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Inline Post Styling in WordPress

On various WordPress blogs you might come across important text that is highlighted inside a box within a post. Below are some basic styling techniques that can be used inside your posts to make text stand out from the rest.

Basic text box:

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Guide: Tweaks & Modifications for WP-Vybe 1.1 (Part 2)

In part two of this guide I will be showing you some more tweaks and modifications that can be done to your WP-Vybe 1.1 theme. Most of these changes will be very easy to do if you follow the instructions carefully.

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Some great new features on the way for WordPress!

While having a bit of spare time to rummage through the latest Nightly Build of WordPress I noticed some nice changes that caught my attention. The first addition we will look at is the support for wider monitors when viewing the WordPress Dashboard. This will come in very handy for those with wide screen monitors because you can have up to four columns on your Dashboard. Finally I will be able to get a lot more information on my screen without the need of scrolling.

WordPress Dashboard

Guide: Tweaks & Modifications for WP-Vybe 1.1 (Part 1)

In part one of this guide I will be showing some various tweaks and modifications that can be done to your WP-Vybe 1.1 theme. Most of these changes will be very easy to do if you follow the instructions carefully. I have already posted a few of these tweaks and modifications on the Solostream Forums. Now it’s time to have some fun tweaking away at your theme!

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Guide: Backing Up Your WordPress Database

Backing up your WordPress Database is the most important procedure you need to do when running your own blog. The database stores all your posts, comments, pages, links and all other settings. This guide will show you detailed instructions on backing up your precious data.

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Optimizing the Performance of your WordPress Blog

Here are some tips to optimize the load time of your WordPress blog. Some self hosted blogs with a large amount of visitors tend to load slow and the following ten tips might come in handy for those who would like to get the most out of their blog.

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WordPress Security Tips

Keeping your self hosted WordPress Blog safe should be a Blogger’s number one priority. Below are a few hints and tips that should make your life a little bit easier when creating or using your WordPress Blog.

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WordPress 2.7 Feature Overview

The release of WordPress 2.7 has been pushed back by a couple of weeks and will not be released on November 10th as scheduled. Lucky for us the WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 has been unleashed onto the world for testing purposes.

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Guide: Installing WordPress on Windows

If you like developing WordPress themes and plugins or even tweaking and testing your soon to be website then this tutorial is for you! It will teach you how to get WordPress up and running within Windows.

Here are the steps for installing WordPress on your computer:

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10 Great WordPress Plugins

Ten of my favourite WordPress Plugins.

Akismet

Are you another person who hates spam comments, trackbacks or pingbacks? Well this plugin is for you! Akismet scans all your incoming comments and checks to see if they are listed as spam on the main Akismet server. My other site has had more then 15,000 spam comments since Akismet was installed a year ago, approximately 30 spam comments only managed to get past Akismet. When they were found I just marked them as spam.

Current Version: 2.2.1 — Download Link — Author Site: akismet.com

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