WordPress gives you the ability to specify a specific URL structure for your blog via the Permalink Settings.  Using permalinks that include names is great for search engine optimization (SEO).  For instance my Bread Machine Diva site uses the “Month and name” structure.  Here’s what it looks like in the permalinks area of my blog [...]

I’ve been hearing about some nasty attacks on WordPress sites.  Evidently so have the people at WordPress.  WordPress 2.8.5 is available and contains several security fixes.  I recommend that you upgrade your software now.  If you suspect that it’s too late and your system has already been hacked, check out the WordPress Exploit Scanner.

I recently had to replace my laptop battery.  It would no longer hold a charge.  After a mere forty five minutes the battery was done.   It charged up again just fine.  Then it was ready for another grueling forty five minute run. The reason for this substandard performance is, believe it or not, lack of [...]

I recently received this comment from a reader: I bought the book that you wrote with Skip McGrath about how to make money blogging and it is GREAT! I now have my own blog and I was hoping you could answer a question for me. (I have been using your blog for reference and it [...]

The folks over at WordPress are talking about a worm that’s infecting older versions of WordPress.  If you haven’t upgraded your software, now’s the time! Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress. This particular worm, like many before it, is clever: it registers a user, uses a [...]