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WordPress 2.9.2 Released
A security update to WordPress, has been released in the form of WordPress 2.9.2. You should update your WordPress site right away.
From the WordPress Blog:
Thomas Mackenzie alerted us to a problem where logged in users can peek at trashed posts belonging to other authors. If you have untrusted users signed up on your blog and [...]
3 Cool Features of WordPress 2.9
One of the most exciting WordPress upgrades in recent memory was recently released. WordPress 2.9 brings several exciting new features to your WordPress based site.
Here are 3 quick videos demonstrating some of the key new features:
”Trash” feature: If you accidentally delete a post or comment, you can bring it back from the Trash. This also [...]
WordPress 2.9.1 Released
We haven’t even had a chance to complete our WordPress 2.9 feature tour (a work in progress!), but the good folks at Wordpress.org have released WordPress 2.9.1. This release addresses some minor issues, and some problems with scheduled posts.
Head on over and download WordPress 2.9.1, or hit update from the Tools -> Upgrade menu in [...]
Protecting the Images on your Website
Protecting the images on your website is a pretty tough thing to do. At the end of the day, ultimately, anything that can be seen can essentially be copied, if the end user is determined enough.
But, there are things you can do to discourage or minimize theft of images on your site. Here are a [...]
WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release
WordPress 2.8.5 has been released, and is now available for download. This release has been dubbed a security”hardening” release, meaning there have been proactive measures taken to further secure WordPress, and to prepare for the future release of WordPress 2.9.
From the official WordPress Blog:
As you know over the past couple of months we have been [...]
Spam-Proofing your WordPress site
If you have a popular blog, or WordPress based site, you are no doubt familiar with “Comment spam” — little annoying spam messages which site vistors/nasty folks/spam robots deposit in the comment areas of your blog or sit.
There are many reasons to protect your comments section from spammers. Here are just a few:
It is your [...]
The future of WordPress: A Matt Mullenweg Q&A
Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, is one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web.
In this video, he talks about the past, present and future of WordPress:
Guide To Installing WordPress Locally With WampServer
I recently stumbled upon a great guide which goes into detail on how to install WordPress locally on Windows XP using WampServer. The guide contains 20 pages, with lots of great screenshots to help users through the installation. The guide can be either browsed online, or downloaded as a PDF.
This is very useful for [...]
BuddyPress 1.1 Released
Earlier this week, Andy Peatling announced that BuddyPress version 1.1 was released publically. This is big news for anyone who uses or is familiar with BuddyPress.
What is BuddyPress?
BuddyPress is essentially a suite of WordPress plugins and themes which extends the multi-user version of WordPress (known as WordPress MU) by bringing social networking features to a [...]
WordPress users: Upgrade to 2.8.4 now!
WordPress 2.8.4 was released in August, and if you haven’t already upgraded, you must do so as soon as possible.
If you are running an earlier version of WordPress, you are vulnerable to a series of hack attempts, which are taking place right now.
According to Lorelle on WordPress:
Otto42 of OttoDestruct, a key WordPress developer and supporter, [...]
