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Make Your WordPress Install More Secure

On October 30, 2014 I appeared with an awesome cast of colleagues on GoDaddy’s “The Campfire” Hangout (webcast). My friend Mendel (GoDaddy Evangelist) asked me to come on to talk about “Protect Your Site: Security Tips For WordPress”. I presented some material which you can watch in the video version (above, YouTube or here). Below is the abbreviated […]

WordPress Meetup (& Google Hangout) with WordPress Theme Developer Konstantin Obenland

At this week's Creative Corridor WordPress Meetup on April 16, 2014 at 5:15PM Central, the third in our so far popular series, we have a special treat. Christoph Trappe, the Meetup's co-founder, met one of WordPress's default theme developers, Konstantin Obenland, at WordCamp St. Louis 2014. When the March Meetup discussed ideas for discussion for [...]

Make Your WordPress Install 
More Secure: Slide Edition

I wrote a well received article regarding "Make Your WordPress Install 
More Secure" early this year, but last week I revisited the topic with the local WordPress Meetup group I helped to co-found. I thought some might find it useful in this format. Enjoy and let me know if you have questions! Make Your WordPress [...]

Join me for Taking The Leap & WordPress Security talks this Wednesday!

On March 26, 2014 I'll be presenting two - yes count them two -  free talks sharing a bit of my knowledge on entrepreneurialism and web development.  You still have time to join me and my fellow Creative Corridorians at the events (see signups/info below). Vault Startup School: Lunch w/ Joshua McNary [Beta]: Take the Leap, [...]

Inserting Images [& Media] into WordPress Posts/Pages (Video Tip)

Adding media, such as inserting images, into WordPress is pretty easy, but some folks need some guidance the first time they attempt to do so.  This video should help get you on the right track. Hopefully you'll find this video helpful if you are new to WordPress and want to "see" how to insert media. The [...]

Updating Your WordPress Installation (Video Tip)

Updating your WordPress installation is an important task to complete regularly to make sure your site is secure and working well for your visitors.  In this quick video above (or here) tip you can learn the basics as to how to update your WordPress Core, Plugin, and Theme files and get  some tips as to how [...]

Basic Theme Customization in WordPress (Video Tip)

WordPress has a nice builtin tool which allows even novice users to quickly customize the default (and select other) themes right from the friendly WordPress admin interface.  See the video above (or here) for a quick course on how you can use this feature to complete basic theme customization as soon as you install WordPress. What [...]

Watch me on “Meet the Meetups: Creative Corridor WordPress Group” via WeCreateHere.net

The good folks over at WeCreateHere.net (a project of The Gazette) asked to highlight on video last week's first Creative Corridor WordPress meetup, started by yours truly and my pal Christoph Trappe.  Sarah Binder, their "New Ventures" specialist both attended the session and took some video.  Check it out above or via YouTube. In the video you'll [...]

Make Your WordPress Install More Secure

Image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/nbachiyski/2536017020/sizes/o/ Since WordPress is the world’s most popular website/blogging platform, I am often confronted with the question of security.  I use it for many of my projects.  While WordPress has improved in this area over the years, it is still a big target to any nefarious actors out there looking to ruin your [...]