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DiW v3.0 Book News
We have been working diligently on updating Digging into WordPress and finding the best print-on-demand solution. Thanks to your suggestions and ideas for book printing, there were many options to check out. After sizing things up, we’re pleased to announce the following: Digging into WordPress version 3.0 will be released near the end of August [...]
Optimizing WordPress Permalinks
Configuring your WordPress permalinks is simple and only takes a second, but understanding what they are and how they work is key to setting up the best permalink structure possible. Your site’s permalinks are like the street address for your site’s web pages. They help both people and robots understand your site’s structure and navigate [...]
Media Temple WordPress Hack
It looks like Media Temple WordPress installs have been hit with a WordPress Redirect Exploit. We got hit here at DigWP.com, but have cleaned things up and are taking steps to prevent it from happening again. Here is what Media Temple knows so far: Visitors viewing posts on your blog may be redirected to a third-party [...]
Protect Your Site with a Blackhole for Bad Bots
One of my favorite security measures here at Perishable Press is the site’s virtual Blackhole trap for bad bots. The concept is simple: include a hidden link to a robots.txt-forbidden directory somewhere on your pages. Bots that ignore or disobey your robots rules will crawl the link and fall into the trap, which then [...]
WordPress Security Lockdown
This article is split into two parts for ez reference. First some information on the evil WordPress “Pharma Hack”, and then a recipe for protecting your site with a solid security lockdown. Choose your own adventure: Pharma Hacked Security Lockdown Pharmaceutical Apocalypse A few weeks ago, DigWP.com was hit with the so-called Pharma Hack. We [...]
WPAlchemy MetaBox PHP Class
This looks awesome: “The WPAlchemy MetaBox PHP Class can be used to create WordPress meta boxes quickly. It will give you the flexibility you need as a developer, allowing you to quickly build custom meta boxes for your themes and plugins.” Direct Link to Article — Permalink on DiWLike the article? Get the book! © [...]
DiW Book Winners!
Congratulations to the following three winners of our July 4th Book Giveaway: Seth John Schibelli Jenny Each winner receives a free copy of Digging into WordPress, including all of the free themes and lifetime updates. We’ll be sending your download links immediately. AND: as the first name picked, Seth also wins the huge stash of [...]
htaccess Code for WordPress Multisite
For the upcoming Digging into WordPress update for WordPress 3.0, I have been working with WordPress’ multisite functionality. Prior to version 3.0, WordPress came in two flavors: “original” and “multisite” (MU). Most designers probably work with regular, one-blog installations of “regular” WordPress. The htaccess rules for all single-blog installations of WordPress haven’t changed. They are [...]
2010 IP Blacklist
Over the course of each year, I blacklist a considerable number of individual IP addresses. Every day, Perishable Press is hit with countless numbers of spammers, scrapers, crackers and all sorts of other hapless turds. Weekly examinations of my site’s error logs enable me to filter through the chaff and cherry-pick only the most heinous, [...]
4th of July Book Giveaway!
In celebration of the 4th of July and our one-year anniversary, we are giving away three copies of Digging into WordPress! To enter, just tell us what you would like to see in the upcoming version 3.0 of the book. We are working on the new version right now and will be updating the book [...]
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