"WordPress" Posts
New Year, New Design, and New Outlook for ContentRobot
Wow! ContentRobot will be celebrating our 6-year anniversary this March, so it’s time for a redesign! Here are the top 6 reasons why we are unveiling a new (out)look.
1. Rebooting the Business
It’s a bit painful to admit, but ContentRobot sorta fell into a rut over the past several months. While we launched some good client work, we were somewhat muddled in what we wanted to accomplish as a company.
We are now focusing on the following goals:
- Promoting
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Announcing Our Latest Service: BlogOnCloud9 (WordPress Hosting!)
ContentRobot is pleased to announce our newest service: BlogOnCloud9.
What is it? BlogOnCloud9 is the premier destination to host your WordPress blog. Bloggers can get the best of both worlds and take advantage of a scalable “cloud” hosting plan coupled with expert WordPress support from ContentRobot.
BlogOnCloud9 will support bloggers every step of the way.
- We’ll help to solve any issues that arise – from perplexing WordPress problems to optimizing your hosting environment.
- We’ll give bloggers their own custom WordPress
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Two Weeks Later … WP 2.8.6 Security Release Arrives
Ah, that pesky WordPress update prompt is active again! WordPress has patched some more security holes and has released 2.8.6. According to WordPress:
2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.
The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing …
WP 2.8.5 Needs Mucho Memory
For those of you on shared hosting plans, you may notice that WordPress needs more memory than ever. Perhaps you’ve found that out while you’ve attempted to upgrade to WP 2.8.5. We’ve seen:
- WordPress and/or certain plugin updates hanging
- WordPress and/or some plugins not installing completely
- The the now-popular white screen (in both the dashboard and on the blog itself
- The “WordPress Upgrade Error Allowed Memory Size Exhausted” error
- A fatal error similar to: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of
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WordPress for Business Bloggers: A Book Review
ContentRobot couldn’t wait to dive into our copy of WordPress for Business Bloggers by Paul Thewlis (published by Packt Publishing). While we have our own methodology, we were quite interested in his approach and the advice he has for the business blogger blogger-to-be.
Thewlis chose to navigate the reader through a sample case study, which involved installing and configuring WordPress (version 2.6 as of press time), plugins, and widgets. He also touched upon design, content, promotion, analytics, and monetization, which …
