In this ongoing series called Blog Exercises, let’s tackle your UFOs. In quilting and sewing, UFO stands for Unfinished Objects. We all have them, in our work, our personal lives, and on our blog. Do you have a to do list hanging around your desk or locked in your phone regarding your blog? It’s time […]
In 2006, the First Annual CSS Naked Day was held, a tribute to honor web designers, the painters of our websites. I celebrate the holiday most years on this site. Every year on April 9, web developers, designers, and those honoring web design and programming celebrate by removing the styles on our sites for 24 […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Announcements, Blogging, Web Browsers, Web Design, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: annual event, css, css naked day, css naked day instructions, how to turn off the css, html, WordPress News |
The word login is a strange word with an odd spelling, yet it is the gateway to our online world. We have to login to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, email, even our computers now require logins for security purposes. WordPress also has a login – many, in fact. Today’s assignment and tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips
| Tags: access, learn wordpress, log in, login, login link, wordpress access, wordpress guide, wordpress help, wordpress login, wordpress login link, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
January 16, 2015 – 1:18 pm
Are you ready to join Lorelle’s WordPress School? Let’s get going. Here is what you need to know. To participate, you need the following: A free WordPress.com site or other test site for experimentation Join and participate in the WordPress School Google+ Community Do the assignments and tasks associated with each lesson Comment on the […]
September 25, 2014 – 2:57 pm
We received a new credit card in the mail today to replace our old one AGAIN. An “unsuccessful attempt” to access our secure security data happened and this is a precaution the bank is taking to protect us. I have no other information so I’m left wondering. Yesterday I received an email supposedly from Home […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips
| Tags: credit card security, data security, hacked, hacking, identity theft, malware, personal security, privacy, risk, security, security vulnerability, vulnerabilities, wordpress, WordPress News, wordpress security, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips |
A milestone in personal rights seemed to have been achieved recently when US basketball player, Jason Collins declared publicly he was gay, hopefully setting an example for others that it is now “safe” to come out of the closet. The news in and around his announcement has me thinking about heroes, mentors, and risk-takers, those […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: audience, blog exercises, blogging tips, dreams, example, hero, heroes, inspiration, inspire, lead by example, leader, leadership, mentor, mission, motivate, motivation, purpose, reputation |
It’s hard to believe that I’ve learned much from comment spammers over the years. I’ve learned that they are among the most hated folks in the world, yet you have to respect them as well. As I look back on ten years of blogging with WordPress on this 10th Anniversary year, I realized that comment […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips
| Tags: akismet, blogging tips, comment spam, comment spam prevention, comments, endurance, evil, hacked, hacking, how to blog, persistence, security, security vulnerability, spam, spammers, vulnerability |
My mother emailed me and asked if WordPress was under attack. With all the news of last week’s attack of the Boston Marathon, the attacks on WordPress and other PHP-based web publishing sites was low on the priority list for myself and others, but this is something to take seriously. As we get back to […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, WordPressDotCom
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As I look back on the ten years of WordPress, there is a dark side to blogging. While many blamed WordPress for the evil, like guns, WordPress doesn’t cause evil, people cause evil. In fact, WordPress, Automattic, and the WordPress Community has fought longer and harder against the evil doers in the world than most […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips, WordPressDotCom
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September 19, 2012 – 11:18 am
Recently, DuckDuckGo has been turning up in my referrers list. Curious about the name, and thinking it was a spam site, DuckDuckGo needed investigation. Seems I’ve been missing out on what could be the major competition to Google as a search engine. Here is a quick summary of what I learned about DuckDuckGo. It is […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, Blogging News, Web Browsers, Web Wise
| Tags: analytics, anonymous, browser add-on, browser plugin, browsers, dnt, do not track, duckduckgo, filter bubble, google, google search, legal, mobile apps, pagerank, policies, privacy, privacy statement, privacy violation, search directory, search engine, security, seo, serp, tracking, web analytics, web browsers |
August 26, 2012 – 10:04 pm
It is an old song. I’ve sung it for years. UPDATE WORDPRESS NOW! Reuters was hacked recently and many blame WordPress, though most honest reporters are quick to state that it is the webmaster/site owners fault for not updating. Seems they were running a version from over a year ago. According to PC Magazine’s Security […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips
| Tags: hacked, hacking, malware, security, security vulnerability, update wordpress, upgrade wordpress, viruses, vulnerability, wordpress, wordpress hacks, WordPress News, wordpress security, WordPress Tips, wordpress update, wordpress upgrade |
August 24, 2012 – 6:48 pm
At the recent WordCamp Portland 2012, I was asked by several attendees to cover the basics of WordPress and we came up with What You Most Need to Know About WordPress. Here are the “notes” from that unconference presentation. The Difference Between Categories and Tags I hear this question at WordCamps, from readers, students, and […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in blogging tips, WordCamps, WordPress, WordPress Events, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips, Writing
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WordPress 3.4 is out, named “Green” in honor of jazz guitarist and composer Grant Green. Green is a great nickname for this hot release of WordPress, bringing with it some excellent new features and improvements. As with all WordPress upgrades, it is recommended you backup your full WordPress site, database and all files, before upgrading. […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips
| Tags: how to use wordpress, upgrade wordpress, wordpress, wordpress 3.4, wordpress help, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, wordpress trac, wordpress tutorials, wordpress updates, wordpress upgrades, wordpress versions |
April 26, 2012 – 12:01 pm
As part of my project to bring WordPress into colleges nationally, I did a quick survey of how many books have been published about WordPress. I was asked by several major publishers to publish the first book in English on WordPress but had to decline due to my traveling schedule and work load, so it’s […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips
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January 11, 2012 – 7:45 pm
As I prepared my annual public “Happy Birthday, Matt” post for Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress (with a lot of other amazing people), I spotted the birthday greeting by Jane Wells of the WordPress Foundation. She thanks Matt for all the ways her life has been changed since meeting him, a perfect way to say […]
WordPress Anniversary: Comment Spam Lessons
It’s hard to believe that I’ve learned much from comment spammers over the years. I’ve learned that they are among the most hated folks in the world, yet you have to respect them as well. As I look back on ten years of blogging with WordPress on this 10th Anniversary year, I realized that comment […]