I'm a graphic designer who does a bit of freelance web stuff, but I’m by no means a web developer. I’ve recently started building teensy (a few pages, a blog, a basic paypal shopping cart plugin) Wordpress sites with customized themes for some tech averse self-employed/freelancer friends. I'm considering offering to host these on my web space for a small fee. What could go wrong? A lot of things, I'm sure... I just don't know what. Have you hosted multiple sites for other people on your web space? If so, what do you wish you'd known going in?
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posted by 100kb
on Dec 6, 2011 -
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How can I track down the cause of periodic spikes in CPU usage caused by a plugin-bloated WordPress install on a LAMP server?
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posted by cowbellemoo
on Dec 5, 2011 -
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How do i position the 'Share' options to the right of the 'Categories' line on my Wordpress website?
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posted by TwilightKid
on Dec 4, 2011 -
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I'm having difficulty using WordPress to set up a professional website (not a blog). I'm completely new to the platform and have found WordPress.org to be unhelpful. Are there resources for absolute beginners to WordPress?
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posted by kim in chicago
on Nov 29, 2011 -
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I'm building a blog-like site that will have lots of old stories about a particular rural area. I'll be adding lots of supplemental information about some of the places, people and things the author talks about, and I'm trying to decide how to display it.
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posted by nosila
on Nov 21, 2011 -
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WordPressFilter: Helping a friend...site was on one host, wanted to move to new host. Downloaded entire site into a folder from ftp. Attempted to just put this on the new host. Chaos ensues. I don't even know where to begin.
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posted by sio42
on Nov 10, 2011 -
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Is anyone out there using a blogging platform calendar plugin that lets you define recurring events such as "the second tuesday of each month"?
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posted by maniabug
on Nov 9, 2011 -
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I run a monthly Pub Quiz and I have a website, running on Wordpress which I use for announcing upcoming quizzes, publishing results and past questions / answers. At the moment I publish the questions and answers (50 per month) as separate blog posts with a category of Question or Answer tagged with the month and year. Is there a smarter, more intuitive way of doing it?
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posted by jontyjago
on Nov 7, 2011 -
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I have a web site using Wordpress and a forum plug-in (Simple-Press) that's been around for awhile and has become fairly popular. All of a sudden I've begun getting at least 3 to 6
bogus user registrations each day that are coming from IP addresses in Russia and eastern Europe. I don't really know why or how concerned I should be. They don't need to register to post comments on my blog and Akismet is almost 100% effective at getting rid of comment spam. They're also either not trying to post spam on my forum or they can't get past the Captcha/challenge it uses.
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posted by 14580
on Nov 4, 2011 -
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Hope me! I have a Wordpress foodie blog and I have a kitchenware retail website. I want to take the blog and export it to my website. Somehow. It gets a little more complicated and I'd really appreciate some help walking me through the various procedures. Wise advise on blog organisation would also be deeply appreciated. Apologies in advance for the longwinded rambling to follow.
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posted by ninazer0
on Nov 2, 2011 -
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Having a strange problem with my Wordpress blog and calendar plugins... any calendar plugin, actually.
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posted by selfnoise
on Nov 2, 2011 -
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What's the best way to build a website on Wordpress, if the website design has a unique layout?
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posted by inatizzy
on Oct 31, 2011 -
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I have a Wordpress blog at www.mydomainname.org. I want to add another Wordpress blog at subdomain.mydomainname.org. I know it's possible, but is it something
I can do?
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posted by that's how you get ants
on Oct 29, 2011 -
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I've been asked by a family member to set up a small business site to be used for displaying images of products for sale. As I don't really want to get too involved, I need a CMS that's easy to use and maintain and figured WordPress to be a good fit. However, I'm having trouble finding just the right image gallery behaviour.
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posted by ar0n
on Oct 18, 2011 -
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I need to add a caption to many user-submitted photos at once, and regularly. Best solution? Bonus: any way to automate that process with a tumblr blog? Dbl bonus: free?
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posted by skypieces
on Oct 18, 2011 -
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I have a tumblr that is getting decently popular. If I want to become more of an established blogger, do I need to use a different platform?
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posted by kingfishers catch fire
on Oct 18, 2011 -
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Does Wordpress support display of blog posts in English + East-Asian languages, natively or out of the box?
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posted by Bodrik
on Oct 16, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a score tracker that multiple users can utilise to upload scores, track progress and analyse results
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posted by mattr
on Oct 3, 2011 -
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Seeking recommendations for dealing with many Wordpress sites from one central location. I have a number of personal sites, plus work related sites, and would like a secure, central way to deal with them all – plus a wishpony that is probably not even a spark in some stallion's eye...
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posted by taz
on Sep 29, 2011 -
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I have until noon tomorrow to prove to my company that switching out our proprietary CMS system to Wordpress is a terrible idea. Difficulty: I know nothing about Wordpress. Help!
