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The Ultimate List of Blog Post Ideas | Infographic | Blogs | Blogging | eSkills

Never run out of Blog Post Ideas with this Infographic.


Learn more:


https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/practice-using-blogs-for-home-work-to-get-ict-skills-and-creativity/


https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/practice/


https://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/put-your-title-in-here/



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Gust MEES's curator insight, May 29, 2015 3:21 PM

Never run out of Blog Post Ideas with this Infographic.


Learn more:


https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/practice-using-blogs-for-home-work-to-get-ict-skills-and-creativity/


https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/practice/


https://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/put-your-title-in-here/



Deanya Lattimore Schempp's curator insight, May 30, 2015 10:34 AM

Best list of writing topic suggestions, especially for professional blogs, I've seen in a long time.  Thanks to Gust Mees for the tip.

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WordPress 4.2.1 Security Release | UPDATE asap!!! | CyberSecurity | Blogs | Blogging

WordPress 4.2.1 Security Release | UPDATE asap!!! | CyberSecurity | Blogs | Blogging | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

WordPress 4.2.1 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

A few hours ago, the WordPress team was made aware of a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable commenters to compromise a site. The vulnerability was discovered by Jouko Pynnönen.

WordPress 4.2.1 has begun to roll out as an automatic background update, for sites that support those.

For more information, see the release notes or consult the list of changes.


Download WordPress 4.2.1 or venture over to Dashboard → Updates and simply click “Update Now”.


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Gust MEES's curator insight, April 27, 2015 5:17 PM

WordPress 4.2.1 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

A few hours ago, the WordPress team was made aware of a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable commenters to compromise a site. The vulnerability was discovered by Jouko Pynnönen.

WordPress 4.2.1 has begun to roll out as an automatic background update, for sites that support those.

For more information, see the release notes or consult the list of changes.


Download WordPress 4.2.1 or venture over to Dashboard → Updates and simply click “Update Now”.


Cent Muruganandam's curator insight, May 1, 2015 8:10 PM

Also check out this Infographic for 16 Actionable Tips to Improve Wordpress Performance - http://yourescapefrom9to5.com/16-tips-to-improve-wordpress-site-performance-infographic

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New theme: Poly

New theme: Poly | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
It's Theme Thursday! We’re happy to introduce an amazing new premium theme: Poly. Designed by the talented Justin Carroll, Poly is a colorful theme that features a dynamic grid layout perfect for a...

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Free guide: WordPress Security Checklist

Free guide: WordPress Security Checklist | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

WordPress is not only easy to use, it also comes with many plugins and themes for you to choose from, making it extremely customizable. However, like all other popular platforms, it is also more prone to hacking.

 


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Improved Theme Preview, Widgets Management, and a Responsive Dashboard

Improved Theme Preview, Widgets Management, and a Responsive Dashboard | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
We've launched a number of updates, from visual enhancements to handy admin tools, to improve your overall WordPress.com experience. Here's a rundown of what's new: Improved theme preview: A sleeke...

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Tools to Promote Your Events

Tools to Promote Your Events | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Party planning for the holidays? Scheming up a New Year's Eve 2013 bash? Or, maybe you host regular gatherings, like a weekly book-swap-and-wine-tasting night, or are planning "NaNoWriMoNowWhat?" w...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, November 20, 2013 5:15 PM

 

Check it out to get BETTER!!!

 

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WordPress › AntiVirus « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › AntiVirus « WordPress Plugins | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

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Gust MEES's curator insight, November 2, 2013 8:00 PM

 

WordPress › AntiVirus « WordPress Plugins

 

Learn more:

 

http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/ict-awareness-what-you-should-know/

 

Training in Business's curator insight, November 7, 2013 1:37 PM

WordPress › AntiVirus « WordPress Plugins

 

Techstore's curator insight, November 7, 2013 1:50 PM

WordPress › AntiVirus « WordPress Plugins

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WordPress 3.7 released - complete with automatic security updates!

WordPress 3.7 released - complete with automatic security updates! | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Automatic updating comes to self-hosted WordPress sites, with the hope of stamping out security vulnerabilities.

If you run a WordPress-powered website, check today which version you are running - and upgrade to "Basie".

