Password for WordPress, have you heard about it? Did you know that it is possible to put password in your WordPress page? Did you know that you protect certain pages in your WordPress with a password? For those who do not know, password protection for specific pages is possible when you want only specific visitors to view a certain page.

The Advantage of Using Password for WordPress Page

In WordPress, there are certain things that users want to keep private or protected. Password protection does the trick; it protects a page and gives the owner the sole control to those who will be permitted to access information in a particular page. Those visitors or clients who will be provided with the password are the only people who will be able to access the password-protected page. Therefore, only the chosen people will gain access to confidential information or freebies for valuable clients only. This opens an endless possibility for marketing techniques that the users can utilise to gain more profit from their site. Here are few uses of using password in a WordPress Page:

1. Password is significant for VIP clients or customers only information.
2. Password is important in restricted information can only be given after completion of a form.
3. Password is imperative for protection of pages that contain downloadable links that you want to offer only to selected clients or to those who are willing to pay for it.

At this point, you must be convinced to have a password-protected page in your WordPress account. Therefore, you must start the process of putting it in your settings. Here are the user friendly steps. To start the password protection, click the Visibility located at the right sidebar under the button Publish. Then, edit link then select Password Protected. After doing that, you can see a password box for you to place your password.

In case that you care not using the custom menus, the page will be dispalyed in the site’s naviagtion like in other pages, with the exception that a visitor or customer will be prompted to eneter a password to view a specific content.

If you don’t like the page to be visible in your menu, you can create a (Appearance > Menus) custom menu and not add the new password-protected page into your navigation menu. In this manner, you may provide a page’s URL including the password only to the chosen client or customers that you want to access it.

There are lot of WordPress users out there who have been in a situation where they mess up a page or post beyond repair. If you are in that situation before, here are some helpful tips for you.

WordPress Keeps Previous “Saves”

Contrary to popular belief, WordPress keep all previous or past revisions and saves. If you want to revert back to any of your previous settings all you have to do is to scroll down to the bottom of the post or page. From there, you can see a detailed list of the time and date that you revised a page or post. Afterwards, you may choose the last revision from where you committed your mistake and you can restore from there. Start over more carefully at this point.

Needless to say, this procedure is quite user friendly – everybody can do it without the hassle of technical codes. What is surprising is that not all WordPress users are aware of it. Little did they know that by simply scrolling down to the end of the editor page you can correct whatever mistake you have done in the past.

Save Your Own Backup

Another trick is to keep a backup of your files, simply copy each file you have for your theme into your hard drive. Do not use these files, they are considered hands off until you need to restore your theme. In case those things do not turn out the way you like, you can always revert to your old settings with the backup file that you have safely kept – no risk; no harm.

For CSS or PHP Files

If you are working on theme PHP or CSS files, there is a different approach. Instead of doing the changes in the (Appearance > Editor) WordPress editor, you may copy then paste the file that needs some editing from WordPress to another editor in your computer. A good example is the Macromedia Homesite. Unlike FrontPage, Homesite is not a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editor. Therefore, to use this program effectively, you need to be well versed with the technical codes.

To be able to make the desired changes you may copy the files into the HomeSite. Then, after doing the revisions in the Homesite, you may copy and paste the edited version to the WordPress and see how things turned out. If you some things did not turn out as expected you can just hit the undo button in the Homesite, keep doing this step until you find your mistake. Basically, any editor with the undo feature can be used for this purpose.
Clearly, it doesn’t take much effort and technical abilities to do the job!

Many are in search for the simplest yet effective blog or web design options. Little did they know that WordPress Development is the ideal solution to their search. Basically, this platform promises an effective open source development that helps customization for individual business needs easier. Furthermore, it promises a tremendous versatility with regards to customization.

While the market offers an array of expert who can assist you building custom templates and themes and modifying default features to create a unique property that suits your design you can do it on your own.

Like any other database driven site, WordPress has its unique requirements that needs to be paid a little more regular attention to make sure everything runs smooth.

There are several things that needs to be done on a regular basis to ensure the optimum level of functioning of your WordPress site.

• Regular Updates – A nag bar is an indicator that an upgrade should be done as soon as possible. Why? Because the latest versions of WordPress allow you to utilise not only the latest but the best.
• Install Plug-ins – Only install useful plug-ins. Deactivate plug-ins with no noticeable use. The following plug-ins are useful.
1. WP-DB Manager – Basically, this plug-in manages the database. How? It gives you the opportunity to repair the database, backup the database, restore the database, delete the backup database, run some selected concerns, optimize database, and empty or drop database. WP-DB Manager can be your best friend plug-is as it supports automatic scheduling of optimizing database and optimizing database. Definitely, WP-DB Manager is a must have plug-in.
2. WP-Super Cache – From the dynamic WordPress blog, WP-Super Cache creates static HTML records. Then, instead of dealing out the more expensive and heavier PHP scripts, the webserver serves that file. Static HTML files are served to the majority of your clients. Furthermore, this plug-in can help you cope with a front page appearance on social networking sites.
• Theme Update – Make sure that you buy themes that are current with the latest version of WordPress only from trustworthy sources. Themes with poor codes and not updated are just a waste of money.
• Widgets – If you put the code given in a text widget while in code mode, the sidebar widgets that are created by plug-ins can be unnecessary. Therefore, like plug-ins, the frolicsome Widgets must be eliminated.

