of time you upgrade and your visitors see all sorts of php and mysql database errors displayed. A better and more professional way is to notify your visitors of an ongoing Wordpress upgrade and that your blog will be back in under an hour, so they can check back. The Maintenance Mode wordpress plugin does just that… (more…)

WordCamp 2007, a 2-day conference for WordPress users and developers in San Francisco is over. Attendees returned as better bloggers and the development and future of WordPress was highlighted. With a line up of top technology experts and blogging gurus, it was bound to be a success. I learnt some useful lessons… (more…)

Want to wear an official Wordpress T-shirt to show your dedication to Wordpress? Till now buying a Wordpress Tshirt was difficult outside the US, but now the Official Wordpress shop is shipping orders worldwide. Grab your T-Shirt. (more…)

WordPress MU, or WordPress Multiuser, lets you create thousands of Wordpress blogs with unlimited users with a single installation. WPMUDEV Premium is a subscription service that offers custom plugins, functionality and support for WordPress MultiUser (WPMU). (more…)