Archives for May, 2009
Five Ad Management Plugins for WordPress
Posted by Muhammad Furqan Abid in Plugins on May 30, 2009
Once you have done the work to build your site, create the content and get the visitors streaming in it may then be time to monetize your site and maybe create a little income stream. Now I am not talking get rich schemes here – just simple and easy ways to place ads in and around your site. They may never make you a ton of money but they might create just enough of an income stream to make you a few bucks in the process.
WordPress Implements Jcrop
Posted by Glance World Admin in What's New on May 27, 2009
With the upcoming version 2.8 of WordPress, the extension to the JavaScript library jQuery Jcrop is implemented. Jcrop allows directly into a web application to crop images.
A first peak shows the site about Jcrop and I’m curious how it will be included in WordPress, currently is no live demo available.
WordPress 2.8 Widgets Options Page
Posted by Muhammad Furqan Abid in What's New on May 26, 2009
In the current trunk of WordPress is a “first run” of the new widget management available to see. This is a development version, it shows the warning “This page is not 100% ready, please use only on test installations.”.
Also new is that the sidebar now saves or updates via AJAX. Here is a Screenshot from the current development version:
WordPress 2.8 Password Security Option
Posted by Muhammad Furqan Abid in Security, What's New on May 25, 2009
After a new installation of WordPress, you get informed that you are logged in with the default password and this can be a security risk. It is therefore strongly recommended to change the password. The necessary internal links to set a new password are included in this notice. Click here to read more …
WordPress 2.8 beta 2 released
Posted by Muhammad Furqan Abid in Release on May 24, 2009
Just a quick note to our readers know that WordPress 2.8 has now released the Beta 2. You can see the changes here. If you are interested in giving it a try, you can download it here.
Automatically Tweet WordPress Posts with WordTwit
Posted by Muhammad Furqan Abid in Plugins on May 21, 2009
Twitter has exploded in popularity over the past year as many mainstream media sources have been using the service to communicate with their readers/viewers, but did you know that bloggers can now use Twitter to promote their content as well?
WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Available for Download
Posted by Glance World Admin in Release on May 20, 2009
For those of you who love to be on the cutting edge, you’ll be happy to learn that the Beta 1 version of WordPress 2.8 is now available for download. As always, with these types of releases, we recommend you use it in a test environment, rather than using it on a live website/blog. I usually recommend people wait until the release candidates (RC) before you can be comfortable using it on a live site.
10 marvelous .htaccess hacks for WordPress
Posted by Glance World Admin in Hacks, Tips on May 19, 2009
.htaccess, the file which control the Apache webserver, is very useful and allows you to do a lot of things. In this article, let’s see how .htaccess can help you with your WordPress blog, for both security,functionnality and usability.
When editing or modifying the .htaccess file of your WordPress blog, make sure to always have a backup that you can restore in case of something went wrong.
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