It is inevitable. There will be people who eventually visit your website and try to cause havoc. Whether it is a ‘hit-and-run’ where they visit once and never return, or have been regularely lurking, you can take several actions. Some of what I suggest are quite progressive, while others are not. Flaming is a form
[Continue Reading...]On WordPress Security Straight From Matt
A couple months ago at WordCamp Chicago 2009, Matt Mullenweg had been asked by Dan Schulz on how to make WordPress more secure. Finally what he has said has been written in more detail at WordPress.org in the article How to Keep WordPress Secure. From the getgo, I had known that the primary way was
[Continue Reading...]WordCamp NYC Logo Contest -What Happened to Democracy?
Well, I won the WordCamp NYC logo contest by more than 50 votes on my individual piece. My entry was #2 (I will include a pic of it too – to get a larger view, right click to open in a new window.) However, they decided to go with 4 similar logos from several people.
[Continue Reading...]Understanding Blog Spam And How Not Do It
I had the most interesting encounter in Reddit recently with a user who accused me of blog spam. Of course, having a slight understanding of what the term was, but not that it was a real term, I decided to do a little research. I know this might sound a bit know-it-all, but I am
[Continue Reading...]In The Case Your Favorite Internet Services Go Down…
No, you do not go and scream (well, that is a bit dramatic, but some people were a bit overkill in their reaction) on Twitter as if someone died and flood the social network streams like with the recent Gmail downtime. Rather than wonder and ask like TechCrunch’s post – Why Gmail Failed Today, there
[Continue Reading...]Applying Social Media and Social Bookmarking Effectively
The power of social media can be used in any case scenario for any type of blogger. Social media is getting your content out there to the public. Whether you are by yourself or represent a company, with or without a blog, your method of delivering your website to the masses is all about social
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