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WordPress release its new version 2.8.2 with security update
RELEASE WordPress release its new version 2.8.2 and fixes its XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin to another site. Download 2.8.2 or automatically upgrade from the Tools->Upgrade page of your blog’s admin. Source: wordpress.org

How to Integrate Breadcrumb Navigation without a plug-in
HOW TO There are plenty of WordPress extensions that generate breadcrumb navigation. But you can actually create custom breadcrumb navigation with only a handful of lines of code in the template, opening up greater control and, potentially, less overhead. This approach to breadcrumbs builds on the get_post_ancestors function. To start with, here is a basic implementation of breadcrumbs that only deals with …

PHP 5.3.0RC4 Release Announcements
PHP The PHP development team is proud to announce the fourth release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC4). This RC focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate or final stable releases. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like namespaces, late static binding, closures …

WordPress release its new Version 2.8
RELEASE For those of you who love to be on the cutting edge, you’ll be happy to learn that the new version of WordPress 2.8 is now available for download and has packed in a lot more user friendliness than before. According to WordPress – version 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, …

WordPress Implements Jcrop
WHAT’S NEW 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 Beta 1 Available for Download
RELEASE 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 …

10 marvelous .htaccess hacks for WordPress
HACKS .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 …

Secure your WordPress Blog with 10 easy steps
SECURITY Securing your blog is important. With WordPress so popular these days, it’s becoming a bigger and bigger target for hackers. In this post we’ll look at ten easy ways to secure your WordPress blog.