WordPress
Spamtastic Advice for Bloggers!
This is going to be one of my shortest posts, but an important one to all bloggers. I just finished doing regular maintenance on all my blogs and was amazed at the tremendous increase the amount of Spam during the past week. I had over 200 spam comments on this blog alone. That is an [...]
Test Drives: How to Discover if Blogging is for You
So you’re thinking about starting a blog, but haven’t made the big step yet. Blogging sounds like a lot of fun, but you’d like to test the waters before you take the plunge. Hey, I understand. This is how I got started in blogging. For all you cautious individuals wanting to taste the thrill of [...]
Never Fear, Hosting Hero is Here!
I’ve always sort of fancied myself as a super hero, kinda like Batman or WonderFish. But until recently, I’ve been missing a very important component of my super hero identity….I had no arch nemesis. Well, I have one now! It seems that GoDaddy has stepped forward to play this very important role in my super [...]
What’s New (or NewsWorthy) in the World of WordPress?
I Want a WordPress Plugin to… – Ever say to yourself, “Self, I wish there was a plugin to…” Well, here’s where you find those plugins. With over 450 listed, you are almost guarenteed to find the plugin you are looking for. Just look up what you want the plugin to do (like podcasts or [...]
How’s Your Blogging Spam Filter Working?
One of the joys of blogging is screening the comments for the idiot spammers. You know…those fools that actually think people find their porn and Viagra by reading blog comments. Really, how successful is your online business if you have to resort to sticking ads on blogs by way of spamming comments? Oh well, that’s [...]
Test Drive the WordPress 2.5 Beta Version
Hey, if you’re interested in seeing what the future holds in store for WordPress, drop by the recently launched test site at ChrisJohnson.org. Here you can test out the current beta version of the most popular blogging platform on the Internet. When you arrive, you will find the default template with a bit of information [...]