Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Protect Your WordPress Blog from Brute Attacks Using Simple Plug-In

Limit-Login-AttemptsThere’s been a flood of attacks on WordPress sites recently (what else is new, huh?!) that you do not want to be a victim of.  Fortunately, there are a couple simple actions you can take immediately to greatly reduce your odds of being hit.

One is to install a Free Wordpress Plug-In called Limit Login Attempts.   It takes less than… Continue reading

Making It Easy to Subscribe to Your Blog with RSS

 

Just a really, really simple tip about something I discovered this weekend while updating my blog with my new wordpress theme.  It’s such a simple thing, I can’t believe I actually missed it.  Nevertheless, I thought I would share in case anyone else didn’t know about it either.  It’s with my RSS (Really Simple Syndication).  I created my RSS feed with feedburner.google.com a long time ago… Continue reading

WordPress Security Breach – Is Your Blog Protected?

Just one of the many benefits of being a member of the TSA Mastery community is being partnered with such wonderful and helpful leaders such as Kimberly Castleberry from Just-Ask-Kim.com. On her blog, Kimberly keeps you updated on the latest changes

Create A WIN-WIN For Your Blog Commenters

Do you want a blog that rewards your readers for commenting and engaging in the community?  Then why not transform your Blog from a NOFollow Blog to a DOFollow Blog.

Don’t fully understand the differences and the benefits?  Well,  Heather Stevens of

Write Better Blog Posts

I was reading a blog post the other day that had a wealth of really, really, REALLY (did I say, “really”?! LOL) great information – many tips and tricks that I plan on implementing over time.  However, there was just too much there that it actually ‘wore me out’ just

How To Set Up A WordPress Blog

So, you’re ready to create a self-hosted wordpress blog but you don’t know where to start.  Yes, it can be very intimidating and at first you will feel like you’re all thumbs but the best thing to do is just get started.  Over time, things will eventually fall into place.

Format Your New Blog’s Permalinks

When setting up your wordpress blog, you will keep most of the default settings ‘as-is’ but there is one that you definitely want to change and that’s your permalinks.

When I first set up my blog, I wasn’t aware of this until a few weeks into it so thought I would put together a quick demo on how to format

My Top 10 Favorite WordPress Plug-ins

Wordpress.org is really the preferred blogging platform because you host your site and have complete control.  When you first install Wordpress.org, it comes as a blank slate so you are responsible for adding all the different plug-ins that add the various features and functionality onto your blog.  While, researching and playing with the various plug-ins is definitely a lot of fun, it’s also quite a bit of work