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Add Ratings To Your Blog Posts for Instant Feedback from Readers

Blogs that are on Blogger, WordPress or TypePad can now add the wonderful outbrain star ratings widget to their blog posts. This ratings widget has been under a closed beta for some time but they finally made a public release today.

How to Write an IE Web Slice for WordPress Blogs

Web Slices are perhaps one of the coolest features in Windows Internet Explorer 8. Some people might find them similar to the Live Bookmarks feature of Firefox but in reality, IE 8 Web Slices can do much more than track simple RSS feeds.

40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks

Have you ever came across a WordPress blog, saw something you liked, and questions like ‘how they did that‘, ‘is that a plugin or hack?‘, ‘where can I get those cool mods‘ begin to pop? Well, it’s really pretty normal because most of us did the same thing. For this article we’ve spent time with […]

How to recover your admin password

The passwords are stored using a one-way MD5 hash which prevents recovering the existing password, but you can reset it to a new password by editing the password field in the database.

Using and hiding phpinfo (with or without Joomla)

phpinfo is a valuable command that can allow you to find errors and learn more about your server. Don’t share it with everybody on the internet.

View module positions on a Joomla site with ?tp=1

So, you have a Joomla site, but you can’t seem to figure out what position a module is situated into on your site.

30+ (More) Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks and Hacks

Most of the WordPress blogs look more or less similar these days, to stand uniquely out from the rest, you have got to tweak it. And by tweaking, we mean really getting your hands dirty down on the blog theme and PHP codes. We’ve previously showcased more than 40 WordPress tricks and hacks you can […]

WordPress Tips to Make Your Blog Look Like a Website (for Beginners)

Whatever industry you happen to be in, you want to stand out from the crowd and be unique, and not give the impression that your online presence is just a slightly modified cut and paste job. Of course, if you’re depending on a pre-built content management framework like WordPress for the core of your blog […]

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.