WordPress Security Tips

There’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning, logging on to your blog and finding that your WordPress site has been hacked!

Now, I’ve never had it happen to me personally but today I spoke to someone who did. Believe me this was not a fun experience for this person and I know you wouldn’t want it to happen to you.

Below is a very useful post with some great tips on how you can make your WordPress blog more secure and avoid being hacked.

http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/wordpress-security-tips-and-hacks.html

Be safe out there…

Barry O.

A Tale of Two Blogs – Mistake Number 5 Strikes Again!

I recently told you about two blogs that I built for two different companies. One is a local roofing company, Phoenix Roofing, Inc., and the other is a custom motorcycle shop, Texas Custom Choppers.

Both of these sites were built using WordPress as a content management system and blog. They were both setup the same way and both have been search engine optimized.

However, one of these blogs, even though it’s only 3 weeks old, is seeing a certain degree of success while the other one seems to be floundering.

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WordPress 2.5 – I Like It!

OK I’m probably a little late to the party on this one. I have been using WordPress 2.5 on other blogs almost since the day it was released but, I just recently upgraded 1Cat.biz

While there are a lot of changes that some of the old school WordPress users are complaining about I must say that over all I really like the new version. Somethings are a little harder to find, if you’re used to older versions of WordPress, but I think the way things are organized in WordPress 2.5 will be more intuitive for new users.

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Tell A Friend WordPress Plug-in

If you’re looking for an easy way to add a Tell-a-Friend button to your WordPress blog, or even traditional web site, checkout the following video.

Killer Online Video Creation and Web 2.0 Sharing Tool

Ok, so I was on a real estate blog of all places and I saw one of the coolest online videos I’ve ever seen. The most surprising thing is that it was created using this free Internet video creation and Web2.0 service called Animoto.

I’m releasing a new eBook next week called “How to Build and Market Killer WordPress Sites”. So, I thought I would use Animoto to create a little promotional video for it that I can post to other video sharing sites using Traffic Geyser.

Today I have two videos for you.

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How to Install WordPress on a cPanel Host Gator Hosting Account

I know that for some of my readers this is going to be a ridiculously simple video and you may even wonder why I bothered posting it.

Well, I frequently have people ask me how to install WordPress and what hosting service I recommend.

1. I recommend using a cPanel server. It’s the easiest by far. Plus, messing with other types of servers, in my opinion, just isn’t worth the hassle if you’re using WordPress.

2. I personally love Host Gator. I’ve been using them for years. They’re inexpensive and their support is very responsive.

So, here’s a 4:30 minute video on how easy it is to install WordPress on a cPanel Host Gator hosting account.