I use Wordfence as a WordPress security solution. Even the free version has a comprehensive set of features, and the premium version is even better. It’s very easy to install and configure Wordfence as a regular plugin. However, the step to “Optimize the Wordfence firewall” fails for many people. This is not the fault of […]
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I’ve migrated my blog from GoDaddy to a paid plan with WordPress.com. I decided to trade flexibility for simplicity, since I don’t want to spend time fiddling around with the administration of this site. When I spend all day on IT, doing IT for a blog is no longer on my list of hobbies. With
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Short answer: not really! A few years ago, I was fascinated with the idea of microformats. The concept is to add structural data to common HTML tags so that certain types of data on a web page can be clearly identified. Adding structural information makes it easier to automate the parsing and indexing of web content. The original microformats
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I’m almost finished with a round of updates to the infrastructure of this site. I upgraded WordPress and changed my hosting from a friend’s virtual server to Linux hosting with GoDaddy.com. The price is right and so far the service has been great. I’ve used GoDaddy for domain name registration for many years. [ad#GoDaddy Hosting]
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I found two complementary plugins that enable me to put highlighted formatted code in a WordPress page or post. Here’s an example of what they do: Test successful! Note that Javascript must be enabled to see the highlighting. Get the plugins here: Visual Code Editor SyntaxHighlighter Plus
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