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 [...]

WordPress custom fields are a fantastic feature of WordPress, which allow you to use WordPress as a general Content Management System (CMS) for your blog or WordPress powered site. Custom fields are little “bits” of information which you can store alongside a WordPress post, or page. A custom field has two components: A key/value “pair” [...]

WordPress 2.8.4 has been released.  It is highly reccommended that you upgrade your WordPress blog or website as soon as possible, as this release addresses security and stability issues.  Matt released this note explaining the release: Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass [...]

The developers behind WordPress have released a new update.   This is a security fix release and the developers suggest everyone should upgrade their installations as soon as possible. Ryan Boren said in his post: Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1.  Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs.  Several [...]

Today is the last day for early bird registration for WordCamp Fraser Valley taking place on August 22, 2009. The registration prices go up as of August 1st. I am excited to be speaking at the event. The topic of my talk is: “Using Custom Fields for Fun and Profit“. WordPress Custom Fields are a [...]

WordPress 2.8.2 has been released, it is recommended that you upgrade immediately. This release fixes security issues. Download 2.8.2 or automatically upgrade from the Tools->Upgrade page of your blog’s admin.

If you use WordPress Pages to manage the content of your site, sometimes you may want a page to actually redirect to another URL – either an external site, or perhaps a subdomain of your existing site. Or maybe you want to redirecting to a static file, such as a PDF. There are a number [...]

WordCamp Fraser Valley is taking place next month.  This is an  excellent event for bloggers and users of WordPress of any level, whether beginner, expert, or in between. From their website: “WordCamp Fraser Valley is an event is for anyone that has an interest in blogging and WordPress in general. Beginners will learn more about [...]