Last week, I shared with you how my blog was exploited by hackers due to the TimThumb plugin vulnerability. I thought I had fixed the hack by replacing the old “timthumb.php” and “thumb.php” files from my themes. However, that was not the case as the hackers had already injected malicious code into my blog. The ...…
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while now, thank you, thank you, thank you! This blog was started in 2008 as an experiment as well as a learning tool for me to learn how to blog with WordPress. At the time, I was using the Rapidweaver platform and knew very little about WordPress. ...…
I’ve always had a habit of ignoring WordPress updates because I have a belief that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”. Oh boy, that came back to bite me in the ass this morning. So it began when I got a Google alert that a few of my blog posts has been picked up ...…
Some time back, I was asked to do a work flow diagram about how I link my blog to my social media websites. I finally got around to doing it so here is my video walk-through: If you want to download the work flow diagram, here it is too: This diagram shows you how I ...…
One of the benefits of having a WordPress blog is that it can automatically notify blog directories every time your blog is updated. To customize the settings of which blog directories get notified whenever you publish a new post, go to your WordPress Dashboard and click on “Settings”. Then click on “Writing” and scroll towards ...…
Did you know that it is really easy to create a mobile web browser friendly version of your WordPress blog? This is what my blog looks like on the iPhone before and after installing the WPTouch Plugin I found two options – the WPTouch mobile WordPress theme and the Wapple Architect. As an iPhone user, ...…
This post was written entirely from my iPhone. Why? Well, I am trying to get a feel for blogging on my iPhone using the WordPress iPhone app. So far, I am not convinced that I will be able to use this regularly unless I am posting under very specific circumstances. I have found it difficult ...…
When I first started my blog, I really had no specific ideas or plans for it. I started with a free blogger.com blog, then I moved to a free wordpress.com blog. I’m not sure whether that is still the case, but at the time wordpress.com hosted blogs did not allow Adsense or other forms of ...…
I just updated the blog I maintain for my son over at www.jdwong.com . And I took some screenshots to create a short tutorial for you. This tutorial will you how to add a customized “Adsense for Search” block on your WordPress Blog to add another channel where you can earn income. What this means ...…
Brian Wong is a serial entrepreneur, life explorer and father of two. Over the last ten years, he has founded successful businesses in several areas including the health and wellness industry, in property investment and in online information marketing.
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