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How to install wordpress on ubuntu (step by step)

Post last modified:February 6, 2014
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install wordpress on your localhost, you must setup apache and mysql first. We have already posted a tutorial on How to install and configure Apache,PHP,MySql and phpMyadmin on ubuntu.Please read first.

1. Go to wordpress website and download the latest wordpress version in zip format on your desktop and extract. Now you will get wordpress folder.

2.Copy wordpress to /var/www folder

Method 1:
Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

gksudo nautilus

Type your ubuntu password if needed.
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How to fix “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”

Post last modified:January 18, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

The core automatic upgrade feature in worddpress was added with version 2.7. During the automatic upgrade WordPress places a file named .maintenance in the blog root folder. In that time the vistors will see the message Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. If your automatic upgrade process failed and your site still shows the “vistors will see the message Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” message.just delete the .maintenance file.

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How to Remove WordPress Dashboard Widgets (also from screen options)

Post last modified:January 12, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

If you login to your wordpress admin area ,you will see some useful (or maybe useless) dashboard widgets. It is a useful feature in single author blogs. By default,you can turn off any dashboard widget using the “Screen Options” tab at the right top of the admin area. In multi-author blogs it leak some important details to other users. Example:incoming links,recent coments, right now, recent drafts etc.

To completely remove wordpress dashboard widgets (Dashboard quickpress widget,incoming links widget,Recent comments widget,Right Now widget,Dashboard Plugins widget,Dashboard Recent Drafts widget,Dashboard primary widget,Dashboard secoundary widget)
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How to secure multi-author wordpress blog

Post last modified:January 11, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

Secure wordpress is a wordpress plugin, it increases the security of your multi-author wordpress blog.

Some of its feature are

Removes error messages on login-page.
Removes the wordpress version except in admin.
Removes wordpress version in admin area for non-admins
Adds index.php plugin-directory (virtual)
Removes Really Simple Discovery link in wp_head of the frontend.
Removes Windows Live Writer.
Removes core update for non-admins.
Removes plugin update for non-admins.
Removes theme update non-admins.
Removes version on urls from scripts and stylesheets onyl on frontend
Block bad queries
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How to customize login and registration page setting in wordpress – Theme My Login

Post last modified:January 10, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

If you want your wordpress login and registration pages according to your wordpress theme and also some customizable setting example:email,security , then Theme my login wordpress plugin is useful for you. It replaces the wp-login.php file by using a page template from your theme and also includes a widget for sidebar login.

To customize login and registration page in wordpress

1. Download Theme My Login wordpress Plugin from this link.

2. Unzip and upload it to your WordPress wp-content/plugins directory.
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WordPress.com Stats

Post last modified:January 8, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

According to wordpress there are over 32 million WordPress publishers as of December 2010 and 16 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com plus 16.7 million active installations of the WordPress.org software.numbers are for WordPress.com hosted blogs only.
According to Quantcast, over 260 million people worldwide visit one or more WordPress.com blogs every month, and they view over 2.3 billion pages on those blogs each month.
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Failed to send your message. Please try again later or contact administrator by other way.

Post last modified:January 2, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

If you are getting “Failed to send your message. Please try again later or contact administrator by other way.” error message in your contact form then you are using Contact Form 7.

To solve this error in your contact form 7

1.Login to wp-admin. In your admin dashboard click Contact.

2.In your mail settings change the From field to email belongs to your domain.
Example: your_email_address@your_domain.com
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How to fix 500 internal server error in wordpress

Post last modified:January 1, 2011
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Corruption in .htaccess file caused this error.This is a simple htaccess error.

To fix 500 internal server error in wordpress

1.Save a copy of (backup) your .htaccess file.

2.Open your .htaccess file.

3.Delete all lines from your .htaccess file and save the file.
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Increase your backlinks- Please Link 2 Me wordpress plugin

Post last modified:December 26, 2010
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

Author’s Description:

This plugin adds a text box containing all the code necessary for visitors to easily create links back to your article from their website.

1. Download Please Link 2 Me wordpress Plugin from this link.

2. Unzip and upload it to your WordPress wp-content/plugins directory.

3. Login to wp-admin. In your admin dashboard click plugins and activate the Please Link 2 Me wordpress Plugin.
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Simple Coming soon And Under construction wordpress plugin

Post last modified:December 22, 2010
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

Author’s Description:

Simple plugin provides easy setuping coming soon page by clicking on dropdown menu.It offers you two site states:Usual running site and Coming soon page.Independent of selected state, logged administrators always see the full, running site. This is very useful for site maintance and fixing.you can create a custom theme by creating coming-soon.php file into your active theme folder.

To add Simple Coming soon And Under construction wordpress plugin to your WordPress blog

1. Download Simple Coming soon And Under construction wordpress plugin from this link.
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