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Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!
Reading time: 1 minuteIf you’ve updated your plugins in the last 24 hours, go straight back into your website and do it again – there’s a chance you may have downloaded some infected plugins that were hacked into the repository. According to WordPress.org, the plugins AddThis, W3 Total Cache, and WPTouch were infected with a backdoor that lets…
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WordCampColumbus, the Podcast, and more.
Reading time: 2 minutesThere was quite a bit of stuff going on this weekend. So much that if I wrote an individual post about every single thing it seems like it would take more than one blog post. I think a “crib notes” version would be a little easier to digest, so without further ado, here’s what’s going…
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Two Recently Updated Plugins YOU Should Be Using
Reading time: 2 minutesEvery now and then, just because I’m the biggest WordPress dork I know, I like to just peruse the plugin database to see what’s been updated recently. After all, how can you use new plugins if you don’t know they’re there? I’m glad I looked when I did – I found a few plugins that…
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Feed Me! Bring an RSS Feed Anywhere in your Site
Reading time: 2 minutesMany of us are guilty of running multiple blogs – we have personal blogs, work blogs, and even blogs for our pets. If you’re like me, however, you still like to show the different sides of yourself around your different sites. WordPress’ built in RSS Widget does a great job at bringing external feeds into…
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Two Recently Updated Plugins YOU Should Be Using
Reading time: 1 minuteEvery now and then, just because I’m the biggest WordPress dork I know, I like to just peruse the plugin database to see what’s been updated recently. After all, how can you use new plugins if you don’t know they’re there? I’m glad I looked when I did – I found a few plugins that…
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WordPress Web Design for Dummies
Reading time: 1 minuteI had the privilege honor of being the technical editor for Lisa Sabin Wilson’s (then) newest book “WordPress Web Design for Dummies” from Wiley Publishing. It’s chock full of creamy WordPress goodness, ranging from choosing the right tools, building WordPress as a CMS (my favorite part), and even going into what makes themes tick and…
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Upcoming WordCamps, June 2011 Edition
Reading time: 1 minuteIt’s worth noting that there are quite a few WordCamps going on in the month of June. There’s 3 in the US, and for those of you across the pond (waaaay across), there’s one in Thessaloniki (now that’s a camp I’d love to be “invited” to speak at!) Jun 4-5 WordCamp Reno-Lake Tahoe Reno, NV…
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Windows 8 and My (apparently) Contrarian View
Reading time: 2 minutesNormally, I don’t deviate from web-specific discussions on this site, but I saw something yesterday that REALLY caught my eye: the new demo video for Windows 8. Watch the video below (it’s ok – I can wait; it’s worth watching once) Done? Great! Now, show of hands; how many of you are legitimately excited by…
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BlogWorldExpo ’11 (#bweny) – A Post Mortem
Reading time: 1 minuteOk, I promise this is the last post about BlogWorld… but I wanted to elicit a bit of a briefing from people who attended (or didn’t attend) my session. Namely, I had a few questions I’d like to get some answers to: If you attended… Did you enjoy the session? What was your WordPress knowledge…
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Three Awesome Vendors from BlogWorldExpo in New York
Reading time: 2 minutesThis won’t be my last post about BlogWorld, but I think it will be one of your favorites. While I was on the expo floor I got to meet up and talk to a lot of really great vendors (both of services and software) and see just what they were all about. I wanted to…
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