So you have WordPress installed and now you are ready to install a theme to give your blog/site the look you want.For most people, this involves using a theme that was purchased or using a free theme that they found on the Internet.But these don’t have to be the only two options you have to choose from.A developer with some skill in CSS and HTML can easily create their own WordPress themes to give their site the ability to provide a unique experience for their visitors. This tutorial will walk you through the steps of creating your own theme.
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How to Secure WordPress Part 2 – The Plugins
Having worked with a company that deals with web application firewalls, I can tell you from firsthand experience that these are by far one of the best security tools you can use to protect against vulnerabilities in web applications like SQL injections, cross-site scripting and PHP injections.
How to Secure WordPress Part 1 – The Basics
WordPress is easily one of the most popular web applications in use, and that makes it quite a target for malicious hackers using PHP injections, SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting and many others to compromise blogs that are not secure.You see, WordPress made its bones on how easy it is to install and use. Users quickly get hung up on finding, or designing, the right template for the blog’s UI and activating all the plug-ins needed to enhance the site’s functionality. Unfortunately not many people give securing WordPress a second thought.
Why you have a broken blog and how to fix it
You have a broken blog. In fact it is not just your blog. Its pretty much every blog out there. The problem is that blogs are fundamentally flawed. Blogs are great if you use them for their original purpose. However, we often use them for a lot more than a chronological series of posts that have a short shelf life.
10+ WordPress comment management plugins
We’ve covered advanced commenting systems for WordPress before, but what about those bloggers who want to use the stock WordPress commenting system?Not everyone wants to manage a third-party comment system. And those are the users who will find the comment plugins below really useful.