If you have built a website, you may know that one of the first things you’d do is to verify your site with Google. This will help your site get indexed by Google. So far, you’d have to do it by one of 2 ways through Google Webmaster Tools. However it involved either editing some [...]
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How to Backup WordPress to Dropbox?
If you haven’t heard of Dropbox I highly recommend checking it out. If you are already a reader of our Dropbox hacks, you are going to love this one too. Dropbox is a file sync service that seamlessly syncs your files across PC, Mac, Linux, and other mobile devices like iPhone, Android phones, iPad, etc [...]
WordPress as a Development Platform [Video]
This is something I have been aiattemptng haphazardly through various websites. I really liked this presentation from Japheth Thomson at WordCamp Melbourne. { Via WPCandy – Japheth }
WordPress 3.1 Available for Download
WordPress 3.1 code named Reinhardt has hit the streets. This version has a quite a number of new features and I am quite excited for a few of those. WordPress 3.1 New Features New Linking Workflow – makes it easy to link your own posts Admin bar – like the one you see in WordPress.com [...]
Tip: Adding jQuery Scripts to WordPress
I was just trying to add a simple font-resizer jQuery script to a WordPress theme. This example seemed really simple but it just won’t work. After a while, I stumbled on this page in WordPress Codex where it suggested replacing the jQuery shorthand – $ symbol with the word jQuery. For eg: $(document).ready(function () { [...]
Top 10 New Features in WordPress 3.1
WordPress 3.1 is in release candidate versions and is expected for public consumption anytime. If you are running WordPress, you might be wondering about the new features. The WordPress team won’t disappoint you as there are many nice features coming in 3.1. Here is a brief overview of WordPress 3.1 New Features Post Formats This [...]
Free Custom WordPress site Backup with XCloner
I have been using a combination of a backup WordPress plugin and a cron job to backup my site files over ftp. The WordPress plugin would backup the MySQL database and email it. Then I’d have to FTP out backups of PHP files created by a cron job. Then if I have to restore my [...]
WordPress 3.0 Can’t Edit Posts Issue
I had a weird WordPress 3.0 issue in one of our sites after doing an auto-upgrade. I couldn’t create a new post edit an existing post open up the collapsible menu in the side in admin quick edit posts Pretty much, it looked as if javascript had been disabled. I tried deactivating all the plugins [...]
WordPress Tip: You Don’t Need an Embed Code Anymore
We run a slew of WordPress based sites and I was just dumbstruck when I came across this little known feature. Atleast to me. I am sharing this here in case you didn’t know about it either. To embed videos or slideshows from various sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, etc, I am used to grabbing [...]
Top 10 WordPress Security Tweaks
WordPress 3.0 has been out for over a week now. If you have upgraded to it, you have already applied a huge number of security updates through this upgrade. But, there is still a lot more you can do to secure your WordPress blog. As the WordPress platform gains popularity, so does the hackers trying [...]
WordPress: Could Not Create Temporary File Error
Here is a quick tip if you encounter this error while installing WordPress plugin on upgrading plugins from WordPress admin interface. We across this nasty error while working on a Windows hosting with Plesk interface. Error: Download failed. Could not create Temporary file I had given recursive 777 permissions to wp-content before this and still [...]
ShanKri-la Gets a Makeover
Originally posted 2008-02-01 13:05:05. I have been working on this theme mod for a bit and it is almost a whole month late in making its way here. I meant to release it for the New Year’s day but my day job kept me busy to complete the stuff I wanted done. So, instead here [...]
What’s New in WordPress 3.0?
WordPress – the popular blogging platform – is nearing another major version release, WordPress 3.0. In fact, Automattic just announced the release of WordPress 3.0 beta 1 and you can download it right now to try it. But, remember it is not ready for production use! WordPress 3.0 Features and Changes WordPress and WordPress MU [...]
Would VaultPress Become the Best Paid WordPress Backup Solution?
WordPress.com blog users (free and hosted version) have enjoyed Automattic’s backups and not worry about their content getting lost. But, the self-hosted WordPress blog users have been left to using some custom solution via Plugins like WP DB Backup or custom backup scripts until now. Automattic has announced a WordPress.com branded solution called VaultPress for [...]
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