Recently, I discussed few steps to improve performance and decrease bandwidth. With Google now using page speed to rank pages in their search results it is all the more important to take care of loose ends that adversely affect your search engine optimization. Pingdom and GTMetrix are two tools that … read more
I regularly backup my WordPress files and the MySQL database on my internal network. While this is safe, what about emergencies where I lose my server and my backup drive? This though drove me to come up with a online WordPress backup solution. One of the first online storage service … read more
With the availability of low cost WordPress hosting, numerous WordPress blogs have sprung up in the recent years. StudioPress’s Genesis Theme Framework offer some of the professionally designed WordPress themes and templates. I wanted to change the header section title to an image logo on one of my StudioPress sites. … read more
Recently, sneaky developers have incorporated stealthy methods (example: AirPush) into android apps to display ads in android devices. Since last week I started receiving ads and spams through android push notification. I also started noticing android mobile ads in the homescreen as icon, which when clicked opens an ad in … read more
WordPress login page comes with a default WordPress logo that points to “wordpress.org” and the alt text says “Powered by WordPress”. While I am grateful to WordPress, I would like my visitors/registered users to be able to identify my blog easily. The fact that you are reading this shows that … read more
When it comes to user permission even a system administrator sometimes gets confused. No matter what linux training or administration training courses one has had one mistake and sever management can become a hell. Same holds true even for a Linux user at home. One has to be extremely careful … read more
I recently had to move WordPress blog from my old domain to my new domain (in other words my URL changed). I had a tough time updating all the existing links. Therefore, I decided to document the process in order to make future changes easy and to let other knows … read more
As a WordPress blog gains more visibility and followers, the load on the server increases and so does the bandwidth. If you are running a low power server that is not designed to handle the load or you are behind a network and have to watch your bandwidth then this … read more
What is Permalinks? WordPress defines permalinks as “Permalinks are the permanent URLs to your individual weblog posts, as well as categories and other lists of weblog postings. A permalink is what another weblogger will use to link to your article (or section), or how you might send a link to … read more