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Review Your Blog’s Plugins Regularly

Gleb Reys — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:16:53 +0000

I’ve just resolved an issue with this blog which prevented me from posting for the past week or so. It took me so long because I’ve been trying all sorts of things: JavaScript debugging (thanks, Firebug!), Unix-host permissions, webserver logs analysis… Eventually it all boiled down to disabling a really old plugin which hadn’t been updated for ages.

Lesson learned: review your blog’s plugins regularly, and don’t hesitate to disable or even delete the ones you no longer use! With the recent Wordpress versions, maintaining most of the plugins is really easy.

Get A Website with Professional Design for Just $350!

Gleb Reys — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:27:53 +0000

An online friend of mine, Dawud Miracle, is currently running a great promotion on his new Website Habitat website: for just $350 you can get a fully functional and professionally customized website or blog!

Your chance to get a great looking blog

I wish I could post about it earlier, but there’s been something wrong with my blog and there really was no time to fix it. So here it is – I’m sharing great news with you, but time is running out very quickly for this incredible offer.

Dawud had been working with small businesses for the past 10 years or so. This allowed him to perfect the design of a blog up to such a level that he can get you amazing results in just a few days. His services usually cost more than $1000 for a typical website, but since Dawud has got a few reasons for celebration, he’s doing this special until Sunday afternoon.

Please head over to The Website Habitat site to read all the details of the complete website for $350 offer, but here are just a few things which you should definitely know:

there really are no hidden fees, $350 is all you’ll need to get a fully working copy of your future website
everything can be customized, and things like logos and photos will be integrated at no extra charge
there’s quite a few base designs to start with, all fully customizable to suit your needs, and matched to your color palette if you have one in mind
unless many others on the current marked, Dawud is always reachable and welcomes a chance to help you with your new website – no question is too simple or too technical for him – just ask him and you’ll be surprised with the professionalism of the support

Professionally made websites don’t get much cheaper that this!

There’s a short audio for you explaining much more, but I were you I’d just on this offer right now – $350 is an amazing offer and there’s less than 18 hours left to avail of this deal. If you haven’t done it yet due to prohibitive cost, here’s your chance: get yourself a professionally looking website now!

WordPress 2.8.1 brings stability and security

Gleb Reys — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:50 +0000

I really like the way first releases of WordPress 2.8 come out! The most recent update, WordPress 2.8.1 posted a few hours ago, brings some great improvements which make your blogs more stable and much more secure.

WordPress 2.8.1. highlights

Here are some of the features I really like in 2.8.1, please be sure to read the official WordPress 2.8.1 announcement to see more changes:

Stability: reduced memory usage footprint for the dashboard – should help all the blogs running on modest servers and with strict php memory usage quotas
Stability: automatic upgrade no longer accidentally deletes files when cleaning up from a failed upgrade
Stability: disabled code highlighting due to browser incompatibilities
Security: extra security has been put in place to better protect you from plugins that do not do explicit permission checks
Security: stricter menu security

Don’t know about you, but I’m going to be upgrading all my blogs in the next 30min.

Interesting Reads – Sep 21st, 2008

Gleb Reys — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:51:53 +0000

Here are the articles I found interesteding this week, leave a comment with a link if you have something interesting to share:

Tux Training: Configs to tweak Firefox 3
Dependencies maps for popular PHP-based software – if you ever wanted to see how a certain file is used in WordPress, that’s a great way to finally find out
DLM: 10 Tips to Move Your Blog to Stardom
Justin Tadlock: Tips on Using and Developing WordPress happily – great post for WordPress blog owners
Why Reputable SEO firms won’t promise guaranteed search engine ranking – a great article from SEOmoz demystifying some aspects of SEO
Lifehacker: Enable Chrome’s Best Features in Firefox

WordPress Logos and Buttons

Gleb Reys — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:00:20 +0000

WordPress

Gone are the days of manually clipping the WordPress logo from the official website! Last week I’ve discovered a wonderful page with all the official WordPress logos and buttons offered in PDF (with vector graphics) and PNG versions of everything.

There’s a set of WordPress wallpapers and a neat table with current colors used by WordPress engine.

Like WordPress? Find out more:

Upgrade to WordPress 2.6.2!

Gleb Reys — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:36:36 +0000

Looks like WordPress 2.6.2 with a few fixes is out, so I’ve just upgraded all my blogs to this new milestone.

For all the details, read the official WordPress 2.6.2 announcement or glance through the list of bugs fixed in 2.6.2 release.

Follow me on Twitter!

Gleb Reys — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:11:37 +0000

It was bound to happen: I’ve joined Twitter! It would be great to hear from you there!

Follow me or leave your Twitter name in comments below so that I can follow you:

http://twitter.com/PerfectBlogger

Google Chrome Browser: Two Years in Making, Available Now

Gleb Reys — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:07:16 +0000

Looks like Google has taken one more shortcut to providing best service to its fans: as of yesterday, Google’s very own Internet browser codenamed Google Chrome, is available for download.

What is Google Chrome?

My first impression is that Google Chrome is a slick ultra-light browser with minimalistic yet intuitive interface and a minimal set of settings. There’s no fixed status bar, there’s no main menu, there’s just the address bar (called Omnibox because it also combines a search bar).

The tabbing works very smoothly, and overall you kind of feel there’s something missing simply because there’s only the page content and a very subtle set of controls. You get used to such a simplicity very quickly, though.

Here’s how Google Chrome looks:

Google Chrome

Performance of Google Chrome vs Firefox

I haven’t noticed much of a performance boost yet, but maybe it’s just because I need to play with this new browser a bit more. All the pages load quickly, but I’ve yet to see the ones which load much better than in my Firefox. ZDnet did some testing already and it shows that Google Chrome is quite fast.

What’s really cool is the really simple interface and intuitive searching – as you type a URL, Omnibox tries to guess what website you’re trying to get to. Works like a charm for many well known websites!

One of the main reasons Google came up with its own browser is performance of Google services and apps in modern browsers. Firefox is not ideal, although with a bit of tweaking you can get it to work pretty fast. Is it very likely that Google Chrome, being a highly specialized product, will be the best for GMail, Google Calendar and other services – but it may take some getting used to. Google also claims Chrome will be better for most websites, so it does seem like the optimizations will have a generic nature rather than a Google-specific services customization – I think it’s great news.

That’s it! Have a look at the browser itself, I think it’s a great move for Google, but would hate to see it as a direct competition to my favourite Firefox. I think the fact that these two products both called web browsers still doesn’t make a fair apples-to-apples comparison because Firefox has got quite a history and is much more universal as it is. I’m a long way from changing my preference for Firefox to any other browser, but must admit that Google Chrome seems to have done quite a neat and easy to use browser – time will show what Google will make of it.

Perfect Blogger Redesign 2008

Gleb Reys — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:19:43 +0000

After the last round of reviewing my online projects, I’ve decided to change not only focus but WordPress theme for PerfectBlogger.

As of today, this website will have Brian Gardner’s Vertigo theme. My main reason for changing the look of Perfect Blogger is to declutter the pages of this blog, so have a look and let me know!

Wordze Keyword Research – Only $4 for July 2008!

Gleb Reys — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:02 +0000

For all of you who were hoping to give Wordze keyword research service a try, here’s your next chance!

If you register for Wordze between now and July 14th, you’ll have to pay only $4 for the month of July, with $38.98 for every month after (you can cancel at the end of July if you change your mind).

I find Wordze to be one of the most useful and affordable tools online, and thanks to offers like this almost everyone can give it a try at virtually no cost.