Archive for July, 2007

StumbleUpon: the search for meaning continues

| July 19, 2007 | 3 Comments

As I mentioned in a previous post, StumbleUpon can be a sudden source of massive traffic to your blog. But how it works is a mystery to me. Today I came across ... View Post

StumbleUpon can bring you serious traffic

| July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

Take StumbleUpon seriously. It can bring you serious traffic. A few days ago I wrote a post about protecting your WordPress site. It was, in my opinion, an average post. Well, someone out there must have thought it was something spectacular, because since then every few ... View Post

Crystal icon set – free beautiful icons

| July 16, 2007 | 0 Comments

Everaldo has a few icon sets available for download. They are really beautiful: Crystal icon set - free beautiful icons

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Displaying single post pages differently in specific categories

| July 15, 2007 | 30 Comments

You may have certain categories in your WordPress blog that you want to appear differently than other categories. For example, what if you have a category called "Tomatoes" and a category called "Cucumbers," and you want the titles of every post in the Tomatoes category to be red, and the titles in the Cucumbers ... View Post

Things I do to optimize and secure every WordPress site and blog

Miriam Schwab | July 6, 2007 | 7 Comments

(Updated Sept. 9, 2007) I have compiled a to-do list of plugins that I install and steps that I take to optimize and secure every WordPress site or blog that I create. This list will be updated with new developments or plugins and tips that I discover, so make sure to check ... View Post

How to protect your WordPress site

| July 6, 2007 | 11 Comments

Did you know that the standard WordPress installation is vulnerable to attacks from hackers? Well, it is, but fear not - there are steps you can take to protect your precious WordPress site/blog:

WPDesigner gives tips on securing your blog. This includes:

Staying updated - always make sure your

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Fetching and displaying RSS feeds on your site

| July 5, 2007 | 0 Comments

I've been looking high and low for a simple and working solution for displaying a feed in my site. If your site is widget-enabled, you can easily display another feed with the RSS widget. But if you are not widget-enabled, or you want to put your feed somewhere else, you are stuck. I tried ... View Post