If you want to have the best WordPress that functions at its optimum level, you need timely updates and upgrades.

Are you sure your WordPress blog is safe from hackers? Well, the answer is simple – it depends on how long since you have updated your WordPress version.

The rising popularity of WordPress platform has led to the exponential growth of security threats. Hackers are now infiltrating the old versions of WordPress. But of course, there’s really nothing to worry about. The people behind WordPress are great at their craft; they belong to the crème de la crème of programmers and technicians. Moreover, to keep WordPress secure and safe they work feverishly to update the current version of WordPress.

Last January 3, 2012, WordPress released the 3.3.1 Security and Maintenance. This security and maintenance release fixes the cross-site scripting susceptibility and 15 other issues that affected the previous version 3.3.

So, why do you need to update to the latest WordPress version? Here are some of the reasons why:

• A message at the top of the WordPress Control area or dashboard informs you the release of a new version.
• Security updates have been issued which are the most significant updates.

Learning how to update is straight-forward and simple. Here are the instructions to make your update smooth with little more than a couple of button presses.

WordPress registration is like a human face, it’s the first thing a client notices when he use WordPress. It is not much to spend time to make changes to spice up your registration page.

There are a lot of people out there who are interested to add some flair to their boring WordPress registration or log-in page. Here are some ways that do the trick.

1. WP Hide Dashboard – This removes the Dashboard menu, the Profile page’s Help link, the Personal Options and it can hide the Dashboard links in the admin menu bar if activated. Therefore, it prevents the users under the Subscriber role to access the Dashboard. This is helpful if you want yosur subscribers to be able to edit their profiles but you don’t want them to be in your admin section. WP Hide Dashboard works well with Single user mode, Multisite mode and with BuddyPress.

2. Custom Log-in – You may activate this plug-in page if you want to customized your WordPress log-in screen. It is user-friendly; you just have to utilize the setting page to do the trick. This is great for client sites and t comes with Photoshop template in the library files.

3. Binary Moon Custom Log-in – This is a simple way to customize the log-in screen on the WordPress install easily and quickly. It comes with a psd template that makes creating log-in screens a lot easier.

Here are few advantages of using this:

• A plugin ensures that changes remain even after an upgrade.
• Clients prefer these types of final changes in web design.

4. WP Customized Login – This plug-in gives you the opportunity to create you own logo for your WordPress websites/blogs log-in page. Furthermore, it allows you to add the facilities that link your logo to your website and not to wordpress.org.

It also does the following wonderful stuff:

• Adding a logo of your choice to your website/blog log-in page
• A mouse over your logo, displays your website/blogs brief description instead of the WordPress logo.
• It facilitates the logo to point to your website or blog, instead to the wordpress.org which is a default WordPress behavior.

5. Seek Inspiration – Look for neat log-ins that others have already done and make it as an inspiration to create your original yet cool log-in page.

The above list is a series of awesome ideas and plug-ins on how to spice up and add a unique flair to your registration page. Why choose to be boring if you can be amazing?

As you probably know, the release of new versions of WordPress usually faces themes and plugins issues. WordPress 3.3 is no exemption to this so this is probably the primary reason why it is recommended to update plugins and themes each and everytime throughout the developmental process. Venturing into WordPress 3.3 is not as complicated as you think, as long as you know what to keep an eye out once you upgrade.

To help you get started easily, here are some major plugin compatibility issues and plugin errors to watch out when upgrading:

But first off, there is no need to fret, okay? Breathe in and out and go ahead if you want to upgrade. These issues should not keep you from trying out WordPress 3.3, but just know that while plugins and themes get their WordPress 3.3 act together, it may not be a perfect transition. Refer to this list when you notice any glitch.

4 Common Plugin Problems
1. Postie plugin – As reported, this specific plugin is usually causing problems such as being presented with a “white screen” after upgrading or keeps the user from getting to the Dashboard. The reason for this could be due to plugins that remained active when the upgrade was performed.

What to do? Rename the plugin directory to plugins-old located in ./wp-content/plugins on your webserver, then create a new directory. Log in and click on Plugins from your main menu. Go to Dashboard and click on Updates and Reinstall WordPress 3.3. After completing the installation, delete the ./wp-content/plugins and rename plugins-old to plugins. Finally, reactive each plugin and ensure that all the blogs work successfully.

