Secure your WordPress

WordPress is one of the most popular platforms for self-hosted blogs and websites. It’s what we use here at Mashable, and it’s a terrific tool. While WordPress is pretty secure out of the box, there are always going to be individuals who want to make trouble by finding a way to crack into accounts or […]

Web design User Interface Design Tips, Techniques, and Principles

User interface design important for several reasons. First of all the more intuitive the user interface the easier it is to use, and the easier it is to use and the less expensive to use it. The better the user interface the easier it is to train people to use it, reducing your training costs. […]

How Does WordPress Make Money?

wordpress blogsHow can a company like Automattic make money if they are giving away all their products (including WordPress) for free? Someone asked this question to WordPress founder Matt at WordCamp India and he surprised, at least some of us, by saying that Automattic is profitable.

Joomla Search Engine Optimization Tips for Webmasters

Joomla is one of the most commonly used CMS (content management systems) for websites. This is a short SEO guide for Joomla webmasters and users that explains how to deal with Joomla SEO problems and implement easy solutions.

Google Analytics “Visitor Counter” Badge for WordPress Blogs

You probably use the FeedBurner badge to show the count of your feed subscribers and Twitter badge to display the number of your followers on Twitter. Now there’s a new badge in town to display visitor data from Google Analytics onto your WordPress powered website. Called Google Analyticar, this plug-in uses the Google Analytics API […]

How to Avoid Spam Filters with PHP mail() Emails

Just about everyone who uses PHP has encountered the popular PHP mail() function which enables email to be sent from a server. This function is preferred to other methods of sending email, such as sending mail with SMTP Authentication, because its implementation is quick and easy. Unfortunately, when using the mail() function, your emails are […]

Create an Image Sitemap for your WordPress Blog

Unlike video content, Google crawlers can easily discover most images that are embedded in your web pages. However, if a page on your site has multiple images, Google may have a problem identifying which among them is the most relevant image for the content of that page.

The Best Mobile Plug-in for your WordPress Blog

If you looking to make your WordPress blog more mobile friendly, look no further than MobilePress – it’s a free WordPress plugin that instantly provides a great looking mobile version of your site.

Don’t Pay For Virus Protection, Get these Free Anti Virus Software

The computer security market is flooded with antivirus software that work but don’t come cheap. While viruses remain a threat to our precious data, you need not necessarily invest in expensive antivirus scanners – there are plenty of free options available that may give even some commercial vendors a run for their money.

WordPress Tips + Things You Can Do After Installing WordPress

The WordPress tips and few hacks mentioned below may only apply to a self-hosted installation of WordPress version 2.6 or above.

Check your Password Strength Online

Test your Password Strength Online Ever wonder how strong your password is? Just type your password in the input box of How Secure is my Password and this nifty little tool will tell you how long it would take for an average desktop computer to crack your password using the Brute Force method.

Make your Gmail to Clean your Inbox Automatically

Gmail has always had an excellent spam filter that keeps junk messages out of your Inbox. Then, earlier this week, Google added a reverse feature that is quite unique to Gmail – it’s called the Priority Inbox.

How to Install WordPress on your own Computer In 5 Minutes

You don’t have to be a geek to install WordPress on your own computer because the process is as simple as installing any other native Windows Application (e.g. Microsoft Office).

How to Migrate your Blog from WordPress.com to a Personal Domain

Move WordPress.com Blog to WordPress.orgThis guide is for bloggers who plan to move their site from wordpress.com to a personal web domain using the self-hosted version of WordPress blogging software (wordpress.org).

Migrate your Blogger to WordPress

The Goal: Your current blog at abc.blogspot.com is hosted on the Blogger platform but you now want to move this blog from Blogger to WordPress (self-hosted) with a personal domain name (say abc.com).

Useful CSS Snippets for Developers

CSS is no doubt up there with the most important web languages that we use. While html provides the structure it can be inconsistent and unpredictable across different new and old browsers. Css is where the html is styled though, and where we get creative as well as addressing those inconsistencies. Below is a fantastic list […]