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In follow up to my previous post about Beginner WordPress, below is a list of other great blogs for more advanced uses of WordPress. Beware: this list is mostly for developers or if you want to get your hands dirty in some code!

1. WordPress Codex

The WordPress Codex is the top spot to get all WordPress information. In the WordPress Codex, you can learn:

• How to build or modify a WordPress theme
• How to build or modify a WordPress ...

Here is where you can download the module from - http://drupal.org/project/popups ...

Create a New User Account:

It is harder for a hacker to break into your blog when both the username and the password have to be cracked. That is why you should create a new user and delete the WordPress default “admin”. You create a user by going into “Users” then “Add New” in the WordPress menu. When creating the new user, make sure to give it the role as an “Administrator”. That will make sure that you have the full authority over your blog. Now simply logout ...

• Backup your database every couple of hours (WP-DBManager plugin)
• Optimize your database every day (WP-DBManager plugin)
• Backup your files every day
• Your the debug queries plugin to check for bad plugins
• Run Akismet for spam comments
• Use pingdom or another tool to know when your site is down
• Use 404 notifier plugin
• Remove unneccessary meta info

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• Set pretty permalinks
• Switch blog name and post title to 'post title - blog name'
• Give robots directions. noindex wp-admin,login and register pages, etc
• Write better titles - Use All in One SEO plugin
• Write good meta descriptions
• Create proper pagination - Use wp-pagenavi plugin
• Disable paged comments
• Sitemaps and SEO - Wordpress MU Style

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