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My WP Site Was Hacked!

Recently, on another of my blogs I was unable to log in, and as I was trying to, a pop-up appeared saying “You have been hacked!”  – and then something about Kurdistan.

Hmm.

Every time I tried again the same thing happened.

How Did It Happen?

What did I do wrong?

Was it on the server? Was it the WordPress software? Was it in my computer?

As a non-techie, I have no idea!

I now had two things I needed to do as soon as possible, and that was first to find out how to access my blog and second to advise the hosting company so they could make whatever server changes they needed to make.

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As we all know WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.
However, there is a learning curve which often stops people getting the full benefits of this zero cost software.
I came across this site  today and I thought surely there must be someone out there that would appreciate this and get a lot of value from it.


This is free to use and you do not have to opt in!
So, if you need to know more about WordPress and particularly if you are starting out then check this out today.


I hope this is useful.
Good luck.

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How To Set Up Your WordPress Blog- The Videos!

Matt Wolfe, a very helpful internet marketer has created a comprehensive set of video tutorials.

It is a series of video tutorials that teach you how to set up a WordPress Blog, how to get traffic to the blog, and how to make money with the blog!

The videos are so easy to follow as Matt explains in a “look over his shoulder” way.

I have been using them since I started creating my blog.

Since then Matt has added more and more videos, and I have to say I go back to them frequently when I am doing something new with my blog or working on getting more traffic.

The WordPress Classroom

I heard that only a limited number of spots are going to be given out in the classroom.

Matt Wolfe, the teacher, tries to help the students on a one-on-one basis whenever they need help which is very powerful, so I think he is limiting it to 200 spots or something like that.

I can thoroughly recommend this as someone who uses this WordPress Classroom.

The following is a list of available videos:

The Setup – Start Here

1. Why Use WordPress?
2. Purchasing a Domain
3. Purchasing Hosting
4. Linking Domain to Host
5. Installing WordPress (With Fantastico)
5. Installing WordPress (Manually)Optional
6. Installing a Free Theme
7. WordPress Dashboard Tour

Getting it All Dialed in

8.Adding Your E-mail to your Domain
9. Editing Permalinks for SEO
10. Installing Akismet Anti-Spam
11. Installing Google Analytics (WordPress Plugin)
11. Installing Google Analytics (Manually)Optional
12. Installing All-in-One SEO
13. Creating a Google Sitemap
14. Threaded Comments
15. Setting Up Automatic Backups

Adding Some Cool Features

16. How to Add RSS with Feedburner
17. Create About Me Page
18. Adding Comments to the About Page
19. Add a Contact Form to your Blog
20. Add an Avatar Next to Blog Comments
21. How to Cut Off a Post and Give a “Read More” Link
22. Add an Opt-in Box to your Sidebar
23. Linking to External Pages in your Menu
24. Using the Top Commentators Widget
25. Installing the Twitter Widget
26. Installing the Skype Widget

Blog Content

27. How to Find Pictures for your Blog
28. Adding a Picture to your Post
29. Adding Video to your Posts
30. Installing a Custom Theme
31. Creating Your Own Themes With Artisteer

Let’s Get Some Traffic

32. General Traffic Generation Overview
33. Using our Traffic Tool
34. Using Twitter to Generate Traffic (Guest Video)
35. Sending WordPress Posts to Twitter
36. Commenting on Other Blogs
37. Commenting in Forums
38. Using Comment Kahuna
39. Angela’s Backlinks
40. Pinging Your Blog

Time to Make Some Money

41. Make Money Promoting The WordPress Classroom
42. Installing Google Adsense
43. Promote Products From Amazon
44. Promote Your Hosting Company
45. Using Clickbank
46. Using Commission Juntion
47. Hiding Affiliate Links

Advanced Techniques

48. Outsourcing Blog Content
49. Scheduling Your Posts
50. Tweaking Text and Link Colors
51. Creating a Video Tutorial
52. Selling Your Blog For Profit

Quite comprehensive as you can see and just about covers all you need to know about setting up and running a WordPress blog. I only recommend things that I have used and like and this one I recommend!

You can check it out here:

The WordPress Classroom

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WARNING:WordPress Security Problem – Update
And Backup!

Apparently there is a security hole in WordPress that allows hackers into your hosting account. To secure everything, you need to update to the latest version 2.8.6 of WordPress immediately:

Here is a video from Youtube with a quick explanation followed by the WordPress statement:

“WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

Posted November 12, 2009 by Ryan Boren. Filed under Releases, Security.

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 uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations. Thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for finding and reporting these.”

Why not do it now! And don’t forget to backup first.

See my previous post – http://dave-whittle.com/internet-marketing/how-to-backup-your-wordpress-blog

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There are major security issues with WordPress 2.8.0 to 2.8.3 which allow anyone, not just hackers, to change your admin password very easily.

WordPress 2.8.4 was created to solve this problem.

Many people will have ignored the upgrade link or put it off for another day (and I am as guilty of this as anyone) but in this particular instance, upgrade as soon as possible.

If you have a more recent version of WordPress you will be able to do this automatically, however don’t forget to back up first!

My earlier post about “How To Back up Your WordPress Blog” may be useful to you or you can find more information at http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups

I hope this helps someone.

9th September, 2009 Update.

Latest recommended reading about updating from WordPress .org.

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How To Backup Your WordPress Blog

I am sure that most marketers are aware that it makes sense to backup your computer.

Anyone who has stared at the BSOD, otherwise known as the Blue Screen Of Death, will know all about that sinking feeling that you get when you realize you may well have lost everything on your computer.

If it is not lost then it could be if you have to reload your operating system.

I have had that sinking feeling twice on two different computers so you may well understand that I like to backup. Lesson hard learned!

Problems can occur for any number of reasons from system failures to hacking so it makes sense to backup your blog as well where you may have lots of content which has taken you a lot of hard work, a lot of time, some frustration and so on.

I have been researching the options available so I can start taking backups regularly and get some peace of mind.

There seems to be three main options and these are:

  • the built-in Export feature on WordPress
  • WordPress backup plugin
  • manual database backup

Option 1 is quick and easy and shouldn’t present any problems however there are limitations:

  • will only backup users, posts, comments and categories
  • will not backup links
  • is limited to 64MB upload limit

You can do this by going to your blog admin, then go to “Tools” and click on “Export”. You will then be taken to an “Export” page.

There all you have to do is click on “Download Export File”. You will then be taken to your normal pop-up where you can open or save file.

Save file to  your Desktop or any other place that is convenient to you.

Option 2 is a downloadable plugin which will backup your entire site not just the database, can schedule backups and can also email the backup to you.

Limitations are:

  • you can only restore manually using something similiar to PHPMyAdmin as there is no restore function in WordPress
  • a greater learning curve

NB. at the time of writing this there are some compatibility issues with the latest WordPress update (2.8.1) which I am sure will be fixed soon.


Option 3 is a manual backup and would probably be more suitable to people who are comfortable with PHPMyAdmin via CPanel.

Not really for inexperienced people.

Having said that I came across an excellent video which may encourage you to have a look at manual backups. It is about upgrading your WordPress blog but has a lot of excellent advice about backing up your blog first.

Well, that is the results of my research into backing up a WordPress blog.

I hope it helps and I would welcome any comments which improve on this or otherwise.
Good luck!

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