We woke up one morning and found out that one of our sites had been hacked. A red glaring warning sign appeared on Firefox and Google marked it as a dangerous site. This can happen to you. As much as I want to be intimidated by all the code talk I just cannot afford stop and moan about [...]

This is the best instruction I have read for setting up AmazonS3. I actually followed it step by step and it worked! Now, note that there were a few bumps so if you can get someone to work and do it when you are alert. OOPS, I am going too f ast. Oh, allow me to [...]

Recently I sent an email to a fellow boomer blogger and raved about their Google Page Rank, Alexa rank and suggested using Textlink Ads. I got an email back saying thanks but it was all gooogly gook. Shame  on me, Ms. Communication Expert, Trainer, Presentation skills expert and baby boomer to do something so stupid. [...]

You can easily migrate your Blogger blog to the hosted WordPress.com. Now, note I did not say WordPress.org. WordPress.org must be self-hosted. That means you pay for monthly hosting. Whereas, WordPress.com is hosted and you do not pay WordPress.com for hosting the site. I always refer to WordPress.com as the homeless shelter. It is great [...]

Blog With Pictures This picture reminds me of blogging. This weed is working itself around a steel gate. It has decided that it wants to live. How often do we see our blog dying because of lack of traffic or your decreasing interest or energy? This weed is a powerful reminder to keep finding ways [...]

I just made some additons to an old post about adding video to a WordPress.com site.Why, because I made an incorrect statement based on my current knowledge and experience at the time. I said you could not embed video into a WordPress.com site from Youtube. Don’t think I did not try without some heartburn. I [...]

The Birth of Dianosphere- A Labor of Love by Martin Diano I can recall vividly the birth of my first blog. I decided to spend three months during the summer of 2007 in Greenville NY, where my wife, Annette, and I have a second home so we can be closer to our grandson. Annette, who [...]

You can add audio to your blog without a lot of drama! If you go to the first sidebar on the right I have a short, really short audio and two videos. So check them out. Enjoy and email me or respond to this post with any questions. Tweet This Post

I got 30 comments in only 10 minutes. How? It was real simple and you can do it too-BUT I HOPE YOU DON’T.! After my husband and I upgraded 9 of our sites to Version 2.7 we forgot, in the heat of upgrade passion, to ACTIVATE one of our plugins. Namely, Akismet. You know the one [...]

Baby Boomer hubby and I upgraded nine sites yesterday but crased one. How? We used two separate, but effective methods. One method was using two great plug-ins. WordPress Database Backup Plugin This is an excellent, uncomplicated,on-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Manage ? Backup to get started. By Austin Matzko. WordPress Automatic Upgrade [...]