Here’s your BTB assignment for the weekend: protect your WordPress blog from hackers! Don’t think your blog could ever get hacked? Uh…why on earth would you wait to find out?? One easy way to protect your blog is to not log in as “admin.” Even if you have a nickname for your admin account, simply [...]
As most of you know, I’m one of two Hollaback bloggers whose blog is powered by Tumblr (holla, Johana!). I’ve been on Tumblr from day one, and even though there are times when I grit my teeth and WISH I had started on WordPress, I’m ultimately glad I chose Tumblr. But even if you use [...]
I just wanted to share one quick thing you can do today — right now! — for your weekly BTB time. Today’s assignment: get a Gravatar. Most WordPress blogs are Gravatar-enabled. That’s why comments show up with pictures. Do you have one? If you don’t, it means you have a gray square for a face. [...]
Blogging terminology is one of those things that I’ve picked up along the way but wish I would have known when I started blogging three years ago. Back then, I didn’t know the first thing about blogging and couldn’t tell you the difference between a widget and a URL. I’ve come a long way since [...]