Are Author Archives secure in WordPress?

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RockmusicRaider proudly uses WordPress to deliver those snazzy music reviews to our fan base. First, because this is a rock-solid, well-known, and constantly updated system to build a site on. And second, because I consider WordPress to be pretty secure.

In fact, the success of a CMS (= Content Management System) defines itself around security-related considerations. It’s a bit like some real estate you wish to acquire. I am pretty sure that you would not buy a place that misses appropriate locks on its entries and sports holes instead of properly secured windows.

Methinks also that many other users reason … [...] Click to raid more!

Twitter’s New Desktop Design – and the Unforced Error!

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Unforced errors, the plague of some sports. And the curse of some of the best athletes in the world.

You guys know about tennis, right? The epic battles that Federer, Nadal or Djokovic fight for long hours. Followed by addicts on courts stuffed with miscellaneous humanity for felt eternities. To watch a ball smack back and forth. And back again. Over a net. With some limited drama, because emotions are – well – not in line. The Queen may not be amused, that kind of thing.

Now, if that game is a senseless waste of time or not is beside … [...] Click to raid more!

Likes and Shares, and SEO. Bane or Blessing?

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It is one of those alluring what-if scenarios.

What if – as a blog owner – you could have some sort of immediate statistics. You’d do that through collecting likes and shares from any online tool or network your service uses. And then display those numbers – pretty much and preferably live – directly on your website. So, everyone will know if the website is worth its salt – or just simply sucks.

And you will have immediate confirmation on how your posts are doing. And immediate admiration from your glowing fanbase. But then again, perhaps not. Right?

This is

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Blogger, choose your poison! And build a stellar blog.

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That running a blog is no picnic, apart from being a lot of fun, we already established earlier. But what does it take to make a blog really run smoothly, streamlined and at full speed?

For this to work, you need to choose from many pots of poison. A fair amount of services and tools are required to ensure that your blog will stay on the road to internet nirvana. And those choices need to be wise, or you risk to pointlessly overload the backend with useless programs and heavy code.

The RMR deck crew concocted a list of … [...] Click to raid more!