Comments on: More WordPress Help and Discussion – Comments Are Closed

By: Mark McLaren

Mark McLaren — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:12:58 +0000

@Alex – You need to get that Russian text and link out of your theme. That’s bad news. Try http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-security-checker/ or http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tac/ or http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/

Here are some backup options. http://bloggersense.net/5-best-wordpress-backup-plugins-2012

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:21:47 +0000

Hi Mark,
I’m trying to follow your advice about backing up my website but lost you after backupbuddy. Are there alternative plugins you’d recommend that don’t cost an arm and a leg? My understanding is that my theme (Blak Magik) never had previous/next page links…darn it! How do I go about getting those in place? Also, somehow I have Russian letters at the bottom of my website with a bogus link. How did it get there and how do I get rid of it?!

By: Mark McLaren

Mark McLaren — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:49:02 +0000

@Alex - First, make sure you have a good backup system in place. BackupBuddy is one option. Then, to debug and hopefully find the missing old posts, I would try using a backup to create a duplicate of your site in a subdirectory. (BackupBuddy makes this pretty easy.) Use the Settings > Privacy on the duplicate to set it so that it's not visible to search engines. Or, alternatively, you can also try using Tools > Export to create an xml file of the site and then Tools > Import to import the site file into a new clean installation of WordPress (again in a subdirectory with Privacy set to hide from search engines). Once you have this kind of test installation up and running, you can switch themes to see if your previous/next page links show up. (Did you have them before and they disappeared or did you never have them? If you never had them, then they are not part of your theme, and you will need to add them to the single.php and/or index.php files. That's tricky if you are not familiar with PHP and theme modification. I'm not sure of your level of WordPress skills so let me know how all this sounds and we can go from there.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:45:43 +0000

Hey Mark,
I recently noticed that my blog doesn’t have previous/next page features and I “lose” my older posts. How do I fix this debacle? Thanks!

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:25:46 +0000

Thanks Mark,
More than I expected….. helpful info.
Tim

By: Mark McLaren

Mark McLaren — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:42 +0000

@Tim – I have the video and audio for the online marketing webinar mentioned in the post: Five Keys to Generating New Business with Online Marketing. I need to combine them and then the recording will be available once I figure out the details with Bridget Brooks, who conducted the webinar. The audio is available for free here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/sa/W9FQR7bQ

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:59:27 +0000

Thanks Mark,
Very helpful report
Here it is: Online Marketing Secrets: Driving Traffic to Your Website is Only the Beginning
Outstanding
Tim

By: Mark McLaren

Mark McLaren — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:45:26 +0000

@Tim - I don't have any "secrets" to share to drive traffic to your sites. I'll write a short post about this and include the link here since this is a good question. Here it is: Online Marketing Secrets: Driving Traffic to Your Website is Only the Beginning

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:58:21 +0000

Mark,
I hope this message finds you in a joyful mood.
I was hoping you could recommend a couple powerful and highly rated programs to harvest traffic. I have 25 sites, but they might as well be billboards in the middle of the pacific. I need to make my sites SEO rich, or find programs that will aid me in getting Traffic.
I guess what I am saying is, what are the big boys using?
Thanks
Tim

By: Jeremy Green

Jeremy Green — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:06:44 +0000

Valerie,
Glad to hear that Akismet is working for you. Sounds like the guestbook plugin might have a bug.