Web Development News: Tools, Frameworks & Platform Updates

Website Reputation Part 2: Why you need to verify it regularly

January 9, 2013

I received a couple of emails in the past five days that informed me that this site's newsletter and later on the site were blocked by Trend Micro.

Jetpack update breaks WordPress 3.5

January 7, 2013

Jetpack, the popular stats plugin for WordPress, has released several updates recently.

5 WordPress SEO Tips that work

January 2, 2013

If you have created a WordPress blog in the last two years, or are running an established blog, you may have been caught in the crossfire of the ever-updating e

Using Term Optimizer to cut down on WordPress Tags

December 29, 2012

As a newbie webmaster I started to make heavy use of tags here on this site.

WordPress: Plugin Organizer gives you full plugin loading control

December 23, 2012

The WordPress plugin system is one of the features that is making the blogging platform great.

WordPress 3.5: new theme, better media handling

December 11, 2012

A new version of the popular blogging software WordPress has just been released.

Backup WordPress to Dropbox

December 7, 2012

WordPress may very well be the most popular software on the web these days, but most users don't know it.

WordPress: protect your blog against spam without taxing plugins

December 5, 2012

I have tested many WordPress antispam plugins here on Ghacks, from Akismet which is more or less the standard plugin for many sites to plugins such as AntiSpam

Ways to find websites that are copying your content

December 4, 2012

There are a couple of reasons why you may want to make sure no other website on the Internet has published contents that you have created without proper authori

Using .htaccess to redirect a folder and all of its contents

November 30, 2012

I'm currently doing some Autumn cleanup here on Ghacks.

How to merge WordPress categories without plugins

November 29, 2012

I'm currently working on reducing the site's categories and tags in an effort to reduce duplicate content and topical dilution.

Create a special Windows 8 start screen icon for your website

November 16, 2012

Back when Windows 7 was released Microsoft introduced an option for webmasters to add tags to their site's code that would make special commands available on th

Add Photo Sphere support to any website

November 6, 2012

One of the coolest new features of Android 4.

How to block recurring spam in WordPress

October 28, 2012

For the past week I have noticed an increase in comment spam here on Ghacks.

Webmasters: disavow links to escape ranking penalties

October 17, 2012

Google made a lot of changes to its search engine algorithm and web rankings in recent time.

Insert Ads after first post on WordPress front page

October 15, 2012

Advertisement can be placed in several locations on a WordPress blog.

Optimize WordPress images during upload with Optimus

October 8, 2012

I have been using Smush.

Automatic Updater installs WordPress updates automatically

October 6, 2012

One of your tasks as a WordPress admin is to update the blog software, themes or plugins whenever updates become available.

Mozilla Persona Beta launched

September 27, 2012

Mozilla Persona, formerly known as BrowserID and not to be confused with the theme switching feature Personas, is Mozilla's attempt to change how users sign up

Highlight author comments in WordPress

September 23, 2012

Most WordPress themes iterate between two different comment background colors but do not highlight author or user comments in other ways.

Check if a website is banned from Adsense

September 21, 2012

You need to be very careful when you buy websites or domains.

Opus free audio codec now standardized

September 12, 2012

You may have heard previously about the free audio codec Opus, for instance when Mozilla some time ago announced that support for it has been integrated into th

WordPress 3.4.2 Security Update released

September 6, 2012

Most of the blogs that I own or administrate run a copy of the blogging script WordPress, and one common task is to take care of blog software and plugin update

Protect your WordPress blog with two-factor authentication

August 29, 2012

As a webmaster I know that it is important to keep a close eye on the security of web properties.

Webmasters: Verify your website's Web of Trust reputation rating

July 29, 2012

Ilev yesterday mentioned in a comment that Web of Trust was flagging the Loginhelper.

How to check your website's tags on OpenDNS

July 27, 2012

As a website owner you have to cope with a lot of situations.

Find out who is copying your texts with Count Words for Firefox

July 24, 2012

One of the biggest issues that webmasters face on today's Internet are copy cats which are often referred to as scraper or scraper sites.

Fix Google AdSense ad serving has been disabled to your site

July 22, 2012

Google Adsense is one monetization method on the Internet.

Facebook announces SPDY Support

July 15, 2012

Google back in 2009 released a whitepaper for SPDY (pronounced Speedy), an application-layer protocol for transporting content over the web.

Local Apache Web Server Distribution XAMPP 1.8.0 released

July 14, 2012

The open source software XAMPP provides webmasters with an easy way of installing an Apache web server on a computer system.

How to create custom Post Templates with WordPress

July 9, 2012

Sometimes you may want to customize the post template of a WordPress post.

Webmasters: Disavow links in Bing Webmaster Tools

June 30, 2012

Search engine manipulation has always been a thorn in the eyes of search engine operators such as Google or Microsoft.

WordPress 3.4.1 maintenance and security update released

June 28, 2012

A new WordPress version has been released just a minute ago.

App, Home, Inc most sought after domain extensions

June 17, 2012

To be totally honest, I do not really understand the rush to register that many new domain extensions.

WordPress 3.4 Update Released

June 13, 2012

A new version of the popular WordPress blogging platform has just been released.

How to add your Website to Bing Webmaster Tools

June 7, 2012

As a webmaster it is becoming more and more important to stay in the loop.

4 Options To Find Great Free Domain Names

May 27, 2012

So you have decided to create a new website, be it a personal blog, a website for a local sports club, or a new web service that you are about to launch.

Display The Article Word Count In WordPress

May 10, 2012

Back in 2005 when I started this very blog that you are currently reading, I did not really care that much about the size of articles posted here on the site.