WordPress installations require some folders to have permissions set at 777 either temporarily or permanently. These writable folders allow hackers to upload files used for phishing, DDoS, or sending email spam. The WordPress File Monitor Plus Plugin monitors not only the...
One of my clients has a rather popular sports site on based on WordPress. The site is up-to-date and running on DV server. A few weeks ago malicious code starting to appear on the site setting off warnings from anti-virus programs...
I recently got the nasty “XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location” error instead of RSS feed on two client WordPress sites. First, I tried the Fx-RSS-Feed plugin. No luck! it identified several hundred WordPress...
I just finished helping a friend bring back a Sports Blog after a nasty hacker attack. Luckily, we had a backup of the database. Otherwise, we had little chance to restore the site. Here are a few tips to keep unwanted...
eBay’s new affiliate program, eBay Partner Network, is an excellent source of income for product-related blogs and websites. It takes some skill, however, to integrate eBay links and images into content and templates. The program offers several creatives that can be...
The introduction of sidebar widgets in WordPress have resulted in a huge time savings. Gone are the days of pasting code into sidebar.php just see your layout go wacky. The capabilities of widgets in the basic WordPress installation are, however, very...
The word is out! The much anticipated book, WordPress For Dummies, will be orderable on Oct. 29th. Amazon expects to ship on or around Nov. 2nd. Simultaneous with Amazon’s release, the book with will available at Barnes and Nobel, Books-A-Million and,...