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WordPress automatic Thumbnail issue with Hostgator

October 18, 2009

in wordpress troubleshooting

If you are hosted with Hostgator, you may have a problem with the automatic thumbnail generation feature that many WordPress themes provide. To solve this:
1. Login to your Hostgator control panel and contact Live Chat Support.
2. Ask the support technician to white list your thumbnail generation file for mod_security . You will need to [...]

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WordPress security

September 29, 2009

in General, wordpress performance

WordPress security tips:
* Keep your WordPress installation and plugins up-to-date always and immediately. Many attackers try to take advantage of loopholes in outdated software. So, do not hesitate to upgrade WordPress fearing it would break custom made themes and plugins. Security should be the top priority.
* Use a strong, unique and different password each for [...]

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WordPress Tips

April 28, 2009

in wordpress tips

WordPress tips which I personally found useful:
* Bulk delete spam comments
* Category feeds plugin for Feedburner
* How to fix if your stats plugin keeps showing zero visits?
* WordPress page specific header images
* To speed up WordPress, add the following to your wp-config.php:
// Enable the WordPress Object Cache:
define(ENABLE_CACHE, true);

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WordPress Troubleshooting

July 23, 2008

in wordpress troubleshooting

Whenever you have a problem with your WordPress blog,
0. Don’t Panic. So far as your WordPress database and wp-contents folder is fine, you are fine.
1. Switch to the default WordPress template and deactivate all plugins. If you are fine now, switch to another trouble free template or activate the plugins one by one to find [...]

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How to install a self-hosted Wordpress blog?

August 30, 2007

in wordpress tips

How to install a self-hosted Wordpress blog?
Many of my Tamil blogging friends have started moving to self-hosted WordPress blogs. Most of them think that they need to install / setup Wordpress manually. No need. Follow the steps below.
Installation
Control Panel -> Fantastico deluxe -> WordPress – New installation.
If you are going to have nothing but a [...]

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Blogger to WordPress converts – Beginner Questions

June 6, 2007

in wordpress

Where is my Dashboard?
See Site admin under Meta section in the right side bar of your WordPress blog.
Can I edit my WordPress theme?
If you have installed WordPress software in your own site, yes. If you are using WordPress.com then you need to pay 15 USD to edit your WordPress theme. Alternatively, you can choose from [...]

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