Tutorial: Backing up your WordPress Website

Posted by Little Miss Useful on Apr 1, 2010 in Resources | 0 comments

One of the most common questions I receive is ‘How do I back up my database?’. Unfortunately a small number of people do back up their websites. There have been quite a few cases recently where people have lost their entire website with no back up. So I wanted to provide you with instructions on how to do this to prevent or minise the damage if something goes wrong. There are two steps to backing up your site; 1.  Copying your wordpress files (this means your theme, uploaded media files and plugins) 2.  Backing up your database...

read more

150 Free Premium WordPress Themes

Posted by Little Miss Useful on Jan 6, 2010 in Blog, wordpress | 4 comments

This little gem was sent to me by Nick Bowditch and I just had to share it with you all. Living Digital has compiled a list of the top 150 free Premium WordPress themes. And there are some beauties on this list. And best of all they are free! Check them out here! I assure you that you will want to create a blog just to make use of some of these...

read more

WordPress 2.9.1 release

Posted by Little Miss Useful on Jan 5, 2010 in wordpress | 0 comments

WordPress 2.9.1 has been released, and is now available for downloads. Upgrading your WordPress to the latest version is simple. You can either upgrade automatically by using the upgrade option in your dashboard. Or you can upgrade manually using FTP. Download WordPress 2.9.1 from here. If you are not comfortable with upgrading to the latest version NHBS can help you. We can back up your website and upgrade your site to 2.9.1.  All upgrades are done manually via FTP. Contact Nicole to find out more. *Please remember to back up all files and...

read more