Tag Archive for 'Blogging'

Screencast: Install Your Own WordPress Blog

Published on February 16, 2009 in media by Eric Marden. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

A friend of mine, and fellow Florida Creative, Lawrence Salberg, created this video screencast showing you how to install your own WordPress blog. He does a good job explaining the difference between WordPress.com and the Self-Hosted software available at WordPress.org, and then gets into the nitty gritty of getting the software up and running quickly. Enjoy!

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WordPress 2.6

Published on July 14, 2008 in announcements by Eric Marden. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

So many tasty features, that I’ll just the video do the talking.

Blog Orlando dates announced

Published on July 8, 2008 in etcetera by Eric Marden. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

BlogOrlando is September 25-27th, 2008 this year.

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Better Default Security in WordPress 2.6

Published on June 22, 2008 in articles by Eric Marden. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

WordPress 2.6 will be more secure out-of-the box including better support for running the admin over SSL and changes to disable the remote publishing protocols by default.

We have choosen to disable Atom Publishing Protocol and the variety of XML-RPC protocols by default as they expose a potential to be a security risk.

Peter Westwood, a Lead Developer for WordPress, revealed they are making the default install more secure. This will go a long way to making WordPress more secure. If your security consciousness has the dial tuned closer to the paranoid end of the spectrum, then check out Blog Security’s WordPress Security Whitepaper, which lists out many things you can do to lock down your self-hosted blog, and keep out the baddies.

Friends don’t let friends use TypePad

Published on June 17, 2008 in etcetera by Eric Marden. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Friends don’t let friends use TypePad

The title says it all. A pretty lively discussion about WordPress vs. TypePad. It even riled a TypePad VP up so much that he made an a$$ of himself in the comments. WordPress FTW.

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