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Prioritizing Features for WordPress 2.8

Stuart — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:10:57 +0000

Everyone knows by now that WordPress 2.7 is packed with new features. Now that it’s available (almost 600,000 downloads as I write this!), it’s time to start working on 2.8. There were dozens of things that got tabled during 2.7 due to time constraints, and there are a lot of high-rated features in the Ideas forum, so there are a lot of potential features under consideration.

Two new bbPress releases for January 2009

Stuart — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:10:32 +0000

Today we are releasing a new version of both bbPress 0.9 and bbPress 1.0-alpha. The 0.9.0.4 stable release includes a security fix to stop a potential XSS attack on login pages with Internet Explorer 6, so it is highly recommended for all users. Additionally, the 0.9.0.4 release includes a significant MySQL speed-up fix for front pages and forum pages that was discussed in the forums.

Q&A with Eyal Gura on PicApp’s New WordPress Plugin

Stuart — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:17:44 +0000

I chatted recently with PicApp’s CEO and Founder, Eyal Gura, to learn more about his firm’s new photo service and their WordPress plugin that has recently crossed the 1100 download mark:

Doreo Hosting Partners With IThemes To Offer Premium WordPress Hosting

Stuart — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:56:49 +0000

Doreo Hosting, a leading provider of shared and reseller hosting services, announced today a new exclusive partnership with iThemes, maker of premium WordPress blog themes. With the partnership, Doreo has also introduced a new, fully-featured blog hosting plan.

WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1

Stuart — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:55:56 +0000

With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7. 280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.

10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.7

SunSeth — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:35:27 +0000

The saga of cheatsheets and reference sheets continues with this outline of the hot new WordPress 2.7 which will be released soon. Like WordPress 2.5, this is a radical release. Like WordPress 2.5, the bulk of the changes affect the WordPress admin. Unlike WordPress 2.5, however, this is not merely an update of the backend but a complete rebuilding.

WP Secure Downloads, Ecommerce Solution For Selling Digital Products

VizionQuest — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:30:20 +0000

Release of WP Secure Downloads ecommerce solution for WordPress. Reviews benefits of using plugin to make money online via selling digital products on your blog

WordPress 2.6 Easter Egg

Lyndi — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:51:31 +0000

Great little hidden egg in WordPress. Some developer has a good sense of humor.

Widget Locationizer Makes Widgets Smarter, Improves Ad Targeting

VizionQuest — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:13:08 +0000

Release of Widget Locationizer plugin for WordPress. Reviews benefits such as better ad targeting, SEO, ability to assign widgets to specific post, page, tags, and categories.

WordPress Blog - The Results of Project Icon

SunSeth — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:21:06 +0000

The community has voted, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of Project Icon, with 35% of the votes, is Entry ID “BD,” otherwise known as Ben Dunkle. Congratulations, Ben! The runner-up was VS, otherwise known as Verena Segert, so we’ll be attaching that set to the alternate color palette that is selectable from the profile screen.

WordPress News for 11/15 | Weblog Tools Collection

Lee — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:46:44 +0000

Help test the new version of WordPress for iPhone using the iPhone simulator by downloading the latest 1.2beta1 code from the WordPress trac.

WordPress › Blog » WordPress 2.7 Beta 3

Lyndi — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:37:32 +0000

WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 has been released for your testing pleasure. Here are some of the changes since Beta 2 (over 160 changes in total)

Help TechZoomIn to Win Blogging Idol Contest

techzoomin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:39:42 +0000

Dear Visitors, right from school days we will participate in many competitions like sports,writing and etc… The same way on the web there are many contests going on daily.But i won’t participate on all of those, just because i can’t ask my visitors to support me in each and every contest and Ofcourse participating in many contests won’t benefit me or my readers any more.

WordPresz.org A fake to WordPress

techzoomin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:14:06 +0000

While going through the web, I noticed that people talking about the site called WordPresz.org. Its a fake site imitating official WordPress.org!. Quite surprised to see this right? Yes, till now we saw some sites faking banks like Citibank,HDFC and etc… But now its the turn of WordPress to face.

How people noticed it?

Fake WordPress Site

Lee — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:56:48 +0000

Many sites across the blogosphere are reporting a fake website that is distributing a backdoored version of WordPress. Though these are few and far between, it behooves all users to be careful when downloading any kind of code to run on their blog.

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 Released To The Public

Stuart — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:08:20 +0000

The first public beta of WordPress 2.7 is here at last. Join the thousands of people already testing 2.7 by downloading 2.7 Beta 1. As previously mentioned on this blog, 2.7 is bringing a new visual design. This design is almost completely implemented, but there are still a few areas that aren’t quite finished in Beta 1. There are also several glitches in certain browsers.

New Wordpress Hacking Strategy Using Cloaking to Target Google IP's

SunSeth — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:09:58 +0000

If you want to prevent any of your Wordpress blogs from getting hacked make sure you keep your software up to date, and follow other basic Wordpress protection strategies, like - securing your admin folder, removing the Wordpress version number from your theme's header.php file, creating an index.html file in your plug-ins directory, and removing other common Wordpress oriented footprints like a "

WordPress MU 2.6.3 Released

SunSeth — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:01:46 +0000

WordPress MU, the multi blog version of WordPress that runs on WordPress.com has been updated. Version 2.6.3 has just been released. This is a security release and a required update. More details about the vulnerability in the Snoopy library that WordPress uses can be found on the WordPress 2.6.3 announcement.

WordPress Calling Icon Designers

techzoomin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:13:50 +0000

Are you a fan of WordPress? and wanted to be a part of WordPress development?. Here is the opportunity for all the designer to design a collection of icons for WordPress 2.7 dashboard.

WordPress 2.6.3 Security Update Available For Download

SunSeth — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:08:40 +0000

A vulnerability in the Snoopy library was announced today. WordPress uses Snoopy to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard. Although this seems to be a low risk vulnerability for WordPress users, we wanted to get an update out immediately. 2.6.3 is available for download right now.