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posted by Melusinewave
on Sep 27, 2011 -
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I think my friend's small company might be getting ripped off. I need advice as to what is acceptable pricing for building and running a couple of websites.
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posted by bollockovnikov
on Sep 23, 2011 -
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Any decent wordpress shopping carts? FOSS or for sale doesn't matter so much as good to go right now and stable for at least a few years into the future.
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posted by jsturgill
on Sep 21, 2011 -
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I like the look of this gallery plugin on
this website but I can't seem to find a similar version that I can use.
Can anyone recommend a similar version?
posted by SRMorris
on Sep 19, 2011 -
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Google+WordPress integration: ridiculous idea or this might just be crazy enough to work?
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posted by JaredSeth
on Sep 17, 2011 -
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Wordpress experts: Please help me figure out this baffling thing that's happening with comments on a friend's site.
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posted by jbickers
on Sep 16, 2011 -
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This weekend I'm setting up a website for an academic event. I'd like the homepage of the site to have large, clickable progress bars that display the number of posts for each of the subpages (News & Announcements, Blog, Events, etc.). As more posts are added to each of the subpages (posts would likely be sorted and displayed by category and tag), its respective progress bar takes up more screen real estate and the tally count listed on/near it increases. Basically, I want the homepage to look like a giant, dynamic bar chart. Is there a freeware (or cheap) template, widget or piece of code that allows me to do this?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Sep 15, 2011 -
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I have someone who wants a very specific look for a site but is on a budget, and before I get the design sliced and coded, I thought I'd check to see if anyone has seen a template that matches. We need to be able to pick all colors (background, sheet, etc), the sheet needs to have a shadow around it, and the sheet also needs to have deckle edges. The rest of the layout is pretty standard. Paid template is fine. Or, does anyone have recommendations for forums for theme recommendations?
posted by korej
on Sep 14, 2011 -
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What is the technical name of this text format where a certain part of the bigger text is highlighted and presented in a box. See the link below
here. What is the technical name of the bit which says "
The Mona Lisa had spent two years on Peruggia’s kitchen table. ‘I fell in love with her,’ he said from jail"
about half way down the page. Extra points for someone who can suggest a wordpress plugin that allows this.
posted by london302
on Sep 4, 2011 -
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Is there an
easy way to create a single page list that will show how many views each of the posts on my Wordpress blog has had? It doesn't have to look nice for publication. I just want to identify my least popular posts so I can either re-write or delete them.
posted by 14580
on Sep 2, 2011 -
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I have a very odd problem and am not sure where to turn since I have run into silence on various tech forums. Here's my issue. I have a site Magento site that is a combination of Wordpress header and footer and Magento creamy center. When checking out you the customer see's that the site is unsecure. Not good.
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posted by misterpatrick
on Aug 31, 2011 -
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I would really like a simple Wordpress theme where I can customize the header image, and change the colors to anything (backgrounds, fonts, links, etc). Something simple. I'm even willing to pay for it. Any ideas or tips? Thanks guys.
posted by stlboi
on Aug 23, 2011 -
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Looking for recommendations for a Wordpress theme best suited for a Nonprofit organization's website.
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posted by sk381
on Aug 22, 2011 -
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What are the best website/blog tips that don't immediately come to mind? I'm relaunching a website and want to make sure I do it right both technically and financially... (more details inside)
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posted by darkgroove
on Aug 19, 2011 -
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Wordpress.org Links Widget Problem: This seems like it should be relatively easy, but I can't figure it out – Is there a way I can change the titles of the Wordpress Links Widgets (Blogroll)
as seen in the admin panel? I'm using many instances of the the links widget for different groups of links (trust me that there's a good reason for this), and currently what I see in my sidebar section in the Widgets area of the admin panel is a column of LINKS, LINKS, LINKS, LINKS, etc., when what I want to see is LINKS Topic A, LINKS Topic B, LINKS Topic C, etc.
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posted by taz
on Aug 17, 2011 -
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Wordpress help. I am using
this theme with
this music player. How do I make one of the links at the top (like Home, Categories, About, Contacts) popout a window properly sized for the player?
posted by fake
on Jul 30, 2011 -
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I have a few podcasts that I'd like to consolidate onto a single web page. Please help me figure out which CMS or website software to use.
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posted by griseus
on Jul 26, 2011 -
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What's the best way for me to send text message updates to visitors to my Wordpress site?
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posted by DMan
on Jul 16, 2011 -
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I just want a WordPress plug-in that can display a slideshow of photos. No drama, no fuss, no need to make 13,000 choices. Bonus points for ability to go full-screen if the user chooses.
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posted by chrisinseoul
on Jul 15, 2011 -
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A professional organization I'm affiliated with wants to improve the job listings area of our website. What's the best job board plugin/widget for a Wordpress blog out there, either free or for $100 or less?
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posted by Anima Mundi
on Jul 12, 2011 -
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