Comments on: Wordpress footer follies

By: vikram

vikram — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:42:36 +0000

Hey, but whats the solutions?

By: Arlo Gilbert

Arlo Gilbert — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:34:44 +0000

I like the way you edit the default theme. Great work!

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Tue, 20 May 2008 12:23:25 +0000

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By: saeed

saeed — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:29:52 +0000

Useful post! Thanks.

By: Agel

Agel — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:20:43 +0000

I highly recommend the Akismet and Bad Behavior plug-ins as a way of keeping everything clean and fresh.

By: Seal

Seal — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:05:03 +0000

Some of those ‘free’ templates require you leave the link to their site and by removing it you open yourself up to copyright infringement. That being the case, you should still be able to remove malicious code but just check what the license says.

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Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:32:06 +0000

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A Passion For ‘Puters » Blog Archive » Hacked! — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:47:40 +0000

[...] and - even more helpfully - he pointed me to a resource to get it fixed fast. I checked out the Wordpress Footer Follies post he referenced and found the fix! Since there were a few differences between our fixes, [...]

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Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:40:46 +0000

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