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Is Your WordPress Data Backed-Up?

Guest Post by Funkey Earlier today, a message arrived on my phone: Our server failed, they (the hosting provider) gave us a new one — but when we uploaded our WordPress backup, none of our articles ...

Three Simple Ways To Speed Up WordPress

This is a guest post by programmer extraordinaire, Funkey. He was tinkering with WP before you had even heard the word blog; so listen up and learn! Quite often, I will hear the words: “I signed ...

Elegant Social Media Icons

Nick at Elegant Themes has just released this lovely set of free social media icons. Click the image below to download a zip of the icons in PNG format, or visit the release page if you need the PSDs.

Free Music Avatars

If you’re looking for cool music avatars, icons and userpics – it’s your lucky day! ThemeGrrl has knocked up a sweet set of free avatars for fifty of the coolest 50 bands and artists ...

Reliable WordPress Hosting Providers

Choosing the right host for your WordPress blog can be a daunting task if you’re not familiar with the intricate details of server technology. So to help ease the confusion, I’ve put together ...

Free Retro Avatars

Looking for cool retro avatars? You’re in luck! ThemeGrrl has knocked up this sweet set of free avatars featuring 55 pulp, pop art retro images. To download, simply right click, select save as and ...

Get Off the Internet and Write!

Depending on your writing style, being online when you write can be both a help and a hindrance. It is useful to be online to research and find references for your piece, but it can also lead to what I ...

Blogging Tip: Keep an Offline Journal

Here’s a tip for a good quality blog: keep a journal, and keep it offline. Don’t let your blog become the record of every mundane and inane thought you have. They might be important to you, ...

Blogging a Journey

If you are blogging about your journey, be it a health, travel, career, parenting, or some other kind of journey, for goodness sake, please blog about your journey! Sound like a dumb thing to say? If you’ve ...

How to Fix Stats Problems With a New Theme

Does this look familiar? You’ve found a great new theme for your WordPress blog, installed it, and later discovered that your stats are no longer working. You can see the stats graphic but it shows ...

Sources for Blog Backgrounds

Seamless Backgrounds & Pixel Patterns If you’ve ever searched the web for cool seamless backgrounds you’ve probably encountered a tonne of sites littered with the same images that have ...