Some of you have been asking how to take a look at the database from your GoDaddy account. I like the higher learning attitude. Keep in mind though that it’s definitely a different ball game from MS Access if that’s what you are used to like I was. But once you understand it, it [...]

Just a quick post about some ideas for blog contests.
I was considering running a blog contest recently on a different blog of mine so I looked for some sites that I could submit the contest to, to help promote it. I compiled a list of the sites and I’ll put links to them below.
I thought [...]

OK, if you aren’t new to this blog, you may have heard me mention once or twice that you can host unlimited web sites with just one hosting account at GoDaddy. However, I haven’t explained how, which is what will be covered in this post. I decided to write this post after sifting through [...]

I know it seems that this blog is becoming a manual for Wordpress. That’s not what I intended and that’s not what it’s going to be. However, Wordpress is heaven sent when it comes to tools for making money online. My goal, as always, is to share information with you, showing you what I have [...]

I hear a lot of complaints about the new version of Wordpress. Myself, I think it’s great. There have been a couple of things that have stopped me in my tracks wondering where the heck they were. For example…the page slug. The post slug is fine, it works, but the page slug for some reason [...]

OK, at this point you should have a WordPress Installation up and running. I covered the steps for downloading and installing WordPress in Part 2 of the series. Also, for those of you that host with GoDaddy and wanted to use the quick install method, Part 2a has the steps for quick-installing WordPress with GoDaddy. [...]

It has been argued that the file structure of a Wordpress blog could leave you open to possible duplicate content penalties. Your posts are viewable on multiple pages of your blog so it could appear to search engines that the data is duplicated and therefore come across as spammy. To avoid that, some bloggers have [...]

Just a quick post to show you how I hide my affiliate links by using a PHP redirect. It’s not the only way to do it but it’s easy and helps to keep things organized…and hidden.
First step is to create a folder on the server to store your redirect files in. One way to create [...]

It’s a good idea to keep your WordPress files up to date. There are some security fixes that come out on occasion and if you don’t apply the upgrade you may be prone to hacks, data loss, etc. Besides security fixes there are sometimes feature upgrades, like with the latest version of WordPress (2.5). In [...]

A sweet contest over at JohnCow.com offering an Xbox 360 Elite and a copy of Grand Theft Auto 4 has started. The prize is sponsored by Top Hosting Center. The contest is a lottery style one. You get tickets based on some of the tasks that you perform. It’s not clear how he tracks a [...]