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The unexpected benefit of VaultPress

Danny — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:24:58 +0000

When the folks at Automattic, the home of popular blogging platform WordPress came up with VaultPress, I was doubly pleased. First of all it addressed a real need to have constant off-server backups of WP sites and someone to call on when things went badly wrong with our installations. Secondly, I was [...]

Problems for RackSpace Cloud users with WordPress after migration

Danny — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:24:01 +0000

This is a very specific technical entry for WordPress users of the RackSpace Cloud (formerly Mosso), who have been part of the big migration on that platform today.

This would be boring and incomprehensible to anyone else…

We’ll start with the easy part:

FOR USERS OF THE WP-DBMANAGER PLUGIN
There is a red alert [...]

WordPress blog security top tips – Some things you MUST do!

Danny — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:44:33 +0000

WordPress is an excellent blogging platform, but as it is so popular it’s also a constant target for those wanting to find and exploit its vulnerabilities. You should note that as with other web platforms, keeping WordPress secure is a constant job of updating and keeping up with the latest news and exploits.

Below are [...]