Now that DragonBlogger.com has a very large post width area I was embedding larger YouTube video sizes into the WordPress posts but found that the embedded YouTube videos were too low resolution and required the viewer to manually click on the gear icon and switch the resolution to 720p or 1080p to get the best experience from the video. Video Tutorial on how to Embed HD YouTube Video in WordPress When you use WordPress to … Read more
I am one of those bloggers who rarely pay for plugins or themes unless there is no free plugins out there that can achieve the same features and functionality. I would even combine 2 or 3 plugins to achieve the same functionality but when a premium plugin comes along and has the functionality of 5,6 or 7 free plugins then it is something I think worth taking a seriously good look at. SEOPressor V5 was … Read more
A VPS is a virtual private server with root access on which you can run any OS of your choice at time of purchase and setup. This means that you can run a web server, a mail server, a private proxy or anything you want on that OS too. You will have a virtual container running in a data center and you can run any applications you want on it for the most part. What … Read more
The .htaccess file is the standardized Apache specific configuration file and is leveraged by most hosting providers that support WordPress blogs. Unless you are running on a Windows hosted environment with IIS servers and therefore you wouldn’t have a .htaccess file chances are your WordPress blog is using a .htaccess file to handle everything from how the site content is structured, URL’s are rewritten to any custom redirects you may have put in or leveraged … Read more
Yesterday, Incapsula made their Backdoor Protect feature open up to public beta. This feature adds an additional layer of protection for your site by performing on-execution request monitoring and combining it with HTTP signature detection methods to detect any inappropriate shell environments that may be opening and being used on your web host. If a backdoor is detected by Incapsula Backdoor Protect it will notify the admin and send a preview link identifying the file … Read more
After troubleshooting for several hours earlier today I was getting 500 errors when trying to publish to my WordPress blog via Live Writer or Word 2010. Would get a standard WordPress xmlrpc 500 error trying to hit xmlrpc.php but the thing was I can hit the page directly and it was working for my other blogs which were upgraded to WordPress 3.5.1 the same day. Naturally whenever you are troubleshooting a WordPress problem the first … Read more
I have had most of my blogs protected by Incapsula for the past several weeks and have seen improvement in both performance, reduced downtime and benefited from the increased security of using Incapsula to protect my sites over the past few weeks. What is Incapsula Incapsula is a web application firewall, CDN and website optimizer all rolled into one package. It is a cloud based service that sits in front of your websites or blogs, … Read more
Many bloggers especially have asked when were were going to do another web hosting giveaway so it was a great time for our friends over at UKHosting.com to reach out to us and say they wanted to showcase their hosting offering to our readers and kick it off with a great web hosting giveaway contest. This giveaway which ends on November 30th, 2012 includes the following: 1 (1 year web hosting account with CPanel + … Read more
How do you find related images for your articles? Google is definitely the easiest option available but it may put your blog in danger if a scenario regarding the violation of copyrighted images occurs. You may think it doesn’t happen so often but there are chances of getting into trouble by using such copyrighted images you find from images.google.com. I’ve better option for you if fellow bloggers don’t want to get into trouble, this option … Read more
After reading about @ileane having her blog iframed by other blogs which can lead to not only your content being read and used on another site, but your Google banner ads displayed on another site and a violation of AdSense ToS which does not allow AdSense ads to be displayed via an iFrame. This could risk in an account ban. So I decided to test out the WP No Frames plugin after I saw it … Read more
Configuring and using MaxBlogPress Bring My Visitors Back to help protect your RSS content from being stolen without permission and add social sharing.
I have seen and learned about the WP Filter Post Category which has the neat capability of restricting which category of posts can show up in your homepage “while_post” loop call. This is ideal for blogs where you may not want to have a certain category show up on your homepage main content area because you have a separate featured article section. This plugin is mostly for themes that don’t support the functionality to separate … Read more
Are you looking for a modern, professional and new WordPress theme but strapped on cash at the moment? Dragonblogger.com and WPlook have joined together to provide an excellent opportunity to win 3 premium WordPress themes for free. You need just to participate in the contest and you could be among those lucky winners. Some Themes You Could Win: Delicacy An elegant and attractive WordPress Theme Delicacy is perfectly suited for companies in the food industry. … Read more
In my previous article about Security Tips for WordPress, I specified that changing the default username (admin) is really necessary for security reasons. As you know, your default WordPress username once chosen, cannot be changed from the Dashboard by default without a plugin. But we could easily change it from phpMyAdmin which is the interface to your blog’s SQL database. Below are the steps to change the default (admin) WordPress username: Changing Default WordPress Admin … Read more
All blog owners want to secure their blog from hackers. The worst nightmare for any blogger is getting his/her blog hacked by someone. WordPress is one of the most used CMS, so it is a prime target for hackers. Hackers will delete the files and database of your site and steal personal information. So, we need to take some security measures to keep our WordPress blog safe from hackers. Below are some tips which can … Read more
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