Generally, your WordPress blog will go along fine without a problem – but once in a while you’ll find it very sluggish. Why? And what can you do about it?

WordPress can be very resource intensive (a fancy way of saying it’s VERY needy!) For example, WordPress uses mySQL for the database – and this can result in a dozen or more database accesses for each page. And while mySQL is very well written, it still adds up.

As well, some plugins can be poorly written or really put mySQL …

The February 2008 Issue of ‘The ActiveBlogging Report’ is ready.

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What’s New With ActiveBlogging

Microsoft Live Writer – Worth The Trouble?

Securing Your Site With “Top 10 Tricks To Protect Your WordPress Blog Online!”

Quick And Easy Backups Of Your WordPress Site – With XML

Smart Quotes And Dumb WordPress – How to Stop Unwanted Article Formatting

WordPress MU – Is It For You?

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For a lot of people out there, a tiny bit of artwork now and then is all they need from time to time. For example, paying someone to adjust your default WordPress blog header is a shame, because it’s just so easy to do yourself, using a tool every Windows User has – Paint.

And if you’re staying with the default design (or doing a quick jobby for a friend to get her or him up and running fast), one easy and quick mod I recommend is to add an …

An urgent security upgrade, 2.3.3 fixes a bug allowing users to access others’ posts.

However, it seems to be isolated to this single issue (there are bug fixes included, but all are considered minor), and the site recommends a single file upgrade, xmlrpc.php

A quick check of the file shows that all the changes are behind a login verification; this means that unless you are sharing your blog, upgrading is not urgent.

However, if you have others logging into your blog, the code is important to keep them from having …

If you have a problem posting on your blog, ask yourself if some of the text you’re entering is causing the problem.

For example, try this:

Create a post, and add .htaccess to the post (or title).

Click on ‘Save and Continue Editing’

You’ll likely get a 404 error.

I’m guessing that this is a filtering issue in WordPress, and probably a security feature that prevents that text from displaying.

But I hate writing htaccess without the period – so what to do?

Use the HTML code for the …