Calais which is a metadata generation web service that is powered by Reuters is offering up a $5,000.00 bounty to anyone who can develop a plugin that meets the following criteria. Tag auto suggestion: Using the content of the blog entry the plugin will provide a list of suggested semantic tags. For example, if the post talks about company “a” buying company “b” the plugin would suggest “Acquisition”, “Company A” and “Company B” as potential tags Semantic cloud: We all love tag clouds and we’d like to take it a step further. The plugin should support the generation of a configurable semantic tag cloud of entities and facts derived from the blog’s content GUID Incorporation: The Calais web service returns a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) for each document submitted. The plugin should modify the RSS feed for the site to incorporate the GUID in a TBD location. Calais looks like […]
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Archive for January, 2008
According to an advisory released by Packetstorm, a fellow by the name of g30rg3_x has discovered two bugs within Dean’s Permalinks Migration Plugin version 1.0. The first bug relates to XSRF and can allow an attacker to force a user to perform an unsolicited action that when combined with an XSS bug that has also been discovered, allows the attacker to gain valid credentials. g30rg3_x actually provides a detailed explanation into the problem: Since the variable $dean_pm_config[‘oldstructure’] its not correctly sanitized (when retrieving), this allow any user to store/save “malicious code” inside the database and later be injected this “malicious code” when the data is retrieved. Using the XSRF as a “combo” we can create crafted pages that will force users to conduct this injection and steal some valid credentials to the WordPress based CMS. g30rg3_x has tried to contact the author of the plugin but has not had any […]
[Continue Reading...]AutoInfo Autoinfo is a plugin which allows you to show information such as users online, registered users, feed subscribers, number of posts, number of ping backs, top 3 commented posts, comments, comments per post, top three commentators and more. Release Page | Download Socialize Me Socialize Me is a plugin which allows you to show custom messages to users visiting your site from Social Networking sites like StumbleUpon, Facebook, Digg, Delicious, Pownce, Twitter, Bebo and more. You can customize each of the messages that will be shown to the user. Release Page | Download OutOfDate OutOfDate is a plugin which shows a message above all the posts older than the specified number of months. Provides and option to customize the message, layout and number of months beyond which posts should carry the message. Release Page | Download Blogger to WordPress Redirection The plugin allows you to redirect individual blogger posts […]
[Continue Reading...]Mobile Phone Optimized WordPress: Thanks to a tip from Amit, I found a quick and painless way to optimize a WordPress blog (or any blog with a feed for that matter) for use with a mobile phone. The trick is to use Google’s excellent mobile news readers to display your blog. The resulting content is not only lightning fast, it is also well formatted and relatively easy to navigate. To see for yourself, craft the following URI in your browser. http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/[Your Feed URI] This is the optimized mobile version of Weblog Tools Collection. Once you have the feed, just create a link on your blog for readers to follow and/or bookmark. Of note is the excellent WordPress Mobile plugin from Alex for those who like a one stop shop.
[Continue Reading...]Deconstructed WP admin theme: Read about this new admin theme on BloggingPro and had to check it out. Deconstructed is a highly minimalistic simple theme for the WordPress backend that is focussed on responsiveness and cleanliness. The menu highlight is a little bright for my taste (as has been noted by others) but the theme is worth a looksee. Installation is simple via a plugin and the author welcomes changes and modifications to the original theme.
[Continue Reading...]Netenberg has released version 2.10.4 r12 of their popular one click install package called Fantastico De Luxe. Fantastico De Luxe is the most widely used application installer throughout the webhosting industry. One of the reasons why it is so popular is that it gives users the ability to skip the process of uploading files and configuring databases and instead, replaces the process with a much simpler one step process. Many WordPress installations have been performed through Fantastico. However, there are a few disadvantages when installing WordPress in this fashion. First, when WordPress releases an update, the folks at Netenberg have to go through the update and add it into the new version of Fantastico. The amount of time this takes can vary, but I believe if the release contains significant security patches, the Netenberg team tries their best to get the update out as soon as possible. Another disadvantage is […]
[Continue Reading...]Two Column Themes Orange and Black This is a widget ready two column theme with contrasting colors. It makes use of orange and black colors. Content area is quite big allowing to fit in more content, sidebar is to the left of the page. Sidebar comes built in with Recent Entries and Recent Comments so you do not have to install those plugins. Demo | Release Page | Download Simpleton Simpleton is a two column theme which makes use of simple colors. The theme comes built in with recent comments and recent themes. The sidebar is big enough to fit in two rows of information. The theme is widget ready. Demo | Release Page | Download UnGrid UnGrid is a three column theme based on grids which is widget ready. The theme features an integrated banner management and a featured about section. Font color is a bit light and could […]
[Continue Reading...]As January inches to a close, WordCamp Dallas is approaching from right around the corner. WordCamp Dallas is managed by Charles Stricklin who is known as being the host of the popular podcast, (The WordPress Podcast). The event will begin on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 from 9:30 AM-5:00 PM and on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 from 9:30 AM-4:00PM. WordCamp Dallas will be held at the Frisco City Hall which is located at 6101 Frisco Square Blvd Frisco, Texas 75034. At the time of this writing, there were 261 tickets remaining. Each ticket costs $20.00 and nets you the following: coffee and munchies both mornings lunch both days t-shirts to take home (or to wear one or both days!) So far, the list of confirmed speakers are as follows: Matt Mullenweg Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell Alexander Muse Aaron Brazell Lorelle VanFossen Mark Ghosh John Pozadzides Thats right folks, your very […]
[Continue Reading...]Matt Cutts has published an article which highlights three different ways to secure your WordPress installation. The first tip involves locking down your Admin directory. Matt configures his .hatccess file so that only his IP address is allowed to access the WP-Admin directory. For the second tip, you should create a blank index.html file to place into your wp-content/plugins directory. Not doing so allows your plugin folder to be wide open, giving nosy people an idea as to what plugins you have installed. Matt’s third and final tip involves subscribing to the official WordPress development blog – http://wordpress.org/development/feed/ As we should all know by now, this is the best way to stay up to date. Matt also offers a bonus tip where he suggest removing the line of code within your header.php file that publishes your WordPress version. All of these are excellent tips. But what do you do to […]
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