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Wordpress Missed Schedule Future Posts Fix
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When I upgraded my Wordpress version to 2.7, the ability to schedule posts in Wordpress 2.7 no longer worked. I could still schedule a post but the scheduled time would come and go with no future post being published. All that I could see in the Wordpress dashboard was “Missed Schedule” no matter [...]
How To Install Your Wordpress Blogging Platform Manually Via FTP
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Setting your blog using Fantastico scripts is pretty quick and easy but what if you don’t have Fantastico scripts or cPanel hosting? Well then you will need to learn how to install Wordpress manually using FTP or File Transfer Protocol. In a previous post I outlined how FireFTP is by far the best [...]
Setting Up Your FTP Account In FireFTP For Firefox and Flock
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In order to be able to load files up to your web space you are going to need an FTP program which stands for File Transfer Protocol. While there are many programs available out there some are overly-complicated and some are trial versions with a limited time and loads of advertising built in.
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How To Install Your Wordpress Blogging Platform Using Fantastico Scripts
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Hopefully now that you’ve made the decision to start your own self hosted blog you’ve registered a domain name, bought your blog’s hosting, and changed your name servers so that your domain name points to your hosting account. If all of the above went smoothly then your site should be visible when you [...]
Pointing Your Domain To Your Webhost or Changing Your Nameservers
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Once you’ve bought your domain name and purchased hosting for it, you need to be able to get your domain name and your hosting company talking to each other in a process called pointing your domain to your webhost or changing your domain nameservers. If you don’t take this crucial step then your [...]
Shopping Around For Blog Hosting
Now that you’ve decided to start your own self-hosted blog and you’ve registered your domain name, it’s time to start shopping around for blog hosting…hence the term self-hosted blog. But finding the right host can be so complicated these days. Who are these guys? Have they been in business long? Who is reliable? What features [...]
Should You Register Your Domain Name Publicly Or Privately?
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So you’ve decided to start your own blog and now you need to register a domain name. There are many different ways to name your site and selecting a domain name can be as simple as personal preference or as complicated as an optimized name for SEO purposes (which we [...]
