Archive for November, 2009
5 Free Simple and Clean Wordpress Themes
In our busy world, sometimes a person just wants to slow things down and look back to a simpler time. Of course, we can’t get rid of technology — we wouldn’t want to, anyway — but we can at least make it look simple. We think that the future of web design is heading this way — clean and functional. Get rid of the frills and flourishes, we say, and keep it simple.
For this week’s installment of “Theme Thursday,” we present five simple and clean WordPress themes for your downloading pleasure. Enjoy!
12 Web Design Trends That Should Die With The Decade
Our world, technologically-speaking, has changed dramatically over the past decade. We carry phone/computers in our pockets; we carry around entire music libraries that we might have paid for; we sit in coffee shops while we communicate with coworkers thousands of miles away – the last days of 2009, in short, look nothing like the first days of 2000. Except occasionally on the Internet, that is…
Ah, the Web – where the design mistakes of the decade live on eternally (or at least until someone stops renewing the hosting account). We used to think that if it looked cool, it was worth
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Linux Command Line Tips And Tricks
All developers and sysadmins who work in a Linux environment are familiar with the following scenario – you’re at the command prompt and you know exactly what you’re trying to do, but you just can’t think of (or find) the right commands to accomplish the task in one fell swoop. Frustrated, you pound your way through four steps, finally accomplishing the task that you know you could have taken care of in one step – if only you had known the right step.
Luckily for you, we’ve gathered together our brightest Linux minds and command line ninjas and asked them to
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5 Travel-Inspired Wordpress Themes
There’s a certain common trait that runs through everyone — we all have the desire to see someplace new and go someplace we’ve never been. There’s something about drawing closer to the horizon but never getting there that keeps us going as people, and keeps our tanks filled with inspiration. Maybe that’s why we, for this installment of Theme Thursday, decided to gear our designs towards those bitten by the travel bug.
So get out there, see new places, and tell everyone about it — we’ll look forward to every new post on your travel blog. Enjoy!
Social Media Strategies For Businesses — A Primer
Social media. Just hearing the term can bring about confused stares and heated arguments throughout your organization. What is it? How can you use it? Is it possible to know if it’s even working?
These are the questions that businesses, marketers, and advertisers are trying to work out. Luckily, one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that focusing on listening to and engaging customers, as well as using social media platforms to increase service opportunities, is the most effective way to start.
Listen Up!
Perhaps the most important strategy to
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5 Girl-Inspired Free WordPress Themes
Web Hosting Help Guy is a sensitive fellow — we know that the worlds of Web design and development can sometimes seem a little on the male-dominated side. Truthfully, we’re more comfortable with black and blue than with pink and purple, but we wanted to acknowledge that the women are rocking the blogosphere. That’s why, after testing these with the few ladies in our office, we explored our softer side and came up with some new WordPress themes for the girl bloggers out there.
This is our second edition of “Theme Thursday” — each week, we’ll put out a bunch
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Save Time: How To Set Up A Cron Job
Everyone knows there are tasks to administer to our computers and servers that we don’t do as often as we should. It takes time to back up or or clean up files or perform other repetitive, administrative-type tasks, so we avoid them doing them regularly; meanwhile, we’re one system crash away from losing everything. Luckily, your Linux system has a built-in tool to help you take care of such time-intensive tasks. It’s called a “cron job,” and, if used properly, it can to do the things that keep your
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WordPress Security Practices and PlugIns
Recently, in issuing Version 2.8.5, WordPress fixed a vulnerability in previous versions that left it open to a certain kind of denial of service, or DoS, attack. A DoS attack is launched by hackers against a specific website (usually a company or a blog), designed to crash the site and server by flooding it with requests for information, comments, or trackbacks.
Rest easy, though – there are some simple practices you can employ to lessen your chances of becoming a victim. And, luckily for users, it’s not just the bigger companies and organizations that are developing protections against vulnerabilities like these
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