http://www.scotthack.com Welcome to my world. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:51:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I ushered in Summer with a viewing of The Land of the Lost -- skip this movie. It had a few funny moments, but it just didn't do it for me overall. Then I hit the Gelato stand at Norton Commons. LOVE their chocolate. I ... http://www.scotthack.com/summer-time/ For those of you following along at home. Wordpress 2.8 Beta release 1 has been released for testing. I'll probably install it on a test blog here in a few weeks and start testing plugin and theme compatibility. I noticed they made changes to the default theme, ... http://www.scotthack.com/wordpress-28-beta/ It never ceases to amaze me that when I want to find some sort of additional Wordpress functionality, I normally can find a plugin that does it! Today is another one of those examples. On this site right here, I wasn't interested in having my contact page "followed" ... http://www.scotthack.com/page-lists-plus/ If you are running a Wordpress blog or website, take notice -- I have a few friends who have told me about having their websites hacked.   Keeping your Wordpress version updated, as well as paying attention to what plugins you install can go a long way.  However, this little gem ... http://www.scotthack.com/hide-your-wp-configphp-file/ Today I spent a few hours updating some of the titles on my real estate site. It will be interesting to see if this increases my position in the search engine rankings in 3 or 4 weeks. I had previously done some updating a few weeks ago, and ... http://www.scotthack.com/this-is-your-title/ Earlier today I was doing some updating on my real estate site and my host was hit with a DDos attack.  Thankfully, they got that all squared away and fixed.  However, something happend along that same time period.  I don't know if the two are related (although, I think they ... http://www.scotthack.com/thank-you-wordpress-post-revisions/