January 11, 2025

A New Year = A New HighTechDad Tech Stack and Look & Feel
A new year brings a new look and feel for HIghTechDad.com - this article is a deep dive into the HighTechDad Tech Stack and the thought process for the change.
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September 27, 2020

Hidden WordPress Fix for “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page” Error via WP CLI
How to fix "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page" on WordPress using WP CLI to easily repair missing items within WordPress.
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February 24, 2017

How To Fix RSS Feed Validation Error for WordPress Site Name with Trademark
How to fix RSS Feed validation errors when your WordPress site name has a special symbol like a trademark as part of the name.
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July 2, 2015

The Chicken or the Egg – Content or Design
When (re)designing a website, should you focus on content or design first? Content typically drives design.
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September 27, 2013

Site Performance Optimization: MaxCDN, Nginx, CloudFlare and WordPress Caching
My blog has a problem. Or rather it had a problem but I'm making some big improvements to it to make it perform better. For many years, my site has suffered from slow performance. Much of that is my fault though. I tend to overload WordPress with lots of plugins. Plugins are bad, but they are in many ways, quite…
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January 28, 2013

How To Back Up Your WordPress Blog The Hard and Easy Way (DIY vs. blogVault)
If you are a blogger, probably one of the worst things that can happen to you apart from writer's block is having your blog crash or the server that it is on get corrupted in some way. Technology is imperfect and Murphy's Law always manages to find us one way or another. If suddenly all of your writing and your…
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May 30, 2012

5 Reasons Why You Should Repurpose Old Content from your Blog
I have often been asked: why the heck do you have those automated tweets of old content coming from your blog? What is the reasoning? They are outdated and might not be topical, could be viewed as out of context and, in my case, might be talking about technology, products or services that are over a year old. Think about it,…
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January 30, 2010

20+ Ways to Harden and Secure Your WordPress Blog
Recently, some high-profile blogs that are running WordPress have been hacked or hijacked by malicious users (e.g., TechCrunch). The worst thing is having to try to recover from such an event, you not only have to repair your site, but also your reputation. So, spending a little bit of time trying to prevent or at least make it a bit…
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January 20, 2010

How I Write a Blog Post. How Do YOU Do It?
Sure, this sounds like a very boring and subjective topic. I assure you, it really is. But I'm writing this on the odd chance that someone out there might find it useful. I have been blogging now for several years, starting back in 2005. And during that time, I have tried out several methods and tools that have gotten me…
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December 21, 2009

WARNING: WP-Polls WordPress Poll Plugin Can Be Exploited
Last week, I ran a giveaway which, because of a variety of reasons, I had to cancel and declare "null & void". While I won't go into the details, I did want to bring some actions to the forefront, especially if you are using the WordPress plugin called "WP-Polls" which is a great plugin that provides users with the ability…
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June 10, 2009

Fixing Blank, Empty or White WordPress Pages after Upgrade
Just a few hours ago, WordPress 2.8 was release to the general public (for the self-hosted version). I was notified within my admin portal and, after I did a quick database backup and downloaded all of my blog's files, I clicked on the upgrade button. After a few seconds, WordPress told me that everything was successful. I was pretty amazed…
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March 18, 2009

How to Move a WordPress Blog from One Domain/Host to Another
Over that last couple of days, I have had the "pleasure" of moving a blog from one hosting provider to another (not that difficult of a task) but ALSO changing domains in the process. While I don't think this post should the definitive set of instructions, it is a combination of information that I read and gathered, in conjunction with…
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