security

4 Comments August 11, 2011

How to delete your default admin user

If you are still using a default admin or want to delete another user, this step-by-step process will make sure that you don’t lose any of your valuable content and to help increase the security of your site. You can either watch the video or follow the step-by-step screenshots. Step-by-step screenshots of doing this. Just [...]

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3 Comments October 9, 2010

Daily Affirmations, I Will Backup My WordPress Site

Daily affirmation of backing up your WordPress site or blog

If you have attended any of my workshops, or even, any WordPress workshop, you have heard the importance of backing up your site if you are self-hosted. Yes, I said backup. Often when I tell users this, they ask… Why? There are a number of things that could go wrong in the life of your [...]

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Tips for choosing a host for your WordPress website or blog

Before you commit to a host, think of these things… What kind of site are you running? If you plan on having an online store, be sure to get an SSL certificate. If you are selling or sharing large photos, videos or ebooks, consider storage and bandwidth, and make sure you have enough of both. [...]

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1 Comment June 11, 2010

Buying a Domain? Beware!

I was just reading a colleague’s post on using your own domain at WordPress.com. For example, www.yourdomain.com, rather than www. yourdomain.wordpress.com. Good advice, but it got me thinking of domains. Especially the horror stories I hear. You may be like hundreds, if not thousands of other people out there, and have bought a domain, or [...]

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1 Comment May 26, 2010

Protect your wp-content folder if using a CPanel hosting account

If you are hosting with someone like Bluehost.com, Hostgator.com or any other host with WordPress installations on a cPanel. Case in point. Let’s say I know www.thisdomain.com is using WordPress. So I simply go in and type www.thisdomain.com/wp-content. An index page will come up like this in your browser window.. And if I was to [...]