At the bottom of this site you will see that I state that all pages have been translated automatically. I've been asked often why I do this. I work with Spanish and English speaking clients however I don't have the time to produce two versions of everything I write. Continue reading 'Auto-translation'

Do you use Google Docs? If so did you know that you can publish documents from it directly to your blog? Here's how to publish to a WordPress site but it also works with other blogs. Continue reading 'From Google Docs to WordPress'

The "Pharma" attack, first spotted (as far as I'm aware) by Chris Pearson is a new type of hack that makes no obvious changes to your WordPress site. Its only when you seach your site in Google that you can see the damage - phrases advertising drugs have been randomly inserted throughout each page. Continue reading 'New WordPress Pharma Attack Hits 200,000 Sites'

As this video shows Google Docs has made some significant changes this week notably character-by-character changes as other collaborators make edits (very similar to Google Wave), the long overdue tab stops ruler, spreadsheet improvements to behave more like Excel and a simple graphics editor. Continue reading '[Video] Google Docs: New, Improved Formula!'

Gmail (or Google Mail in the UK) has always been generous with the amount of free storage it offers, currently 7444MB. However there comes a time when you have to start thinking about deleting some of those larger emails. Strangely Google doesn't make this as easy as it could. Continue reading 'Recovering Space on Gmail'

Its a sobering fact and one that I can testify to - most websites will be hacked at some stage. The ones most likely to be targeted are ones using programs such as WordPress due to its popularity. There are many ways to secure WordPress but this should be considered one of the first steps and is simply a plugin that can be installed quickly and simply. Continue reading 'Hiding That Your Site Runs WordPress'