Wordpress Content Management System

WordPress is a complete content management system (CMS) that is used by millions worldwide mostly as a blogging platform.  It is open source software released under the GPL (General Public License.) WordPress is free and the latest version can be downloaded for free at any time.  WordPress was created in 2003 as a fork of B2/Cafelog, also sometimes known as just Cafelog.

WordPress Features

WordPress feaures a very clean, easy to use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, the ability to tag posts, nested category structures, the ability to create clean, search engine friendly permalinks and one of the most extensive group of users and developers for any open source CMS.  These users have helped create a huge library of downloadable, easily installed plugins and themes that can help personalize a WordPress installation.

Along with its massive base of users, WordPress developers keep up a constant stream of updates that take care of vulnerabilities and exploits that are found in WordPress installations.

WordPress is used by anyone who wants to write about anything.  Some use it to build a website as WordPress is not just a blogging platform but a complete content management system.  It is also heavily and successfully used by affiliate marketers.  Affiliate marketing using WordPress is a great way to attract and keep visitors and stay on the good side of popular search engines.

Content is, and always will be, King on the world wide web.  WordPress makes creating content easy and enjoyable.

WordPress Content Management System is a post from: Pedro B

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft has been extra busy the last few days with a patch for a vulnerability that affected almost any version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer out there.  The next security update by Microsoft was not to be released until the middle of January, so you know this was top priority.

It’s estimated that the number of computers that were affected by the security flaw could be in the millions.

To get the update, simply go to Start, then All Programs, then Microsoft Updates in your menu and click “Check for Updates” in the browser that opens.  Many computers are set to run these updates automatically, so yours may have already done so.

After you install the patch, check your malware/spyware/antivirus program to make sure there isn’t anything left over on your computer.  If you want to read on what it is Microsoft patched up, you can check out this Microsoft Knowledge Base Entry.

Windows IE Hack Patch Released by Microsoft is a post from: Pedro B