Working With WordPress MySQL through PHPMyAdmin Video Guide

Working With WordPress MySQL through PHPMyAdmin Video Guide is created for any level of users for power usage for optimization, backup and how it works. In this guide article on Working With WordPress MySQL through PHPMyAdmin, we are giving you the example with Rackspace Cloud Database, where PHPMyAdmin can be accessed separately and it uses a Fully Qualified Domain Name in case of Rackspace Cloud Sites.
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14 essential tips for securing your WordPress site

The security of a WordPress site is not to be taken lightly. Hacking of WordPress site can happen to anyone and with these 14 tips will help limit potential damage. This is when everything works correctly we should take action for prevention beforehand.

Backup your site fully and regularly WordPress

Before any work, do a regular backup of your WordPress site. You must save the following items:

• Your MySQL database;
• Your FTP account;

It may be that your host has a full backup directly accessible via cPanel for example. Take this opportunity to get a ZIP full backup of your site!
The management platform your host may have a backup tool
You can also use the backup system in the cloud proposed by Automattic – the organization behind WordPress, which is named VaultPress. It can downloaded as a full backup or partial (plugins, themes, MySQL) at regular intervals (several daily backups). This is paid option.

Online backup has good free alternative.
Remember to put in place a system of automatic backup of your MySQL database.

Keep your WordPress site updated

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How to install WordPress on Windows 7 to test themes and plugins offline

Testing a new theme or plugin for developing them or just for normal usage in server is risky. Just imagine the risk when we try a new plugin or modify the theme’s CSS file : there are always many visitors are surfing the website; it happens the plugin or the modification in CSS file was not done rightly and, as the WordPress guy says “sky will fall on your head” : it really happens. We upgraded to WordPress 3.1 without thinking, unfortunately, it has some compatibility issues (which is rare for WordPress) with older plugins. The total website was a mess for few hours.

Here are the steps to install WordPress on Windows 7 locally on the hard disk