Tagged: Plugins

Going without plugins is hard

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Maybe I am a plugin addict. I had to recently go without plugins for a couple of weeks at the request of my host. I didn’t find out the results of my sacrifice, so perhaps that will be apparent once I make it a priority to follow-up with them.

I think what I miss most about plugins in the ability to do cool things that otherwise I didn’t know were possible. I used to do basic programming in the past, and it was always fun to make the computer do what you wanted. I once programmed a calendar with the important dates included. I wanted to do a GUI calendar which was challenging in the DOS era that I was in. Now there is probably an ActiveX or API for that function.

Have you ever gone without something for a long time and then enjoyed it when it came back into your life?

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Thanks to my friends at VaultPress!

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I tried for 2 years all kinds of backup plugins with GoDaddy. GD is a terrible host, and doesn’t work with many plugins including backup ones. I have probably installed more than 50 of them in the last two years.

So I am glad to report that my friend offered to pay for me to use VaultPress. I have to say that it has been fantastic and totally worth it. Today for example, I received an email notification saying that one of my plugins had an injected hacker code and that they deleted it. They listed 5 steps for me to take to secure my WP site, and when I responded I made a suggestion for them. I got a response that gave me further information about another plugin I had that had “issues” so I deleted it. This is incredibly valuable and I will upgrade if I get an advertiser that allows me to afford this next step of service.

Being self-hosted has been a great experience. I encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about things to give it a try. I have been able to upgrade things, and to me, having a secure backup was one of the major reasons that I stayed on WP.com for so long. I wasn’t convinced that being self-hosted would be worth it, but I was wrong.

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15 Great Ways to Secure Your WordPress Website

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15 Great Ways to Secure Your Website. This is an understandable and actionable article that discusses what you can do to protect your web site. Also I have noticed many plug-ins that claim they increase security. So if you don’t wish to follow these suggestions, type the word “security” in your Plugins Add New box and see what you like.

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Moving to self-hosted solution

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Hello readers, today I am starting to move to a self-hosted solution. Why? Because I was approached to have a banner ad and I would like to explore what self-hosting is like. So expect to see more articles about plug-ins and features for self-hosted WP sites.

It looks like there is an upgrade to WP today. There is a writing helper and Request feedback option below my new post. I wonder if this means that they are working towards optimizing SEO?

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Some text layers may need to be updated before they can be used for vector based output

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Apple – Support – Discussions – Updated to 10.6.4 and now a Photoshop ….  Turns out that it had to do with fonts and it was no big deal for him.  Still for designers it is helpful to understand what is happening with fonts in this discussion.

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Adobe Illustrator CS5 runs out of memory -108

Twitpic – Share photos on Twitter.  There are two solutions from this webpage.

  1. I had the same problem and I went to DocumentsandSettingsuserApplication DataAdobeAdobe Illustrator CS2 Settings and erased everything inside the folder, then I opened Illustrator and all worked fine.
  2. We were having the same problems and we changed the “Plug-ins and Scratch Disks” preference for Primary AND Secondary to “MAC HD” instead of “Startup” and everything is wonderful

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Discussion of older Photoshop and compatibility with Mac OS X versions

Apple – Support – Discussions – installing/using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 ….  You really don’t want to use that version of Photoshop since it was the first one.  This has a great discussion if you are looking to use an older version of Photoshop or Creative Suite with a modern Mac OS X system.

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