i start blogging and i have some questions

[rigo]

Hello

I want to start a blog using wordpress 2.7. This will be my first blog. The first thing i noticed is that i cannot redirect non-www to Register a Domain, Find Hosting and Create a Website | Domain.com. I googled but i didn't find any clear answer. Do you have a solution for that? Or do u care if it's www or not? I used the proper code in htaccess but i just received a message about being a continuous redirecting loop.

Also i am reading around here that many blogs are being hacked so i want to try from the begining a few solutions to lower the chances of this happening to me, like password admin directory and such in htaccess. Could you be more specific in that like actually writing the code?
I want to use RSS feed. Is there any tool or plugin i should install? I found a simple black theme between wordpress themes and i want to use that.
Anything else that i should know about is great to be notified.

Thanks in advance.

[Kyassid]

www or no-www doesn't really matter. The important point is to choose one and stick to it to avoid duplicated content. You can fix this using the Permalink Redirect WordPress Plugin. It will make a 301 redirect rule so everyone goes to the adress you've choosed. It will also fix the end of URL finishing with '/' or not. More information in this review.
As for security is concerned this should be a good start but remember the risk always exist so backup your blog and browse it from time to time to check that everything is fine.

[tinafaye]

Are you blogging for pleasure, or to earn money promoting sponsors?

If its the latter, then seriously consider starting right, avoid RSS feeds as they don't bring in the buck like 100% handwritten content... just my 2 cents

[Venril]

It's good to avoid using a plugin when there's an easier way to do this:

#BEGIN non-WWW to WWW
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^blog.com
rewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.blog.com/$1 [R=301,L]

## Rewrite www.blog.com to non-www
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^blog\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://blog.com/ [R=301,L]
## End rewrite www to non-www

There are many ways to do that, just google for "301 redirect" for more.

[rigo]

i actually did that and all i get was:

"The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."

I googled and it seems to be a general issue regarding wordpress and www in the domain.

So who has a solution for this, please share.

as for blogging security i found a very interesting information here:
11 Best Ways to Improve WordPress Security | Pro Blog Design