I have has some issues with trackback/ping spam with WordPress. I already have turned off the “Allow Pings” option, but this does not retroactively fix previous posts. To update my previous posts, I used the following SQL command.
update wp_posts set ping_status = ‘closed’

A useful site for blank WordPress templates
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When moving your WordPress blog to a new location on your server, you will need to update all the references in the database. The following MySql script can help with this task. Just run the following MySql in your query tool of choice. Make sure to replace the appropriate URLs.
UPDATE yourdb.wp_posts SET [...]

Need YouTube or Google Videos on your Wordpress blog without all the hastle of playing with HTML code? Then the EasyTube plugin is for you! The EasyTube plugin allows you to take control of your video content by using one simple tag!
The Tag

Go to YouTube or Google Videos and find the video you want [...]

I am starting to receive a lot of spam comments on my blog so I have decided to turn on the “Users must be registered and logged in to comment” option.  I hate spam. ;(

Instructions for WordPress 2.1 or 2.2 and later
Open /wp-admin/admin-functions.php and look for the following code:
$max_side = apply_filters( ‘wp_thumbnail_max_side_length’,
128, $attachment_id, $file );
This works a bit differently than earlier versions of WordPress. The number specified here (128 by default) is the maximum size of either dimension. You can still just change this to whatever number you like [...]

This is officially my new blog!! I have had many blogs in the past which never really blossomed. Previous Blogs have withered and died over time as I have continually changed hosting providers and my preferred language/platform. I have finally come to the conclusion that something is better than nothing, so I am [...]