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WordPress App For Nokia Symbian Phones

October 5, 2011 By Larry 2 Comments

I did not think that there would be a Wordpress App available for my Nokia Symbian phone. It goes without saying that anyone creating a mobile application for a cell phone, would do it for a Blackberry, iPhone, or Android.I have a Nokia 5230 mobile phone. It is a very nice phone, but it is a couple of years old now.When I started thinking about a WordPress App to update my blog, I did not think I would find one for a Symbian phone. I thought I would have to update my phone. A new phone … [Read more...]

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How To Install WordPress

December 31, 2010 By Larry Leave a Comment

One of the best blogging platforms out there, is Wordpress. It is by far the most popular blogging software available, and it is absolutely free. Wordpress comes in two versions. The wordpress.com version and the wordpress.org version.Wordpress.com is a hosted solution, which allows you to created a blog on a subdomain of wordpress.com.Wordpress.org is a downloaded version of the software and allows you to host your own blog on your own server.I highly recommend you choose the self … [Read more...]

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How To Make Your WordPress Blog Load Faster

December 28, 2010 By Larry Leave a Comment

One of the best things you can do to improve your WordPress blog is to optimize the page load speed. Web pages that load faster give a better user experience, and will improve your Search Engine Ranking Positions (SERPs).You can measure how long it takes your WordPress blog to load in a browser, by using the YSlow Firefox plugin.YSlow will tell you how long it takes a page to load. It will also grade your site and give it an overall performance sore.The YSlow report reminds me of a … [Read more...]

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How To Backup WordPress Using WinSCP

October 30, 2010 By Larry Leave a Comment

I am really focused on learning how to backup WordPress. Being able to easily backup my blog is very important to me. That's where I am at right now, and probably the main reason why I have not committed to the 30 posts in 30 days new blog rule. I am putting a lot of work into the design and function of my blog, and I want to make sure that I am ready for the day that I publish a post that gets me enough "Tweets" and "Diggs" to crash my server.A few weeks ago I wrote a post and created a … [Read more...]

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How To Backup Your WordPress Database

October 10, 2010 By Larry Leave a Comment

As a web designer and developer, I feel it is essential that I provide my clients with daily backups of their websites. Especially since I also provide their web hosting services for them.Now backing up the files, and backing up the database are not the same thing. The database is not included in your files. It resides on a separate location of the server and must be backed up separately. I had a customer who wanted me to move their existing WordPress Blog to my web hosting service, they … [Read more...]

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