Website Building Biz

A new version of Wordpress is out, and an upgrade should help you stay secure while also preventing potential problems with scheduled posts and events.

Wordpress 2.8.5 is out, and upgrading is the easiest way to keep your sites secure and running strong. Also, if you like trackbacks, you’ll like some of the bug fixes in this release.

If you’re trying to sign up for the forum, don’t sit around waiting for a confirmation email. The current server set up won’t ever actually send it For now, you’ll just have to wait and participate on the blog!

Theme options and functions can over-ride your site’s plugins. If it so happens that your dofollow plugin doesn’t work, these steps may help fix the blog comments to include or exclude the attributes you want to edit.

Although I was personally a big fan of the last theme here at WebsiteBuilding.biz, sometimes you have to trust the data more than your own opinions.

The use of 302 redirects by Wordpress can lead to undesirable search indexing consequences. Luckily, there’s an easy to use plugin that will immediately convert all redirects to 301 http header codes.

Are you thinking about building a website with Joomla? Think twice, and be sure to read this review of the CMS first.

Security issues and website suspensions can happen at the worst time – Especially if you leave the country for a week or more on vacation. Here’s my horror story and how I plan to relax next time I’m going on holiday.

I have added a Google search function for the site, so I am posting a walk-through tutorial chronically the process. Implementing a money-making on-site search engine might be easier than you think!

Another new template for WebsiteBuildingBiz – Why CMS templates make a fresh start so easy to accomplish and when you know you need a new look

Credits for the people who did the really hard work and a brief explanation of the steps I took to modify Defusion to this current form

Why have I set up Wordpress to organize posts by category? Why use a static front page? A little bit about the benefits and problems of this particular categorical organization

Adding a PHPBB3 forum to Websitebuilding.biz. A bit about the CMS and promoting a new community with incentives.

My favorite three Wordpress plugins – if you want to keep things simple, this is all you will ever need. Of course, there are thousands of other great addons for whatever kind of crazy website plans you can come up with!

Guide to installing Pligg on Dreamhost – anyone can set up this content management software with just following the directions on screen and a few clicks

Quite a few Pligg sites have been having a hard time – apparently its not just me. Make sure you know what goes into keeping Pligg running and secure

A website should provide a long term investment, but security vulnerabilities and a failure to upgrade software or backup data can lead to sudden and total loss

Here’s a list of software that can be quickly and easily installed on a Dreamhost shared hosting account. Read about the software’s capabilities and what types of websites you can build with them.

A guide to the “Advanced Mode” of Dreamhost’s one-click install. Don’t let the name scare you: There’s absolutely no programming or coding involved. In fact, you’ll just need to fill out one form with information that you mostly make up as you go along. The trick? Write it down and follow this picture-based guide!

Surviving the Digg effect by optimizing your CMS and website content. Tips to stay online with shared hosting with tons of traffic

Want to start a website that is easy to update, doesn’t require any coding or designing, and allows users to leave comments? I’ll show you how to do it in 10 minutes on Bluehost – no experience necessary!

Building websites isn’t restricted to hard-core college-trained computer programmers. These geniuses went one step better than building websites: They’ve built software that the rest of us can use to quickly and easily build websites of our own. For giving us would-be webmasters CMS, I say “Thank you!”