A few days ago I published a post, How To Install WordPress Manually and Why Beginners Should Do It. It was my first time using blip.tv to broadcast my videos and I have to say, I’m very pleased with the results. The one great reason I think to use blip.tv to broadcast your videos over [...]

Lately I’ve had a few people mention to me that their auto upgrade feature for WordPress (located in the WordPress dashboard under Tools) doesn’t work. In my experience, auto upgrades fail because plugins sometimes cause a conflict with the upgrade process. If you’re having problems with the auto upgrade feature, make sure to deactivate all [...]

Hello everyone, today I have a guest post over on Barbara Swafford’s blog on the topic of blog security, and if you’re visiting here from there, I’d like to personally welcome you over to my blog. Today I don’t have a particular lesson for anyone, I just wanted to say hello and welcome to new [...]

The other day I did a blog security upgrade for a WordPress blogger. In order to do some of the upgrades, I need access to your web hosting account, in this case, his. He sent me his username and password and noted that he was hosted with Host Gator. Ok, no problem. So I headed [...]

Note – This article is split into two parts: Part 1: Why you should install WordPress manually. Part 2: Tutorial (video included) on how to install WordPress manually. If you’re here to simply learn how to install WordPress manually, you may want to skip down to that part. Also, this tutorial is meant for new [...]

I read an article the other day from the Washington Post entitled: FTC plans to monitor blogs for claims, payments which basically tells us that if you make money from your blog, you need to disclose it, otherwise you could be in some trouble with the Federal Trade Commission. Basically, the Federal Trade Commission is [...]

From HelloThemes sidebar I don’t complain much nor do I rant about many things. In fact, I think this is my first rant in two years of blogging. During my 3 week or so break from blogging, one of my tasks was to get my wife’s beaded jewelry store up and running. It’s an e-commerce [...]

I just wanted to let my blog readers know that WP Blog Host is running a number of promotions right now on domain names, package discounts, and blog security updates (security updates are done by me). Some promotions expire and at different times, so if you see a promotion you like, check the promo’s expiration [...]

If you’re subscribed to my blog you’ve probably noticed its been 2 or 3 weeks since my last post. I’m sorry about that. Truth is I’ve been bogged down with a lot of work lately. My wife has an e-commerce site where she makes and sells jewelry. Can you guess who the webmaster is for [...]

During my many years online I’ve read numerous articles on search engine optimization, much of it is just a rehash of the same ol’ stuff. When I see old news reprinted I try to understand, after all we are taught that we should write for our audience, right? And if our audience are newbies, what [...]

As a web host whose target market are WordPress bloggers, we are always monitoring the web for conversations relating to WordPress and web hosting. One of the topics I see all around the web is how WordPress can be installed easily with Fantastico. And yes, in fact it can. However, just to set the record [...]

Today I want to show you how to fully backup your WordPress blog using two easy-to-use programs. Creating a full backup of your blog is a two part process: Backup your WordPress hosted files and directories Backup your database There are many ways to do this and I’ll betcha most of you who have been [...]

. . . is that people are looking to hack your site. It doesn’t matter if your site is about how to make cookies or if it’s about blogging, if they can find your blog and you keep it easy for them to gain access, it’s only a matter of time. Not convinced hacking is [...]

Anyone whose been blogging for longer than a couple weeks will of at least heard of Google Analytics. Problem is, it’s so damn difficult to try and figure out when you’re just starting out because there’s SO much you can do with it. One of my first frustrations with it was the fact that I [...]

As a blogger, there are many avenues you can explore when it comes to marketing your blog and driving traffic to it. This topic has been beaten to death so many times I’ve lost count. Therefore, in this article I simply want to outline the 5 primary avenues new bloggers should know about when trying [...]