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Will Any CMS Suffice for Blogging?
Monday, January 30th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Do a quick search on the web for content management systems and you will see that there are thousands out there, and most of them are free. Almost all of them have the basic features necessary to run a blog,...

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How Important Are WordPress Plugin Updates?
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE In a previous post, we looked at WordPress plugins and asked how many plugins were too many to have on one blog. Another question that many may ask is: “How important are WordPress plugin updates?” WordPress is updated frequently enough,...

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A Quick Guide to New Features in WordPress 3.3
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Normally, when a WordPress update is released, the changes are pretty subtle. Although the developers often add new features to the free and open source blogging software, the interface has remained pretty consistent since the last major release. WordPress 3.3...

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Database Optimization for Your Blog
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Blogs make use of content management systems that in turn depend on the combination of server-side scripting and databases. This allows bloggers to create dynamic content without needing to write HTML code every time they publish something. Over time, the...

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4 Ways to Minimize Download Bandwidth
Monday, November 28th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE One of the factors that often makes blogs more successful than standard websites is that they are constantly being updated. A blog has a stream of content from both the authors and the users who leave comments and even engage...

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How Many WordPress Plugins are Too Many?
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE This is a difficult question to answer. Almost all WordPress blogs will have at least a few plugins, but the number of plugins your blog can support may be determined by several factors. One thing is clear: too many plugins...

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3 Ways To Redirect Blog or Website Visitors
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Just like when you change your home address after a move, it is common for websites to change URLs. It may be because you have implemented some new SEO technology, switched to a different content management system, or simply changed...

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3 Tips for a Better Blogging Experience
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE The web is filled with millions of blogs. Many of them, perhaps the majority, have been abandoned. They float aimlessly in the void of cyberspace. A few are successful, and the rest sit somewhere in between. In order to propel...

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How to Fix WordPress Theme Errors
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE It is a frightening scenario. Your WordPress blog has been running just fine for years, but you finally decided to try out some new themes. One of the themes you try goes crazy and completely brings down your WordPress site....

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How to Fix WordPress PHP Memory Errors
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE It is a bit frightening when you go online one day and expect to find your blog, only to be met with a white page and an error like this: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of ######## bytes exhausted (tried...

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