Sorry to be so long about updating you about WordPress 3.1.2.  My recent days have all been about GoDaddy.  You can count on several blog posts about last week’s adventures.  In the meantime, I do NOT recommend GoDaddy for WordPress hosting. You can also look forward to an exciting tale of how asking GoDaddy to [...]

Do you ever get a comment and wonder if it’s comment spam or not?  I’m talking about comments that make it through Akismet and sound like they might be real. “I like your site and have added it to my bookmarks.  Thanks so much for helping me with this topic.” The comments are generally short, [...]

WordPress 3.1.1- What’s New WordPress 3.1.1 fixes a large number of bugs.  It also includes three security updates. WordPress 3.1.1 – Should You Update? Yes. As I always say, don’t take the risk of running old software with known security issues. Don’t forget to update your plugins while you’re at it. Running an old version [...]

As I said last week, WordPress 3.1 has been released.  At the time, I advised waiting before you upgrade.  I like to let other brave souls experiment new software releases. Since then I’ve updated several WordPress installations and read about the new version of WordPress.  I haven’t seen any problems myself.  However I’ve read about [...]

While it’s not available on my dashboard yet, I’ve seen the announcement that WordPress 3.1 is ready to go.  Note that it’s 3.1 as opposed to 3.0.6.  This indicates that it’s a new software release instead of bug or security fixes. I like to play it safe with new software releases and let other people [...]

Did you know that you can use the “Media” section of the WordPress dashboard to upload PDFs just like you use it to upload photos?  It’s true.  And once a PDF is loaded into your media library, it’s very easy to link to it in a WordPress page or post.  You can link to reports, [...]

WordPress 3.0.5- What’s New WordPress 3.0.5 came out just today.  There are some small bug fixes and security improvements.  WordPress says: Two moderate security issues were fixed that could have allowed a Contributor- or Author-level user to gain further access to the site. One information disclosure issue was addressed that could have allowed an Author-level [...]

I’ve seen a few problems with upgrading to the current version of the AddToAny plugin in WordPress.   On most sites the upgrade has worked fine, but on two I’ve received the dreaded cannot modify headers message: Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at  . . ./wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/services.php:2) in . . [...]

Website owners sometimes want a WordPress blog added to their existing website.  “But I want it to look like the rest of the site.  How close can you come to the existing design?” In most instances the answer is “very close.”  Here’s an example.  This is the home page of Claudette Rowley’s coaching and consulting [...]

How can you make your blog stand out from the crowd?  Start with a  WordPress theme that allows you to change the header graphic.  Here are five great examples. Twenty Ten Yes, that’ s right.  The new default WordPress theme allows you to change the header photo.  It also enables you to change the background [...]