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How to Find Out the Best Security Settings for WordPress?

Locker

As a newbie with WordPress I had a heck of a time to find out how to secure the blog. So I struggled along and did the best I could, but I did not feel very secure. So how do … Continue reading

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What To Do When EMail Is Not Sent?

click to send email

I don’t know what  happened with the last WordPress upgrade, but my mail is not sent any longer through any contact form and that is very annoying. I even installed the WP Mail SMTP plugin to test things and the … Continue reading

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Plugin Problem After Upgrade

page warning

I haven’t quite figured out yet what causes this problem. But since my upgrade to WordPress 2.8.2 I can’t access the options for the Wp Contact Form III plugin in the sidebar. I get an error telling me that I … Continue reading

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Widgets Drag & Drop Problem

quick fix

I have updated to the latest version of WordPress (2.8.2) and now my drag and drop function for the widgets does not work any longer. It worked before the upgrade. A quick Google search revealed a way around this problem. … Continue reading

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Drop Down Menu for Amazing Grace Theme

After searching for a long time for a new theme for my reworked website, I decided on using the ‘Amazing Grace‘ theme from Vladimir Prelovac. After some experimenting with the theme, I realized that it would be helpful to have … Continue reading

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Make Page Link Directly to External URL

As I am in the middle of switching from one CMS  (TYPO3 to WordPress) this current WordPress site does not have too many posts. So I have to create a page link to the old site. First I created the … Continue reading

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RTE Strips ‘Linebreak’ and ‘Paragraph’ Tags in WordPress

I just discovered to my big frustration that the RTE strips my ‘linebreaks’ and ‘paragraph’ tags  and so I have less control over the look of my content. After some extensive search I found the solution at this website. So … Continue reading

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