This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, #FollowFriday recommendations, a bit about WordPress security, news about the wedding pictures, and previews for next week’s posts on kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging
- Google Webmaster Tools gets a makeover.
- Thoughts on how often to publish on your blog
- How to not leave idiotic comments
- Making yourself identifiable in the blogging community
- 6 useful FeedBurner features that are often ignored
- Custom field hacks for WordPress
- It’s all about you
- Twitter service to tweet subscribers whenever you publish a post
- 25 unique uses of WordPress as a CMS
- Comment moderation etiquette
- 101 sociable links for manual insertion in WordPress
Social Media
- 10 ways to show kindness online
- 27 Twitter tools to help you find and manage followers
- How to simplify your social media routine
- Why StumbleUpon makes a difference
- Tracking Re-Tweets with URL shortener services
- Anatomy of a viral Re-Tweet
Business and Personal Development
- Entrepreneurship doesn’t have to be about the next big thing
- Are you earning a passion paycheck?
- Getting something for free
- How important is self-confidence?
Last, but not Least
- Clean up your sluggish Mac
- Really talking to your kids
- To Grandma on the eve of her 100th birthday
- Atlantis’ launch infrared photo
WordPress Security
Last weekend, I experienced my first site hack – a PHP script injection exploit. Simply put, a malicious piece of PHP script was placed onto many files of my WordPress installation. Here are some more useful resources on preventing such an event on your own WordPress site.
- Wordpress Exploits
- How to stop your WordPress blog from getting hacked
- 18 WordPress security plugins and tips to secure your blog
- 10 easy ways to secure your WordPress blog
#FollowFriday Recommendations on Twitter
Although I still notice the trend is in full force as always, it has now split between #followfriday and simply Follow Friday. Also, there have been articles on how Twitter killed #FollowFriday with the recent changes to the way replies work, leading to the #fixreplies backlash and an apology. So here are my #followfriday recommendations.
- @Vered blogger at Mom Grind
- @BWelford of Strategic Marketing Montreal
- @ExtremeEzine of aptly named Extreme Ezine
- @SharonMCP, one of the most influential women in social media
One more shout to last week’s recommendations: @nutuba, @SandraFoyt, @JoeTech, and @Websitewriters.
Also, if you enjoy this post and my tweets on blogging, social media, photography, and more, be sure to give me a shout out as follows:
RT @kikolani Fetching Friday Resources, #FollowFriday recs, WordPress Security Tips, Amazing Animations > http://bit.ly/Yflb0
Related News
This past Monday, we received our wedding pictures, which turned out amazing. So this week, behind the scenes, I have been putting together the wedding website, which should be unveiled over the weekend or early next week. If I have enough time this evening, I may even it out on the one year anniversary of the day we first met. is online at SoulmatesWedding.com. 
Preview for the week of 18 May 2009
In continuation of the scenic pictures from the honeymoon, next week will feature the flowers of California. These beauties rival the blossoms of the cacti and flowers from Desert Botanical Gardens.
Speaking of one year anniversaries, May is also the one year anniversary of Kikolani.com. So next week, I will do a year in review – past, present, and future outlook and plans for this site and more.
Simply Amazing Animations
Here are some amazing videos and animations using high speed photography. I hope you enjoy on this TGIF!
The North Wind Blew South from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.
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Kristi,
You hard work is definitely going to pay dividends. You really put a lot of thought in the Fetching Friday.
I love the link juice as always. Again thank you for guest blogging on TechJaws!
I love the blog on “How to not leave idiotic comments” That’s classic!
Frank Js last blog post..Google Webmaster Tools Gets a Makeover
Hi Kristi, it’s amazing how I learn something useful from each issue of fetching friday. I really appreciate the blogging section this week. Thanks for all your contributions. By the way, your blog looks really good these days.
Jonathan – Advanced Life Skillss last blog post..Using Transference to Increase Self-Confidence
Another useful fetching friday. I stumbled and tweet this post. Keep up the good work, these posts are very useful and helpful.
KushMoneys last blog post..What Is Your Fear About Blogging?
@Frank: I’ve been using Stumble as a tool for gearing up to my Friday posts. I stumble everything I like, so at the end of the week, I can just go through my favorites and choose the best articles for the end of the week. It has helped a lot.
@Jonathan: Thanks. It’s definitely still a work in process, but much better than before. I’m glad you find something useful each week!
@KushMoney: Thanks, I’m glad you found it informative.
Kristi,
Thanks for mentioning my guest post, appreciated!
