Twitter Lists – what is it?
2 November, 2009 – 8:33 pm | 9 Comments

When I logged on to my Twitter on the web a couple of days ago, I noticed a new message on the top of the page (screenshot above) about the new Twitter feature called the …

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Reduce WordPress CPU Usage #3 – Reduce your database queries
11 June, 2009 – 2:11 am | 10 Comments
Reduce WordPress CPU Usage #3 – Reduce your database queries

This is my 3rd post on the post series: how to reduce WordPress CPU usage. Read the complete series on my Blogging Guide series page.
A high CPU usage can be caused by the number of …

Reduce WordPress CPU Usage #2: Uninstalling a WordPress plug-in completely
28 May, 2009 – 11:35 pm | 16 Comments
Reduce WordPress CPU Usage #2: Uninstalling a WordPress plug-in completely

Today, we are going to talk about how to clean up WordPress plug-in left overs / uninstall a WordPress plug-in completely.
Do you know that deactivating and removing a plug-in doesn’t necessarily mean removing its table …

Reduce WordPress CPU Usage #1 – General tips
22 May, 2009 – 8:28 pm | 22 Comments
Reduce WordPress CPU Usage #1 – General tips

I’ve been trying to optimize this WordPress blog because of the high CPU usage reported by my web hosting. I’ll post a few tips that I do personally on this blog and hopefully if you …

The WordPress’ White Screen of Death
19 May, 2009 – 9:40 pm | 8 Comments
The WordPress’ White Screen of Death

I was trying to upgrade this blog to WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 earlier. Everything went well until the step of upgrading the database was completed: the famous WordPress’ white screen of death. It happened when …

WP Greet Box – Utilize your blog’s traffic
21 April, 2009 – 12:16 pm | 7 Comments
WP Greet Box – Utilize your blog’s traffic

I’ve been using a Wordpress plug-in called WP Greet Box for a while now. WP Greet Box basically detects the visitors of your blog (where they are coming from) and display a custom message to …

How to uninstall Global Translator Plug-in properly
15 April, 2009 – 1:04 pm | 15 Comments
How to uninstall Global Translator Plug-in properly

On my previous post, I explained on why I uninstalled the Global Translator plug-in from this blog. Here is a step by step process that you should take if you want to uninstall the plug-in …

Global Translator Plug-in review – To install or not to install?
6 April, 2009 – 6:30 pm | 16 Comments
Global Translator Plug-in review – To install or not to install?

Here is a plug-in for WordPress that is going to add more international visitors’ numbers to your traffic statistics. Please note that I’ve tried this plug-in for a month but decided to remove it …

Have you verified your trackbacks and pingbacks?
26 March, 2009 – 8:54 pm | 11 Comments
Have you verified your trackbacks and pingbacks?

If you own a blog, you’ll probably want other bloggers to spread and link back to your post. This is where trackbacks and pingbacks come into play. If you want to find out more …