Posts Tagged ‘wordpress’

WordPress Attack: Upgrade Now

Posted: September 5, 2009 at 4:05 pm by

A new wordpress attack is going on, reported by Mashable, targets wordpress versions that are not up to version 2.8.4. This new attack exploits security holes within wordpress where hackers can gain access to the Administrator account. This allows hackers access to the database, where they can create new Administrator accounts then gain full control over your wordpress platform. This attack is currently only active for self-hosted versions of wordpress. To upgrade, log into your adminatration area and you should see a notice to upgrade. Click this notice and choose to automatically upgrade your version. For most people it should work, just watch to see if any errors are reported.

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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 5: WordPress SEO

Posted: August 22, 2009 at 12:00 am by

Yesterday we customized wordpress with a custom theme, widgets, and plugins. Now that our site is looking the way we want, we need to modify it for search engine optimization. Wordpress does a pretty good job with SEO out of the box, however improvements can be made. SEO is important, as search engines are often a majority of traffic for a blog. Without a good SEO strategy in place, it can be difficult to gain visitors to your site.

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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 4: Customizing WordPress

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 12:00 am by

After creating the wordpress blog in Step 3, you need to customize wordpress. The theme it comes with is in my opinion ugly and basic, which will detract visitors from coming back to your site. You need a new theme, as well as plugins to enhance your blog’s functionality. We will begin by selecting a theme.

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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 3: Setting up WordPress

Posted: August 20, 2009 at 12:00 am by

Now that your webhost and domain name has been setup and configured from Part 2, it is now time to install wordpress on your website. Wordpress is a blogging system used by millions of people and is customizable. Setting up wordpress is not a difficult task, however it does take some care.

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Connect WordPress to Myspace

Posted: August 8, 2009 at 3:34 am by

We have just begun constructing our myspace page, located here. One of the first thoughts that came to mind was how to list current posts from this website to our myspace page automatically. With twitter it was easy, and I hoped it would be just as easy with myspace. After about five minutes of searching, I have found the Myspace Crossposter plugin. Setup and installiation was easy. In the next few days I will comment on how the plugin works.

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Example robots.txt for WordPress and PHPBB3

Posted: August 7, 2009 at 7:03 pm by

I have just finished retooling the robots.txt file I will now be using. It includes both wordpress and phpBB3. I took wordpress’s suggested robots.txt file, added in a few more directories, added in the sitemap reference, and added in the phpbb3 section. I am not sure how good it will preform, however if changes are made, I will note them. If you have any comments, or suggestions, let me know.

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