Time for yet another redesign? There are do’s and dont’s when it comes to that, you know. The key to a successful redesign is, besides actually adding something with it (even if it’s just a visual brushup), is handling it right. Because you know, there are a lot of things that can mess it all up and make it a nasty experience.

Time to install a forum, so which one should I choose? Being a dedicated WordPress user, I wish it was bbPress, the sister project, but it is not at 1.0 yet. What does it lack, and is it ready? Let’s delve deeper into that, shall we?

So you’re a Mac user and you don’t want to see your blog’s interface again? I’ve pitted three pieces of desktop blogging software against each other. See who comes up front, and gets my $$$, in the race for my desktop!

Want to setup a photo gallery as fast as possible? Then Singapore is the solution for you, a simple PHP script that doesn’t force you to run databases and whatnot. Enter Brian Self, a new Devlounge contributor, and his howto guide to get you started right away.

So, for a while now, I have been watching Sitepoint, and other places where you can buy and sell sites. I have also watched as numerous sites I know well have been bought and sold, and there is one major thing I have realized: on average, a site will lose up to a third of its traffic after being sold.

I know this is a generalization, but from what I have seen over the last couple of years proves to me that I am right, especially where blogs are concerned.

Recently I got the opportunity to give WordPress MU a real spin, using it to power a national blog network. A few weeks in, these are my thoughts on if you really should hold WordPress MU as a serious contender to multiple WordPress installs.

If you’re having doubts about moving to a new host, either for reliability reasons or just because you’ve outgrown your current one, this might help you out. The built in tools in WordPress makes that database hassle a breeze, and here’s how.

As WordPress continues to evolve and change, and your blogs grow as well, you may no longer use certain plugins, but forget to deactivate them or remove them and this could lead to a huge security issue down the road.

If you are managing a WordPress installation and for some reason, maybe a hacker, you no longer have access to your WordPress Administration panel using your user name and password, then it might be time to change that information using WordPress’ database.

You would think that over the long period since everyone used static pages for their websites, we wouldn’t have to come full circle, but with the ever increasing audience of web savvy users, database calls can bring a website to its knees.

Do huge waves of traffic have to bring your WordPress powered site down? Not if you are properly prepared.

Putting a price tag on your blog or site is no easy matter. What should you take into account, and did the Google PageRank slam-down on sites that sell text links change things? That, and a chance to win $1,000, in this post about blog value.

There are numerous forum scripts out there, each providing their own different level of functionality. It can be a pain trying to decide what one is right for you. In this article, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the most popular forum scripts (that are, for the most part PHP and MySQL based), along with [...]