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jbhabs
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#21 · Posted: 17 Mar 2011 13:50
Vishal, I agree but also beware of the spam comments... My news site is packed daily with them. I have had my share of problems with certain themes giving very vague instructions for tweaking them. It's like the programmer thinks - everybody understand his language of work. Get a theme which has detailed, clear and concise instructions on how to insert simple things or change simple stuff which will embellish your webpage.
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Vishal P. Rao
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#22 · Posted: 17 Mar 2011 22:39
jbhabs: Vishal, I agree but also beware of the spam comments... My news site is packed daily with them.
I do hope you have Akismet installed. It does an extremely good job of preventing spam on my blogs. However, you have to occasionally check the spam queue as I have observed instances of some good comments being marked as spam. But it never had been other way around.
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taz87
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#23 · Posted: 18 Mar 2011 08:08
Vishal,
I have installed Akismet in my newly created wordpress blog. I am a wordpress novice but I am loving it big time so far!
I don't know how to make the plugins like akismet work yet but I am stumbling and learning by trial and error right now.
Taz
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taz87
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#24 · Posted: 19 Mar 2011 12:30
Yea, I am playing with it right now...maybe i will even buy socrates later. Learning comes first.
Taz
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Dragon
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#25 · Posted: 23 Mar 2011 14:52
I use Wordpress for one of my sites and find it very good. I used Wordpress previously for another site which went blank for some reason and I lost a lot of information as I did not have an up to date backup so make sure you do backups.
There are lots of different plug ins and themes you can choose which is big bonus although as it is constantly evolving you can have problems when a plug-in no longer works with a newer version of Wordpress.
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Just2EZ
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#26 · Posted: 23 Mar 2011 15:38
Dragon: went blank for some reason
That is usually caused by a bad plug in and does not lose your database.
All you need to do is FTP into the site's plugin folder and delete the offender.
If you don't now which plug in it is, just rename the plug in folder instead.
Then your WP site should come back up and you can log in to fix the plug ins.
Ironically, the last plug in to do that to me was WPBackUp!
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simpleflair
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#27 · Posted: 25 Apr 2011 20:30
I used to blog on blogger.com platform but it was very limited with the customization. Ever since switching over to WP a year ago, I've been able to add numerous plug-ins and add more customization to the sites.
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Just2EZ
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#28 · Posted: 25 Apr 2011 21:31
Just2EZ: If you don't now which plug in it is, just rename the plug in folder instead.
Oops, Know, not "now". Besides that I should elaborate on the fix.
2 ways to go, both the process of elimination.
You can just delete plugins one at a time till you can log in, or.
Rename your "plugins" folder "pluginsbad" and create a new "plugins" folder.
That will get your site up and running again but without any plugins active.
Then move the old plugins to the new folder one at a time till it kills your site.
Either way only takes few minutes with 2 dozen plugins.
OR, google "bad WP plugin" and sort by "most recent" to find out what broke lately.
Sometimes there will be an answer just waiting for you at the top.
BTW> I use FileZilla for FTP, fast and free works for me
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katereber
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#29 · Posted: 10 May 2011 08:24
Just2EZ: Oops, Know, not "now". Besides that I should elaborate on the fix. 2 ways to go, both the process of elimination. You can just delete plugins one at a time till you can log in, or. Rename your "plugins" folder "pluginsbad" and create a new "plugins" folder. That will get your site up and running again but without any plugins active. Then move the old plugins to the new folder one at a time till it kills your site. Either way only takes few minutes with 2 dozen plugins. OR, google "bad WP plugin" and sort by "most recent" to find out what broke lately. Sometimes there will be an answer just waiting for you at the top. BTW> I use FileZilla for FTP, fast and free works for me
Great post, you really kind person.. You share your ideas and knowledge to other member.
You rock, such a useful and helpful tips.
Good day! 
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PatriciaStewart
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#30 · Posted: 13 May 2011 20:56
Use Wordpress too, it is easy to install with Fantatisco, SEO friendly , Rich Plug-ins and Design.
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#31 · Posted: 13 Apr 2012 23:50
I read somewhere more than 50% of blogs online are powered by wordpress.
Wordpress rocking the web 3.0 world...
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homesjobsneeded
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#32 · Posted: 21 Apr 2012 22:48
I use them not only for my sites but for clients sites. You can use them as a normal website as a CMS. It is a simple solution for those who want a dynamic site but don't want to spend 3-5k. It is a lot better than coding this stuff yourself like I had to in early 2000s. That is a nightmare. Unfortunately though companies like WordPress have made development so easy that is harder to do custom sites anymore for a good price.
But yes self-hosted Wordpress sites are the way to go. I recently used one for a state university that does all their testing and etc for a department of theirs. They are very happy and paid a lot less than the horrible wreck they had before.
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