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4 May, 2012How It Is

Lesson #1373 – Learning

I’ll take knowledge, please.

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Making a Stand Alone SQL Account

A very simple thing you can do to make your sites more secure is to use a separate SQL user for your web apps.

30 April, 2012How It Is

You Don’t Need Any Plugins

There is no plugin I have to have for a WP site. I can do without all of them, if I wanted. But I understand the difference between wants and needs.

26 April, 201226 April, 2012How To

WHOIS Tells All

WHOIS you think you’re fooling? No one. WHOIS well tell you who runs a site. Sometimes. If you’re lucky.

23 April, 201223 April, 2012How It Is

Giving WordPress That New Car Smell (Part 2)

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Now it’s time to bang into the themes I picked, what I liked and disliked, and what (if any) major hurdles I had.

19 April, 2012How It Is

Giving WordPress That New Car Smell (Part 1)

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

A very, very, long post about why this site (and all the ones on this Network) got a massive update in design, and my thought processes for what I did.