That dreaded time in a DIY webmaster’s life is back. It’s time to do an upgrade !straight! WordPress 2.3 “Dexter” has been released. In a nutshell Upgrading WordPress is fairly simple. Just delete your current files – AFTER you have made a backup that is – then upload the new files. Upload your backed up [...]
Backing Up Your Web Sites – Part 2
In the first part of this series, we discussed what to consider when preparing a website survival plan, just in case a disaster were to strike. In this part, we’ll cover the minimum that you need to backup as part of that preparation. Web pages Well, the obvious would be your web pages. Without any [...]
Tips on Basic Website Improvements
Small changes to a website can often result in big changes in your ROI (return on investment). Check out how the following examples can make a big difference in your traffic, clicks and sales. Simple Site, Tight Focus Your site needs to load fast. So don’t add large image and other files that cause your [...]
Backing Up Your Web sites – Part 1
Natural and unnatural or man-made disasters happen every day, around the clock, somewhere. They can come in the forms of hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, flooding, fire, power surges and failure, destructive computer attacks and viruses / bugs, etc. And regardless of the cause, the results can be the same – devastating. In the online world, this [...]
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Reducing SPAM with GMail
Ever since Gmail launched, I’ve been tempted to sign up for an account. I keep getting more and more invitations from both friends and subscribers but I already have so many email addresses as it is. I don’t really need another one. A few months back though, I noticed that I was getting more and [...]
