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What is an htaccess file?
An .htaccess file is an Apache Web Server file that is looked at by the server before it serves up your website. It can be very useful for things like blocking users with specific ip’s from visiting your site. It’s a text file usually in the root directory of your website.
WordPress creates it’s own entries to the .htaccess file so if you decide to play around make sure you backup your original and don’t delete the WordPress entries.
Here’s some examples…
If you are tired of getting the same spam comments from a specific user over and over again you can ban the ip address like this by adding the following code to your .htaccess file:
Create an IP Banlist
allow from all
deny from 145.186.14.122
deny from 124.15
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Hosting Your WordPress Site
Hosting your WordPress website is a little more involved then hosting say a 10 page static site. Your WordPress site has a bigger need for Server Resources so it can “run” your site and not just “display” it. WordPress is an engine of sorts that serves up data from a database so before your page is displayed in a browser it makes many calls to your database which in turn puts a load on the server. Even a host that claims unlimited everything will hold you to a certain level of CPU usage. So if your WordPress Site has become a popular site with heavy usage this is what you might need. A semi-dedicated hosting platform with high CPU usage limits. Along with many other standard hosting plans GDS offers this for your high usage needs. GDS High End Pro Hosting.
Website Design Tips
Give them what they are looking for right on your front page. Some visitor that come to your website will stop at the Home Page unless you give them the reason to click farther. If you have a Blog Home page make sure your list of “Posts” are on your sidebar and the list should show more than the number of articles displayed on your front page. If you display 5 articles on your front page then list 10 or more. Also Categories and Tags are good to display in the sudebar so visitors can sort articles by Category and Tags or Keywords. If your site is setup with a fixed front page rather than a blog page then make sure you have easy to see links to the other pages that you want people to view. Make sure its right in front of their eyes and make sure your most important things are towards the top.
Have Your Own Online Magazine
How would you like to have your own Online Magazine or news site. You can have one for your community, your family, your club or even your business. You can have different contributors or authors and post news, information and other articles to attract and entertain visitors. You can have different sections with similar topics, photos, videos, polls, slideshows and more. With WordPress we can make this happen for you and its not that difficult to maintain and keep updated. Contact us today and we’ll get you online in no time at all.
Different Widgets for different sections.
Using the Widget Context Plugin
Giving your WordPress website different different sidebar widgets for different sections is easy enough to do using a plugin called “Widget Context“. Once you install this plugin you get some extra functionality in your dashboard’s widget menu. When you put any widget into your sidebar you can choose what sections of you website this widget will show up on. It can be displayed on your home page, blog page, single posts, single pages, search page, archive page and more. 
You can also use negative logic and hide that particular widget from certain sections. Whatever works best for your design. Here’s a look at the functionality block that gets added to your widget settings. Just select where you want or don’t want that widget displayed, save, and your all set.
WordPress Now Powering 14.7 Percent of Top Global Websites
WordPress continues to grow in popularity as more and more people are using it to create full featured websites that you control yourself. WordPress is not just a blog machine. It is a complete CMS that is highly configurable so it can be any kind of website, complete with SEO abilities, RSS feeds and all kinds of other built in functionality.
Blog, Content portal, Business website, Corporate website, Performers websites, Clubs, Schools, Lawyers, they can all have very nice looking and interactive sites. Even online store fronts. Contact me and we can get your WordPress Website online tomorrow. We design, host and support you all the way.
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