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6 Ways to Use WordPress That Aren’t Blogging

6 Ways to Use WordPress That Aren’t Blogging | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

We’ve already discussed numerous times that you can use WordPress in a variety of ways. We’ve written articles about it before, but every once in a while, we feel as though that- – as the WordPress platform evolves — we need to issue a refresher.

 

Below are six different ways to use WordPress that aren’t blogging. Nope, you don’t have to use WordPress to blog at all! Some of these ways you may know about, but you may very well not know about the others. That’s why we’re here to help.

 


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Presentations | On WordPress.com, you can use shortcodes to build a slide presentation and display it on your site.

Presentations | On WordPress.com, you can use shortcodes to build a slide presentation and display it on your site. | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
On WordPress.com, you can use shortcodes to build a slide presentation and display it on your site. To summarize, with various presentation shortcodes you can: Select different slide transitions Ro...

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Share Readmill Highlights to Your WordPress Site

Share Readmill Highlights to Your WordPress Site | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
At WordPress.com, we love to read. We're delighted to announce that our partner Readmill has implemented sharing to WordPress in the latest version of their iOS app, already available in the App St...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, August 7, 2013 12:34 PM

 

Now you’re ready to share favorite passages directly to your WordPress site. Highlight your passage in Readmill.


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Safety and Security of WordPress Blog (Infographic)

Safety and Security of WordPress Blog (Infographic) | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
WordPress is one of the most popular content management system (CMS) in use and around 17% of the websites that are present on the internet these days are powered by this CMS.

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The WordPress.com Dashboard Gets a Beautiful Makeover

The WordPress.com Dashboard Gets a Beautiful Makeover | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Each day, you blog, you create, and you make things with your WordPress.com site. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the code that runs WordPress.com gets updated dozens of times a day, as we deploy imp...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, June 17, 2013 3:58 PM

 

Seriously, I love it as there are more important information on it! BUT, first I thought that my account was hacked when I saw that it changed without any notification! COMMUNICATION could be BETTER, sorry guys ;)

 

===> FIRST making COMMUNICATION about the CHANGE and then doing it and NOT the reverse ;)

 

Learn more about blogs and blogging:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Blogging

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=blogs

 
Gust MEES's curator insight, June 17, 2013 4:04 PM

Seriously, I love it as there are more important information on it! BUT, first I thought that my account was hacked when I saw that it changed without any notification! COMMUNICATION could be BETTER, sorry guys ;)

 

===> FIRST making COMMUNICATION about the CHANGE and then doing it and NOT the reverse ;)

 

Learn more about blogs and blogging:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Blogging

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=blogs

 

 

Dr. Helen Teague's comment, June 21, 2013 4:11 PM
I agree, Gust!
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Millions of WordPress Websites at Risk from in-the-wild Exploit | CyberSecurity | XSS

Millions of WordPress Websites at Risk from in-the-wild Exploit | CyberSecurity | XSS | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Many WordPress sites are at risk of hijack, after cross-site scripting vulnerability uncovered.


If you find the similarity in names between wordpress.org and wordpress.com somewhat confusing, you’re not alone.


But, in answer to your question, if you’re using wordpress.com you are not at risk.



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Gust MEES's curator insight, May 7, 2015 7:34 AM
Many WordPress sites are at risk of hijack, after cross-site scripting vulnerability uncovered.


If you find the similarity in names between wordpress.org and wordpress.com somewhat confusing, you’re not alone.


But, in answer to your question, if you’re using wordpress.com you are not at risk.


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The Ultimate Guide To Blogging: How To Start A Blog That's Epic - NicheHacks

The Ultimate Guide To Blogging: How To Start A Blog That's Epic - NicheHacks | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Introduction Blogging is not as simple as throwing up a few posts and hoping for the best… at least not if you want to start a blog that’s epic, draws in loyal readers, and makes money. Before you start a blog you need to figure out your niche and draw up a launch plan. It’s …

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New Themes: Motif and Suits

New Themes: Motif and Suits | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
It's the first Theme Thursday of 2014, and we're kicking the year off with two new free themes. Motif was designed to help you create a beautiful online presence for your business. You can integrat...

