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How to Stop Spam Commenting on Your WordPress Site
Question Is there a way to block or stop the comment attack happening on my Wodrpress website? I’ve received 5 fake comments so far. Betsy, Mildred, Flora, Marilee, and now Ice have all left fake comments on my site as of this morning … starting at 7:19 this morning. I went in and marked the…
Read MoreChange a Script to Use the jQuery Library Included in WordPress
In your WordPress travels you may want to use some script that uses some external jQuery. The problem is if you ask the script to pull from an outside source (like Google) it can conflict with the jQuery you are using in WordPress. Instead of including jQuery yourself you need to ask WordPress to include…
Read MoreProtect your WordPress Site from Getting Hacked
It happens all the time. Websites get hacked. Especially websites that use common software packages. Hackers want the most bang for their buck, and under-maintenanced WordPress sites are a great target because so many people utilize them. How Hackers Do it Most hackers use a script that crawls your server looking for “holes” they can…
Read MoreKeep WordPress Emails from Going into Gmail Spam
Question: All of our web forms are going to spam so we have to check spam all the time. Is there a way to fix this in Word Press or a Gmail issue? We switched to Google Apps. Answer: There are a few things you can do. I suggest you do all of them. Make…
Read MoreHow to embed a Vimeo video into your WordPress site
If you’d like to share a Vimeo video on your WordPress website, it isn’t hard to do. Just follow the instructions under the images…
Read MoreAdd a vCard to Your WordPress Site
Adding a vCard to your WordPress site may seem like an easy task. Unfortunately, when you try to add it as media, it is all too easy to get an error similar to: “Error saving media attachment.” This is typically because WordPress doesn’t support that file type by default. “But WHY?” you might scream. “It’s…
Read MoreWordPress: Update PDFs without losing links
Question I have uploaded a couple of pdf files to my WordPress website according to the directions you have provided on this site. My question is, how can I update my pdf’s without having to go through all those steps? Is there a way that I can upload my new pdf’s to overwrite the old…
Read MoreHere is how you change the upload file size in WordPress
There you are cruising along writing your new blog article and you need to upload a file. Suddenly you get an error that your file size is over the 2MB limit. Most of the time 2MB is plenty. And, limiting your website upload limits is good practice in case you get hit by a hacker.…
Read MoreHow to add an album to a page in WordPress using NextGEN Gallery
In this tutorial I will show you how to add an album using existing galleries to a page or post in WordPress, using NextGEN Gallery plugin. This tutorial assumes you already have some galleries created. If you do not, you can go to Gallery –> Add Gallery/Images area of NextGEN to create them and upload…
Read MoreWordPress CSS: How to create an automatically evenly spaced menu
Here is a method to create a WordPress menu using CSS to keep all of the navigation items spread out and even, no matter how many navigation items you have. Create your menu using WordPress’ built in menu system. Add an extra custom link at the end of the menu with # for the URL.…
Read MoreDo you have a mobile version of your website?
What does having a mobile version of your website mean? You may have heard talk about having a “mobile friendly” or “mobile version” website design. Mobile Friendly A mobile friendly website design means that your website looks good on a mobile device such as an iPhone, Blackberry, or iPad. You would also want to avoid…
Read MoreHow do I make an email an active link in WordPress?
Question Hi Lena, Happy New Year. I hope you are well. A quick question in relation to our Wordpress website. I put some email addresses on the first page when you open the site, and they are not linked. You can see the old ones are. In other words, when you click on them, nothing happens. What to do?…
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