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 ...…
I’d like to share an update on a post I made over a year ago. Its about my on going saga of getting the word “Brian Wong” listed on Google’s search results for personal branding. In my previous post, I talked about how I got the number one spot on Google and then lost it ...…
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 ...…
However, each time I upgrade I end up spending an hour trying to fix the bugs that make Wordpress work EXACTLY the way I wanted it to work BEFORE I upgraded! ... If you go to my original feed at www.brianwong.com/blog/rss2.php you will see that the feed reports ZERO posts on my blog despite all my posts! ... So this is what I had to do to get back online: Disable the FeedSmith plugin Edit my RSS source in Feedburner from www.brianwong.com/blog/rss2.php to www.brianwong.com/blog/feed So the next time Wordpress comes up with the message " "there's a new version of Wordpress, please update!" …
So I got tired of seeing the "Your Wordpress is out of date" message every time I log into my dashboard - and thus decided to upgrade. ...This plugin automatically backsup your blog, de-activates your plugins, puts your site into maintenance mode, downloads the latest version of Wordpress (in this case 2.5), upgrades your database, re-activates your plugins and completes the update. ...However, I do see a lot of improvement too in the way we manage posts, add media and also other improvements like the ability to track incoming links from other blogs. …
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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