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New Year’s Resolution – Post a Day

January 6, 2011 in In The News with 0 Comments

I recently heard about a challenge from WordPress to get bloggers writing and posting more in 2011.  Mashable & CNN even did write-ups about the challenge.

Over the New Year holiday, WordPress issued a challenge to its blogger-users: Write and publish one post a day (or a week) throughout 2011.

For non-professional and personal bloggers, writing and posting every day can be a tall order, so the good folks at WordPress have launched The Daily Post, a guide with daily tidbits of “inspiration, encouragement and advice about blogging.”

I have decided to take on that challenge and so this is the first post in what hopefully will be a string of daily posts for 2011.  It won’t be easy, but I know it is something I want to more.  You can expect shorter posts and a larger variety but most will still center around the themes of technology, leadership and my life.

If you read this blog I hope you’ll engage, connect and encourage me along the way! Just look for the “Comments” link under each post title.

Automatic WordPress Backup

June 1, 2010 in Tools with 0 Comments

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In the previous post in this series on backups, I talked about a great tool for backing up a Joomla! website. Now, I’d like to highlight another awesome tool that makes backing up your WordPress site a snap. The plugin is called Automatic WordPress Backup.

It is a breeze to setup and get running and the plugin can be configured to run automatically for you and backup your site to Amazon’s S3 Web Services. If you don’t yet have an account on Amazon created, you can create one on the fly as you walk through the settings of the plugin. Once you have setup your Amazon S3 account and linked it to the plugin, you are pretty much good to go – it is dead simple.

You can set the backup schedule (I do mine daily) and then forget about it. The plugin will do the rest for you. You don’t have to worry about remembering to run your backup, it happens for you according to the schedule you set. You will have the peace of mind of knowing your backup is made and available in the event something bad ever happens to your site and you need to recover.

If you have a WordPress site, you really should have this plugin. No excuses when backups can be this easy! Check out the plugin website for more information. In this video clip, they even walk through the basic set up for you.