Category Archives: Wordpress

10 Reasons you want to learn about WordPress 3.0

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Bean

WordPress is a great blogging platform, but with WordPress 3.0 you can create a complete and fully functional web site that is easy to update and customize, even without knowing HTML!  Its true the more you know about HTML and … Continue reading →

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Free Premium WordPress Theme

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Bean

Students registering for the January session of the blogging studio course, Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune will have the opportunity to win a free premium theme from StudioPress. Over the holidays, StudioPress had a contest for a free premium … Continue reading →

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What’s new with WordPress 2.9?

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Bean

WordPress 2.9 has been eagerly anticipated by bloggers seeking image management improvements. WP 2.9 does boast some cool new image tools but as Matt Mullenweg points out: This is the first wave of our many planned media-handling improvements. In other … Continue reading →

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Your attempt to edit this post has failed in WordPress 2.9

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Bean

A lot of us dread to upgrade our software because of messages just like this your attempt to edit this post has failed Most often it is due to an incompatibility with a plugin. It appears that is the problem … Continue reading →

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Is your WordPress blog under attack?

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Bean

A few weeks ago, I warned students about the necessity of keeping their WordPress blog updated. If your blog is hosted on wordpress.com, it is updated. This warning is for self hosted blogs. The latest version, WordPress 2.8.4, closes a … Continue reading →

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Fairy Blog Mother lands at LVS

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Bean

Image by Randy Stewart via Flickr I am so pleased to announce that Lorelle VanFossen,  aka the Fairy Blog Mother, will be a guest instructor for the Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune class at LVS Online this coming session! … Continue reading →

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Tis the season for… WordCamps

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Bean

Fall is the season for going back to school (at least in the Northern hemisphere) and it the season for WordCamps! WordCamps are informal conferences for WordPress users by WordPress users. Designed for the beginning blogger and the experienced professional, … Continue reading →

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What version of WordPress are YOU running?

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Bean

If you aren’t running WordPress 2.8.4, you could be in trouble. Since WordPress 2.8 was released last spring, WordPress has released four bug/security fixes. Each of these fixes are important. One of the drawbacks of being a popular open source … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting WP 2.7.1 upgrade

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Bean

WordPress 2.7.1 was released yesterday. This is a maintenance release that fixes some 68 minor bugs and provides some preventive security measures. Lorelle lists the changes in this release in her post on the WordPress 2.7.1 release. This has been … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.7 release delayed

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Bean

Two big announcements from WordPress today. Ryan unveiled the WordPress 2.7 Beta 1. Thats the good news, the bad news is that they are delaying the official release of WordPress 2.7 from November 10 to late November. ARRRGH! WordPress really … Continue reading →

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