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WordPress’ Frequent Updates: How bad is it?

WordPress’ Frequent Updates: How bad is it?

ShareOften I’ll catch people complaining that WordPress gets updated too often. This or that, saying something bad about WordPress and how frequently the platform gets updated. My question to everyone out there is this: would you rather power your website by software that doesn’t get updated enough, or by software that gets updated too often? …

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Making Money on WordPress.com

Making Money on WordPress.com

ShareLooking to make some money with WordPress.com? You can! WordPress.com’s TOS states that you may not have any sort of advertising on your site. But there’s another way around it. There is a support article that states you can enable Ad Control. There are a couple requirements before you can enable the Ad Control system …

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MassivePress, Coming Soon

MassivePress, Coming Soon

ShareSo what is MassivePress? Their website doesn’t disclose too much, but you can be assured it’s going to be, well, massive. One Massive WordPress Collaboration A coalition of like-minded WordPress entrepreneurs who think we can do more together than apart. Just enter your email address above, click “Submit” and we will keep in touch… What …

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A Better Access Control System for WordPress

A Better Access Control System for WordPress

ShareOver and over, I’ve found myself running into issues with WordPress where I want to give specific users control over specific areas of WordPress. Drupal 1.6 was just released and it has some killer Access Control System features, that really just blow WordPress out of the water. WordPress has good, but very basic, access control. …

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Why You Shouldn’t Nofollow Links in Posts

Why You Shouldn’t Nofollow Links in Posts

ShareGoogle brought up the huge discussion of paid links vs non-paid links; nofollow, or dofollow, or don’t use anything at all. This is a huge discussion among SEOs and webmasters around the world. Today’s topic is about whether or not you should nofollow links within your posts. The short answer is, no, you shouldn’t nofollow …

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The Future of WordPress

The Future of WordPress

ShareWordPress is coming up to a huge milestone in its history. For a long time, WordPress and WordPress Multi-User (WPMU) were serpate entities, sharing the same code base, but largely different functions. WPMU’s core function was to house multiple blogs, such as a network like WordPress.com. WordPress’ main function was to house a single blog. …

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