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Hacked WordPress Site Hosts Thousands of Links to Pharmacy Scams

Hacked WordPress Site Hosts Thousands of Links to Pharmacy Scams | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
The issue of hacked WordPress sites continues to persist, as evidenced by one victimized URL being used to host links to thousands if not millions or billions of shady pharmaceutical sites without the knowledge of the owners.

 

===> And, the team recommended the common-sense step of upgrading WordPress and all plugins to their latest versions. <===

 


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Gust MEES's curator insight, December 11, 2013 6:35 PM

 

===> And, the team recommended the common-sense step of upgrading WordPress and all plugins to their latest versions. <===

 

Learn more:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=WordPress

 

Gust MEES's curator insight, December 11, 2013 6:39 PM

 

===> And, the team recommended the common-sense step of upgrading WordPress and all plugins to their latest versions. <===

 

Learn more:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=WordPress

 

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Five Easy Ways to Transform Your Blog for the Holidays

Five Easy Ways to Transform Your Blog for the Holidays | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Your WordPress.com site is your home on the web. It only makes sense, then, to spruce it up for the holidays as you would your brick-and-mortar address. With the ideas we include here, you'll be ab...

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The Top 10 Ways Blogs and WordPress Are Used in Schools | The Edublogger

The Top 10 Ways Blogs and WordPress Are Used in Schools | The Edublogger | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

 

But now, WordPress is used for way more than blogs and powers around 20% of the entire web!

 

It never stops amazing us when we see all of the different ways that educators are using Edublogs and we don’t get to share them all often enough.

 


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Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Easier recovery for hacked sites

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Easier recovery for hacked sites | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

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Gust MEES's curator insight, October 31, 2013 1:29 PM

 

recovery for hacked sites...

 

Gust MEES's curator insight, October 31, 2013 1:32 PM

 

recovery for hacked sites...


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Hackers launch huge DDoS attack using WordPress websites | ITProPortal.com

Hackers launch huge DDoS attack using WordPress websites | ITProPortal.com | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
It’s being reported that hackers have seized control of a number of WordPress sites and are launching DDoS attacks against various websites.

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Gust MEES's curator insight, September 27, 2013 4:43 PM

 

73.2% of the most popular WordPress installations are vulnerable to vulnerabilities which can be detected using free automated tools.

 

Learn more:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=WordPress

  
Gust MEES's curator insight, September 27, 2013 4:47 PM

 

73.2% of the most popular WordPress installations are vulnerable to vulnerabilities which can be detected using free automated tools.

 

Learn more:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=WordPress

  

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Copyright | Creative Commons Code Generator | Choose a License

Copyright | Creative Commons Code Generator | Choose a License | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

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Maria Persson's comment, August 25, 2013 11:50 PM
This is super helpful - thanks so much!
Maria Persson's curator insight, August 25, 2013 11:52 PM

Must have if you are a developing digitally literate student or pedagogue!  Let's be honest, fair and true to the work done by others and even ourselves!  Thanks for this very useful and urgently needed resource!

becool's curator insight, September 19, 2013 5:37 AM

Creative Commons: Voor een sommige al gekend, door niet velen toegepast. Deze link om je hier wat meer informatie over te geven en de cultuur van het delen verder te promoten. Docenten, trainers, instructeurs en coaches hebben baat bij dit model. Controleer de mogelijkheden van creative commons en gebruik het ook werkelijk!

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Introducing WordPress.com Connect

Introducing WordPress.com Connect | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Today, we're announcing a new feature for developers called WordPress.com Connect, a secure and easy way for millions of WordPress.com users to log in to your website or app. For WordPress.com user...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, August 13, 2013 4:39 PM

 

Looks interesting...

 

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WordPress: Stats Wrangling II: Days, Weeks, and Months

WordPress: Stats Wrangling II: Days, Weeks, and Months | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
If you're like us -- and I think you are -- you can't help but check your blog's stats a few times each day to see how many someones have caught your latest composition, be it a post, poem, video, ...

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Quick and Easy Customization: Get the Most Out of Widgets

Quick and Easy Customization: Get the Most Out of Widgets | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Widgets, the handy features built right into your WordPress.com dashboard, allow you to add cool features to your site so you can make it your online home. Have you poked around in Appearance → Wid...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, June 26, 2013 5:53 PM

 

Widgets are very useful, check also my blog:

 

http://gustmees.wordpress.com/