2. qTranslate – This plugin usually disable itself upon activation.
3. Organize Series plugin
4. Markdown QuickTags plugin

Note: It is suggested that developers must use wp_enqueue_scripts. Now if you have enqueue styles in your plugin or theme, it’s best to update it to usewp_enqueue_scripts so you don’t mess up styles on your Dashboard.

4 Precautions before Upgrading

1. Always back up your database.
2. Don’t forget to update all your WordPress plugins and themes. Click on Dashboard, then go to Updates.
3. Deactivate each of your plugins before performing the upgrade. Take note the common WordPress 3.3 update problems are caused by plugins. However, make sure to reactivate the plugins one by one after finishing the upgrade.
4. Clear blog cache once the updated is complete.

With the release of a new WordPress version— WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”, it’s best to create a list of favorite plugins any WordPress user can’t live without. As you know, plugins are similar to apps which significantly add vast functionality to a WordPress site.

Here are some of the most-sought after plugins for WordPress 3.3:

1. Akismet 
This WordPress 3.3 plugin is included with each new install of WordPress. The reason why is because it works every time. It plays a significant role in a WordPress site such as filtering the spam out of website comments. Akismet was created by Automattic which is also the same team that brought us WordPress. Now you know why Akismet and WordPress interact seamlessly and smoothly.

2. Contact Form 7
Almost all websites today need a contact form. With this in mind, many WordPress users prefer Contact Form 7 because it is flexible and presents tons of useful features. You can create multiple contact forms that cater to your style and needs. Contact Form 7 is easy to use and has fully customizable options. Contact Form 7 makes it all possible to create forms from a wholly detailed questionnaire right down to a simple contact option.

3. EZPZ One Click Backup
It is the most important plugin for most WordPress users simply because every website needs to be backed up. Well, backing up is one major task but it does not mean it’s the most complicated of all. EZPZ offers an easy-to-do yet comprehensive backup option. It can backup your entire website from theme files to database. EZPZ presents an option for scheduled backups or manual backups.

4. Share and Follow
Obviously, it’s great to have your own website but letting other people see it is always the next move. Share and Follow will help you accomplish this task through the help of social networking. This is probably the best and quickest way to get your contents across the web! Share and Follow plugin can easily add all the social networking options to your website, specifically the social networking giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+1. Plus, you get to access complete customization in the process.

The good news here is that these plugins are free, although the organization will appreciate donations. Take note that the developers render time and effort to give you functionality and convenience. See it as a way of thanking them for all their hard work.

WordPress continuous to evolve to cater the changing needs of its users. When WordPress 3.2 was first introduced, the major question was: What are the technical changes? Well, it no longer supports PHP4 and MySQL4. Is this good or bad? Generally, it’s a good thing because WordPress 3.2 dropping support of the old versions gives more pros than cons. Shifting to PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0 means WordPress versions in the future can be lighter, easier to use and offers more features and enhanced performance. Additionally, this switch was announced a year in advance so major hosts have had a chance to upgrade.

So long IE 6!
Similar to WordPress.com, WordPress.org finally drops support for IE 6. It was a relief for UI teams since numerous features and additions do not suit the aging browser. Take note however that loading the WordPress dashboard in IE 6 is still possible, however the appearance is not so good or it’s possible that it won’t be usable. It’s recommended to deviate from using IE 6 and go for modern browsers such as Firefox, IE 9, Google Chrome, Opera or Safari.

Fresh Look! New Default Theme
Every year, WordPress Theme Team tries to come up with a new default team. WordPress 3.2 offers visually clean and modern theme, plus it supports responsive layouts. What does this mean? Despite of varying sizes of your phone, iPad, laptop or desktop monitors, the website maintains good appearance.

Distraction Free Writing Mode
This distraction free writing mode is a superb feature if you hate getting distracted by menus, side bars and options. Now you can intently focus on your prose once you enter the full screen mode of your WordPress post editor. Distractions are cut down, allowing you to “just write”. Additionally, this feature intelligently allows you to access various parts of the publishing interface.

Dashboard Overhauled!
Since WordPress 2.7 was launched in 2008, this is by far the first major user interface overhaul. You can now view a cleaner and modernized WordPress interface here. The alterations are subtle but this made the visual more polished. Many users would agree that the new backend WordPress overhaul looks more professional and streamlined. The change also lightened up the Dashboard.

Final Note
WordPress 3.2 has been a product of WordPress evolution since 2008 and keeps on re-inventing itself to satisfy its users. In fact, a new version of WordPress software was again released last 2011 which is WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”. You may readily download your preferred WordPress software version or simply update inside your WordPress dashboardr.