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Archive for April, 2008

WordPress is a CPU hog – use caching plugins!

Miriam Schwab | April 27, 2008 | 5 Comments
A few days ago I wrote about 38 ways to optimize and speed up your WordPress blog. One of the issues I touched on is the use of caching plugins, like WP-Cache 2 and WP Super ... View Post

38 ways to optimize and speed up your WordPress blog

Miriam Schwab | April 23, 2008 | 56 Comments
WordPress blogs and sites can be notoriously slow. But fear not - here are ways to make your WordPress blog super speedy and fun for your visitors to view with a few tweaks, hacks and plugins. Be sure to check back because I will be updating this post as I discover new and wonderful ... View Post

4 reasons not to host your blog on WordPress.com

Miriam Schwab | April 15, 2008 | 23 Comments
When starting out, many bloggers seek out the cheap and easy route, either choosing to blog on Blogger, WordPress.com, or another free and hosted blogging platform. This approach makes sense, since a person can never know until they've started if they even like blogging, let alone whether they'll be successful.I ... View Post

WordPress 2.5 released – and WordPress.org gets a makeover

Miriam Schwab | April 14, 2008 | 5 Comments
I know this is coming pretty late for the world of the internet, but I've been really busy and I only recently started getting to know WordPress 2.5. All in all, I think that the upgrade is fantastic, and here's my review of the new features I have used so far: New admin design I like ... View Post

Stylish Firefox add-on plus Google Redesigned equals pretty Gmail

Miriam Schwab | April 2, 2008 | 3 Comments
I know that Gmail and Firefox don't really have anything to do with WordPress, but I decided to write about them anyways because:
  • I have nothing earth-shattering to say about WordPress right now. Everyone else is talking about version 2.5, and I still haven't installed it (my bad) so I don't have anything
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