A couple of weeks ago Google announced that they are enabling Google+ comments in their blogging platform, Blogger. This is great news for those with a blog on Blogger, but what about us WordPress users? Well, devops extraordinare Brandon Holtsclaw has come to our rescue with Google+ Comments for WordPress. There have been a raft of Google+ Commenting plugins on WordPress.org, but ironically most... »
As predicted in my post yesterday were we announced that the Ghost blogging platform had started a new Kickstarter campaign; in just 24 hours they have already smashed their target of £25,000. So what’s next for Ghost? Taking Ghost to the next level… In a Kickstarter update to people who have pledged; Ghost creator, John O’Nolan gave a lot more information about what the stretch... »
Back in March I wrote an article that introduced a possible new player to the blogging world. But back then the Ghost blogging platform was nothing more than an idea to allow us bloggers to get back the pleasure of writing without the complicated overheads of running a mammoth like WordPress. Well, Ghost is set to become a reality… albeit with a little help from kickstarter. The Ghost bl... »
So, Ubuntu community manager and social guru Jono Bacon has come up with a theory he has dubbed Three Point Blogging, or TPB for short. The theory goes that most people will only take away three points from a presentation or article. So, keeping your articles to only three paragraphs (or three points) will help your readers consume your McNuggets of information easier. “Blogging has lost som... »
Over the course of the last 24 hours, internet security companies like Hostgator & CloudFlare have reported that there is a large scale, distributed WordPress botnet attack right across the internet. Looking at the reports from these companies, the WordPress botnet attack seems to be a simple dictionary brute-force attack that is aimed at the WordPress admin back-end. The aim is to gain access... »
WordPress is a great system, which is run on millions of sites across the globe. However, such massive popularity breeds security risks so securing your WordPress site is extremely important. Here are five of the best plugins to secure WordPress… Cloudflare Cloudflare is a double whammy, as not only does it help secure your WordPress site my monitoring the traffic that hits your site, learni... »
So you’ve got a blog. It’s near and dear to your heart. Maybe it’s about puppies, or gardening, or parenting or bird watching. Whatever the case, it takes time and effort to maintain, and there’s a good chance you’d like to earn some money from it, so you throw a few Google AdSense ads up and wait for the cash to start rolling in. And wait. And wait. And wait. “... »
WordPress 3.6 beta 1 has been released for the general public to test, and with the stable release due in the very near future it’s time for WordPress to showcase the new default Twenty Thirteen theme. It’s different this time… Previous versions of the default WordPress themes, such as Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve have been pretty bare bones, with not many features, and overa... »