No More PerlDesk For Me

Photo credit: Leo Valen Or my clients. For a long time when people ask for a help desk recommendation, I’ve included PerlDesk in the list. Today, sadly, I’m removing it from my recommendations. The short explanation: Bad support. The long story: Actually, I kinda feel sad for the guy who answers questions at the helpdesk.…

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Caution: WordPress On A Different Directory

Photo credit: Joy Freschly WordPress has this really nice feature where you can install it on say http://mysite.com/wordpress/ folder but make the site serve pages at http://mysite.com. What this means for you – it’s easy to switch directories and it’s good for organizing things in the background. For the longest time I’ve used this method…

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Page To Post, Post To Page

Ever written a Page in WordPress when you meant to write a Post? Or maybe you intended to create a Post but ended up in Page instead. But you’ve already published it? I’ve made this mistake too many times. Sometimes it is with client sites when they are still new to the system, not sure…

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WP Auto Upgrade security alert

Use WordPress and WP Auto Upgrade plugin? Pay attention. I spotted this thread recently while monitoring the WordPress forums. There is a possibility WPAU backup folder is being used as an entry point for hackers. What you can do: If you’ve used WPAU, make sure you clean up your files after upgrading. If you’re not…

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