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What exactly is a Blog?

I’ve written this in response to a question on The 30 Day Challenge, in which I will be answering web related question throughout October. The question was “what exactly is a blog” in particular as a possible starting point to write a book – I hope you find this useful Blogging is an awful term [...]

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Which blogging platform should I go with?

There are so many content management systems (or blogging platforms) on the market, many of them offer a free service. Some of them that spring to mind are these: Blogger (by Google) WordPress Live Spaces (by Microsoft, now defunct) Movable Type Type Pad Joomla Drupal The choice is endless and the list could go on [...]

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How to find a user’s Twitter RSS Feed

Twitter recently made some changes to their API. One of them has an impact if you’re trying to access someone’s Twitter RSS Feed. This used to work extremely well: on every user’s Twitter page there was an RSS Icon in your browser bar. We sued click on it and saw the feed. Well not anymore [...]

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The “Comber 38″ Viagra Hack

Just when I though the Drunkjeans Hack had passed over, there’s another attack on a couple of my sites. I’ll call it the “Comber 38″ hack. These hacks are most likely related. What does this hack do? With Comber 38, your sites are turned into Viagra Promo sites. Search for “viagra hack” and you’ll see [...]

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What is a “Point Release”?

With the arrival of WordPress 2.8.5, I mentioned to my good friend Dave Lee that this is a “point release”. He didn’t quite know what that meant, so I thought maybe I’ll share the knowledge. Many if not all software projects have regular improvements that the coders come up with. Usually for reasons for security [...]

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How to restore your database?

The Database is the heart of your WordPress installation. Simply backing up and restoring all your files via FTP is not enough – it only contains the actual WordPress “programme” if you will, your plugins and themes, and all your uploaded media files (like pictures). It does NOT however contain your posts, links and some [...]

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How to display hidden files in FileZilla

If you can’t find those all important files, and you know for sure they exist, it might be that your FTP client isn’t set to display hidden files. Here’s how to do it in FileZilla: in Version 2.x it’s in VIEW – SHOW HIDDEN FILES (2nd option from the top) After a quick refresh (or [...]

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