WordPress 3.0 – Should You Switch Now?
By · CommentsSince I made my post yesterday I’ve already had quite a few people ask me if they should switch to the new version. Here’s my take on it…
If you don’t have to, I’d wait a least a few days or a couple of weeks. It’s been in Beta, so most of the kinks are worked out, but with such a major release you may want to check your theme developer site to make sure it’s been tested. Your Plugins may not work with the version yet either.
I did get a message from iThemes saying:
“For many months now, we have tested all of our themes and PluginBuddy has
tested its plugins with the development versions of 3.0. We are pleased to
announce that all of our themes and of the PluginBuddy plugins work
properly with the new 3.0 release.”
Unless you like checking out what’s new I’d wait. Sometimes WordPress comes out with an update soon after a major release.
If you do want to upgrade now, make sure you backup your site in case there is any incompatibility. iThemes new plugin “Backup Buddy” is one way to ensure you have a reliable copy of your site.
Hopefully I’ll have time this weekend to play with all the new features and report back to you!
New WordPress 3.0 Changes
By · CommentsWordPress.org has debuted the new WordPress 3.0. I’ve already upgraded this blog to check it out and will be posting the changes soon, but I wanted to show you the WordPress Video about the changes & differences of WordPress 3.0.
WordPress Plug-in For Youtube – Smart Youtube
By · CommentsThe benefit of wordpress is not having to deal with html and php code. But if you wanted to embed a youtube code in WordPress you would have to switch to the html mode and insert code you copy from Youtube.
With the Smart Youtube Plug-in you don’t have to do that anymore. Just copy the address of the video, ad a “V” into the address (httpv://) and you are done! I’ve made a video for you that shows you how to use it!
Keyword Hyperlink In WordPress
By · CommentsHow to make a keyword hyperlink in your WordPress Blog Post.
(I.E.- Here is a link to a post about adding Paypal Buttons to a WordPress Post.)
WordPress Plugin: Google PageRank Tool
By · CommentsI just found a cool wordpress plug-in today. What a great resource for WordPress Webmasters and those that use WordPress for their business.
This plugin is the Google PageRank Tool. When you upload the plug-in into your wordpress admin it will give you google pagerank results in the posts and pages management sections. This way you can get an overall snapshot of each page and you can figure out which posts or pages to give more attention to so they can climb in the rankings.
I think this would be a great plug-in for those that work on other people websites since they would be able to keep tabs on the progess of the individual pages.
Upgrade Your WordPress Sites Now to Avoid Losing It All
By · CommentsSome people have nothing better to do than ruin your day, hence the development of computer viruses and website hacking “worms”. There is a “worm” that is going around right now that attacks and corrupts older versions of WordPress blogs.
The simple solution is to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress, but before you do, spend a few minutes to backup your database. Now that sounds complicated and if you’re anything like me you are going to procrastinate backing up because it sounds like a lot of trouble, but it’s really not!
Just go to “install plugins” and search for the WordPress Database Backup plugin (wp-db-backup) and install it. If you have an older version of wordPress that requires manual plugin installs you can find the plugin here:
http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup
Set the backup to be emailed you and go ahead and perform the backup! It literally only took me a minute. (For blogs with lots of posts it may take longer, but it’s all automatic.) I found this plugin in a newsletter from PotPieGirl. After her blog was hacked she was able to save her blog from destruction by using the files this plugin creates. Then she was kind enough to share her solution with her readers.
Now you’re ready to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress!
At the top of your admin panel you should have a box that says: WordPress 2.8.4 is available! Please update now. Click the link to upgrade and follow the instructions. It’s as simple as that!
If you have an older version of WordPress that requires manual upgrades, just go download the automatic upgrade plugin located here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/
That’s it…you’re done. You thought it would be harder than that? With the new versions of WordPress they make all the mundane tasks that used to take forever SO MUCH EASIER!
Backup & upgrade today to protect your hard work & your peace of mind!
Privacy Settings for WordPress 2.8.4
By · CommentsI wanted to give everyone who is setting up new WordPress sites using WordPress 2.8.4 a heads up! I have uploaded two WordPress Sites using Fantastico for clients in the last week and noticed that the default privacy setting is now set to hide your site from search engines. I almost didn’t catch it, but I was showing someone how to use WordPress and she asked me if the setting needed to be changed!
New WordPress Privacy Settings Default
YOU BET I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE SWITCH. I thought maybe I must have clicked the wrong button, but NO! I just set up another site tonight and the same thing happened! I’m not sure at which update the change happened but you can be sure I’m going back to check all my WordPress sites!
Goes to show you sometimes WordPress takes a step back when updating! Leave me a comment to let me know if you are seeing the same thing, or if my upload settings were just aberrations!
ACTION ITEM: Check All Your WordPress Privacy Settings!
What is WordPress?
By · Comments- Definition of WordPress from WordPress.org: “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”
- Definition of WordPress from Wikipedia.com: “WordPress is a free and open source blog publishing application and Content Management System.”
- Definition of WordPress from WP-ologist.com: “WordPress is an easy to use system that allows non-techy people access to the internet to promote their business, cause, hobby or even themselves without having to pay an arm & a leg for a “web designer. “
A few of years ago I was struggling along making my own business website. I couldn’t afford a web designer and so I thought the way to get a website was to learn how to do it myself. I struggled with html and css and received an old copy of Dreamweaver to use to put up my website. It worked well, but there were always glitches and It took me a long time to do.
After about a year my brother said “why don’t you try using WordPress to make a blog?”
My answer to him was “my brain is so full I don’t think I can learn ANOTHER thing.”
SO… I left it on the back burner for awhile.
I had so many other ideas I just wanted to test and didn’t want to have so set up new static website to do it that I finally started looking a WordPress as an option. This was about two years ago and this was also when some great new premium WordPress themes “WordPress templates” were being made. Their were theme options that ltterally allowed me to put up a site and instead of it looking like a blog it would actually look like a “REAL” website. This was exactly what I wanted and my love affair with WordPress had finally begun… 
