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Dec
12th

WordPress 2.7 Coltrane is Sexy

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Woke up this morning and saw that WordPress 2.7 stable release is available for download. I didn’t follow up during the development stage. Just by looking at the video below, one word in conclusion – SEXY!

It’s beautiful, fast and flexible! The best thing is – version 2.7 allows you to upgrade your WordPress blog with the one-click-upgrade feature, like what you have been doing while upgrading plugins in the previous version.

I’m going to upgrade all my blogs to WordPress 2.7 now.

Download the latest WordPress version here.

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Dec
7th

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow…

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It’s only 18 days before Christmas. Are you in the Christmas mood already? The streets is full of Christmas decoration. You can also setup the Christmas atmosphere in your blog!

This is a very simple plugin for all WordPress blogs! Unlike the traditional Javascript snowflake , all you need to do is:

  1. Download the Let It Snow plugin.
  2. Upload the let-it-snow folder and its contents to your blog’s plugin folder (wp-content/plugins).
  3. Activate this plugin and you’re done!

If you encounter any problems, click here for support.

If you are using Blogger (blogspot) classic template, perhaps you would like to read this for adding Javascript snowflake to your blog.

Let your blog snows, spread the Christmas feel and have a great holiday season. ^^

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Sep
2nd

Akismet is Not Enough, Get WP-SpamFree

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How do you prevent spam comments in your blog? In Blogspot.com, it seems like you have to moderate all comments manually. But in WordPress, the Akismet plugin is used to catch spams. If you are hosting your own WordPress blog, Akismet is also one essential plugin to be installed.

Although I have Akismet installed, I still can get a lot of spam comments which will be filed under “Akismet Spam” for further manual moderation. Although you can mark the comment as spam to let Akismet learns to identify more spams, it is still quite tiring if you have to moderate all spam comments that looks like this: [...more]

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Aug
9th

Uploading WordPress Theme

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FantasticoYou feel like getting your own domain, and you signup for a hosting plan. You want a WordPress blog but don’t know where to start. Now what? You can always download the latest WordPress release and upload to your host. And start to do the installation manually, just like how you setup a WordPress blog in your own local computer.

InstallatronMost hosting plans include a bundle of pre-install scripts in your control panel (eg. CPanel, DirectAdmin). There are several script library like Fantastico, Installatron, etc. (depends on your host provider). To make life easier, you can always install your WordPress blog via the script installer. Learn how to install WordPress using Fantastico. It’s more or less the same for other script installer.

Now you have WordPress installed, and you probably don’t want to stick to the default K2 theme, which looks so plain and not attractive. Although content is the king, first impression is also very important. What to do next? Search for your desire WordPress theme! There are plenty of free themes available. But please beware of free themes provided by less trustful source. (hacker can encrypt codes in the theme and easily access your blog.) [...more]

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Jul
15th

WordPress 2.6: Are You Ready?

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After 3 months plus of the release of WordPress 2.5, today WordPress 2.6 is made available! There are several new features being introduced in this new version and it is recommended for this upgrade because it fixes approximately 194 bugs.

Check out the following short clip for a preview of WordPress 2.6.

Are you a WordPress user? Will you update to WordPress 2.6? Find out more about WordPress 2.6 here.

New to WordPress? Find out how to upgrade your own WordPress blog.

Download WordPress 2.6 now.

I’ll be upgrading this blog shortly after. :)

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