Keeping WordPress up to date is becoming more important by the day. Many people ask “why is it important to update WordPress?” and there are many reasons, the main reason being security.
Why do I need to update WordPress? (more…)
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WordPress Updates are Important
March 4th, 2011 
Daniel Hall 
Posted in Wordpress 
Tags: types of Wordpress updates, update Wordpress, Wordpress Updates 
No Comments »WordPress Categories – This Slug Is Already In Use
January 22nd, 2011 Daniel Hall With a few new changes on this blog I recently decided to change the old News category to the new category called Stallion Hosting. This would normally be a quick change in WordPress by simply clicking the drop down menu under posts, click Categories and then find the category I want to change and click rename.
Well, this was not the case because the slug stallion-hosting was said to already be in use, but wait – I did not have a Category called stallion-hosting. In the end it was because there was a Post Tag called stallion-hosting, so after renaming this I was easily able to create the Stallion Hosting (stallion-hosting) category. (more…)
How to Network Your Blog with NetworkedBlogs
December 14th, 2010 Daniel Hall Today I am going to post a short tutorial on how to get your blog linked with NetworkedBlogs. I recently linked this blog with NetworkedBlogs so that the Stallion Hosting Facebook fan page will be automatically updated every time a new post is made. By using the application called NetworkedBlogs, you can automatically post your latest WordPress blog posts to your Facebook fan page.
There are many advantages to this, especially in terms of getting your blog noticed which is vital, it will also help to get your links out there on the web and in front of more people, so go ahead and use the step by step tutorial below to also get your blog networked. (more…)
Posted in SEO, Wordpress Tags: advertise, blog, facebook, network, networkedblogs, promote, wordpress No Comments »CMS Websites
November 19th, 2010 Daniel Hall Enlightening Facts about Online CMS Websites
If you try to stay on top of all the technical lingo it seems like there’s a new acronym to learn every day. It seems like there’s no end in site for the parade of technical jargon you need to know just to stay current with the latest tech talk When it comes to building websites, the latest hot topic is CMS.
So, what is a CMS and how can you benefit from using one? (more…)
WordPress Plugin Review: Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
November 14th, 2010 Daniel Hall 
I am very pleased to report that I have been researching and testing a few different WordPress plugins with regards to showing related posts on this blog. After doing my usual online research I also read a few reviews and also visited the developers website of each plugin. Once I had my top 4 choices it was just a matter of reading up on each option and then crossing them off until I had found a plugin that I was happy with.
In the end I decided to settle with the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine). The plugin also known as YARPP for short is really a great tool for any blog and then installation was smooth and quick. The screen shot above shows the result of the tool for my post on Fantastico cPanel Hosting – CMS. (more…)
Posted in Wordpress Tags: Plugin, Related Posts, wordpress, Yet Another Related Posts Plugin No Comments »Fantastico cPanel Hosting – CMS
November 6th, 2010 Daniel Hall Fantastico cPanel Hosting – CMS
On to the second part of the Fantastico cPanel Hosting blogging series where we will be discussing the various Content Management Systems (CMSs) that are included in all of our Website Hosting Packages at Stallion Hosting. Content Management Systems are designed to help you and your business/community easily publish, manage and organize a variety of content and create a sort of news-based web portal. CMS’s allow end-users (know as authors) to provide new information to the website in the form of articles as well as other forms of content.
Content Management Systems use a concept of the workflow for the target users, which defines how the new content is to be routed around the system so that the user that requires that certain information is able to get to it. All this breaks down to a general definition of a CMS, which is: A (CMS) Content Management System is software that easily allows users to create, edit and manage web content. This is just one of the reasons why content management systems have become very popular amongst designers, developers and users across the globe. (more…)
Posted in Web Hosting Basics, Wordpress Tags: cms, content management systems, cpanel hosting, Fantastico No Comments »Fantastico cPanel Hosting – Blogging Tools
October 9th, 2010 Daniel Hall Fantastico cPanel Hosting – Blogging Tools
Fantastico is just that, fantastic! Most professional cPanel Hosting providers such as Stallion Hosting, will have Fantastico as part of their cPanel packages. Fantastico can be described as a 3rd-party cPanel add-on that adds a large number of scripts and packages that can be very useful to new and advanced website builders and web hosting users.
Fantastico allows you to quickly install a variety of open-source scripts simply by selecting a script and providing some basic information for each installation as well as the links to the source of the scripts, you can install a script within minutes. Fantastico is designed to be easy to use and it is especially designed to install the latest version of the scripts that are available keeping you up to date with the best developments. (more…)
Posted in Web Hosting Basics, Wordpress Tags: Blogging Tools, cpanel hosting, Fantastico, wordpress 3 Comments »WordPress Themes – Top 3 Free Resources
July 5th, 2010 Daniel Hall 
WordPress is amazing, and I am a firm believer of using WordPress, I use it for a number of online projects and basic websites. One thing that many WordPress users are always on the look out for is new WordPress Themes, and so I have decided to create a new Category on WebHostingPro.co.za for the purpose of sharing WordPress Themes and Templates.
I will be sharing a number of WordPress Template resources that I use and I will also be giving away WordPress themes from time to time, so this really is a category that you should watch if you are looking for fresh, new and interesting WordPress Themes. WordPress is just so versatile and easy to use, and with the launch of WordPress 3.0 recently it goes to show that WordPress is well established and ready to take blogging and content management systems to a brand new, all time high level. (more…)
Posted in Web Hosting Basics, Wordpress Tags: wordpress, wordpress templates, wordpress themes 2 Comments »WordPress 3.0 – New Version
July 1st, 2010 Daniel Hall WordPress can be described as one of the most popular if not the most popular and widely used web blogging platforms in the world. WordPress has become the most common and obvious option for the development of blogs and websites online today. There are various elements of WordPress that make it so popular, but the main points are:
- Easy to use, versatile. – WordPress is suitable for just about anybody, no matter your technical knowledge or skills level from the beginner to the advanced programmer
- Literally tens of thousands of different themes that can easily be downloaded and installed, there is the option of purchasing WordPress themes or using free themes, and of course having your own WordPress theme designed by a professional designer
- Feature-rich interface – WordPress has a rich text editor with advanced multimedia support
- Plug ins – there is such a wide variety of plug in’s that you have access to
- WordPress is FREE – WordPress is Open Source, it is free to install and use WordPress for your website.
Posted in SEO, Web Hosting Basics, Wordpress Tags: new wordpress version, wordpress, wordpress 3.0 No Comments »
Reduce Blog Comment SPAM – SI Captcha Plugin
One of the latest WordPress plugins that I have been testing is the SI Captcha Plugin created by Mike Challis. It has some excellent features and can be a very useful plugin to help combat blog comment SPAM. Although most bloggers using WordPress will install Akismet it is not able to do the best job and this is why I have now installed this captcha plugin as well.
With over 624,400 times downloaded, 178 ratings and a star rating of 4 and a half out of 5 on the WordPress download page I highly recommend giving SI Captcha Anti-Spam plugin a chance. The details of the current version features are displayed below as well as more details on how you can get a copy for your self. (more…)