It’s NEVER a good idea to test new designs, programs and/or learn new stuff on a production website. This article describes how to create multiple virtual servers on a Windows 7 platform using XAMPP to create a perfect Linux/Apache like test bed.
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WordCamp Raleigh 2010, Liveblogging, Day 1, Morning Sessions
One advantage to living in the peak of good living, Apex, NC, is that I’m about a 15 to 20 minute drive from downtown Raleigh, the site of WordCamp Raleigh 2010 – where today I’ll put on my best effort to live blog about the various sessions and people I discover here.
I already know it’s [...]
Preparing your server for success
contingency planning, backups, bandwidth, analytics, Easter, volume
How to improve Wordpress widget SEO in 2 edits or less
How do you quickly change the default
tags to
on widget sidebar titles without hacking into the core WordPress engine? Glad you asked, as below I’m going to explain techniques I used at blogJordan.com that demonstrate how find what needs to be edited in your current theme, and them some approaches in how to make the edits – including a global search and replace for the brave.
How to use Google Moderator to crowdsource your questions (almost)
Crowdsourcing describes the act of outsourcing a task to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. Moderator is a new tool from Google that facilitates this practice by posing your question to the entirety a select portion of the Internet … almost.
What do I mean by almost? Glad [...]
FREE WordPress theme for churches
Tim Bednar is offering a free theme for WordPress that makes building, customizing and maintaining a ministry, para-church, nonprofit, political or small business web sites as easy as cake.
How to make ‘find -perm 777′ your first ssh security stop
Want to get hacked? It’s easy, just ‘chmod 777′ everything the next time you install a bbs or photo gallery application. Don’t want to get hacked? Read on and ‘find’ how hackers see, and exploit the unsecured areas of your system.
How to lovingly respond to Christian spam
Who knew joining a new church or Bible study could be so dangerous? That was my thought at my last church after I mistakenly shared my email with other members of the Sunday morning Bible study – as no sooner than I had gotten home I began to receive emails about how Madalyn Murray O’Hair is conspiring with aliens from the grave to take images of the Cross off the airwaves.