Salwas last blog post..Making Yourself Identifiable In The Blogging Community
I can’t wait to see your wedding pictures, Kristi. As always you provide such helpful resources. I need to spend more time on your site so I can apply all of this and not just read it. I appreciate the time you put into this.
Debbies last blog post..Fitness Friday ~ Aging Gracefully
Well your about to get your bounce rate improved. I was just thinking if someone was smart they would just go through the list. I’m going to take a look at that wordpress security and some others.
The week goes by pretty quick
Thanks for the mention in the blogging section
I resigned myself to the fact that I can’t keep up with you
Nice work
Stumbled and RT have an awesome weekend
Thanks
Hi Kristi, thanks a lot for the link love again! It’s amazing how much thought you put into your fetching friday. I’m beginning to look forward to every fetching friday post, in fact. Oh, and amazing animations. The one by David Coiffier really blew me away!!
Celes | EmbraceLiving.Nets last blog post..Media Coverage in ZB Comma
Great to see you also sharing lots of links…
I think you know that i have every Friday’s “Friday Night Link Party”. Do take time out and join the party
Nihars last blog post..Friday Night Links Party – 15 May 2009
Another fantastic resource, congrats Kristi. It’s amazing for me how you find time to write good articles, be present on social networks and still have a life. Thanks for the link love, once again
Dragos Rouas last blog post..Getting Something For Free
Kristi:
You go from strength to strength. I learn so much from you I don’t have time to implement it.
Currently, I’m trying to figure out how to get my blog or sites in the SU cue. What’s the secret? Could you make it a future feature?
eyewriters last blog post..Tribal Art – The Glory of Native Pottery
Thanks for the feature
I don’t know how you manage to do all this reading and commenting and still come up with posts yourself.
It seems there has been a glut of WordPress hacks of late. I only ever heard of two personally before, but have seen 4 in the last week or so and my old school’s site was hacked, which is not using WordPress.
I love your fetching Friday posts! I always have to save them for when I have plenty of time to click through each link, and thus it becomes something I really look forward to
Adrenalynns last blog post..The list of available baby names gets so much bigger once you start to open up for names like Fido and Lassie!
This is the first Fetching Friday I have read and I am very impressed. I am glad I found your blog last week, I will be stopping by often..
Tycoon Blogger@Promoting your Blogs last blog post..Do Follow, CommentLuv and now KeywordLuv
Your site was hacked? I hate installing plugins because you have to always update them. I back up my blog instead incase any thing bad happens to my site.
How to swims last blog post..Tips for Improving Your Swimming Methods
Hi Kristi!
Wow great new look to your site!!! The colors make it so vibrant and stand out great!
I love the list of great articles again, the one from John “It’s all about you” was really cool! It is fantastic to see how link love spreads!
Have a great week!
Hey Kristi,
Fetching Fridays are great! They’re always a great prelude to the weekend; your natural optimism and upbeat style really is a joy. Thanks for linking to the article about my grandmother’s 100th birthday. She had a great time!
Cheers,
Joel
nutubas last blog post..Happy Birthday, Grandma!
Hi, Kristi
This really very nice I am very impressed with it. I know your posts come on every Friday I am waiting for it badly.
@Salwa: You’re welcome.
@Debbie: I feel that way on certain sites… so much good information, but not yet enough time to apply it all.
@John: I certainly hope so. I think the videos are a nice way to end a information-rich article. And you’re welcome!
@Celes: Someone at my work sent me a few, and then I found myself watching a lot more. It’s amazing what they can do with the latest photography/video technology.
@Nihar: I will check it out. I think it’s a great way to end the week!
@Dragos: Some weeks are more challenging than others, but it’s just about budgeting time wisely.
@eyewriter: I actually wrote a guest post on Stumble. Hopefully if it makes it onto the site, I will be able to share. For me, it’s just about making friends in the Stumble community, and doing an equal bit of sharing my posts and stumbling posts from others.
@David: There are definitely lots of different script injections going around recently, and they are no longer limited to WordPress. Anything with PHP and Javascript seems susceptible now.
@Adrenalynn: I’m glad you are finding lots of useful links in these posts.
@Tycoon Blogger: Glad you enjoy it!
@How to Swim: I backup as well, but in this case, if you didn’t realize your site was hacked, you would write your backup with the malicious code included. I know of one site that didn’t realize their site was hacked for a month, and by that point, all the backups included the problem. It can really happen to anyone, if you don’t take as many security precautions as possible.
@Evita: Thanks! Yes, John does spread a lot of link love, showing how much he values his readers, which is one of the reasons his site is a good one to visit.
@Nutuba: Glad to hear that! I’m always amazed at the thought of people who have been around through so many changes in the world.