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WordPress Plugin Releases for 04/17

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New Plugins Hikari Hooks Troubleshooter Hikari Hooks Troubleshooter creates a draggable window with informations about all functions hooked to WordPress actions and filters, and lists all conditional tags. Hikari Unicornified Gravatars Hikari Unicornified Gravatars converts avatars from people that don’t have a Gravatar, into customized unicorns. Tal.ki Embeddable Forums Add a forum, message board, or discussion board to your blog. This plugin will add a Forums page to your blog and allow your members to start their own conversations and topics on your site. Eletro Widgets It allows yout to use WordPress widgets to set up your home page (or any page) in your blog. You can configure and drag & drop widgets around right in the front end. Please watch the video for further details HTML Emails Converts the default fugly, plain-text email notifications into fully customizable, sweet lookin’ HTML emails. ArcadePress Allows you to turn any WordPress site […]

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VideoPress Review

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April 16th, 2010
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Within this review, I will provide an objective view on the video-hosting service called VideoPress (owned by Automattic). Now I will be one of the first to admit that I am somewhat of an Automattic fanboi. I love WordPress, and use several of Automattic’s other services. However, even I was skeptical of what I considered a too-good-to-be-true video-hosting service. A Little Background I have been hosting my videos on YouTube for quite a while now. I especially liked their new HD feature and the ability for my screencast software to export directly to the service. I didn’t (and still, really don’t) care that the YouTube player is branded and shows ads. It worked, and worked well, and that’s really all I cared about it. And best of all, it was free. However, I ran into a roadblock with some of my videos. The ten-minute time-limit was really started to kill […]

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How To improve basic security on a fresh WordPress install

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April 15th, 2010
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WordPress developers take security very seriously, and many security experts evaluate WordPress’s code for flaws. Security updates are made frequently to keep users safe. However, there are some extra steps you can take to make a fresh installation of WordPress more secure and protect against future attacks. Remember, no system can ever be completely secure, but taking preventative measures can be helpful. Much of this guide is based on the advice from the WordPress Codex article on hardening WordPress, but it is aimed at the WordPress beginner. In future articles, I’ll cover advanced security measures, hardening existing WordPress installs, and recovering hacked WordPress sites. This guide should be relevant for both WordPress 2.92 (the most recent stable release as of this writing) as well as WordPress 3.0. Overview: -Preliminary steps for securing your WordPress install -Changing defaults in WordPress to implement “security by obscurity” -Choosing strong passwords -Installing and configuring […]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 04/13

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SuperBlog Light and clean theme for personal blogs. Three column, widget ready. HalfCircle HalfCircle , comes with theme option, embedded flickr widget to display your flickr image and other features. Sextant Globe A very simple free WordPress Theme 1000px wide with 1 Sidebar and an Option Page to populate the Footer.  5 Free Sport WordPress Themes As spring progresses and the weather warms, people love to shake off those winter cobwebs, head outside, and throw the old ball around. These sports-themed WordPress themes should help you get in the mood for some friendly competition. Each one is widget-ready and gravatar-enabled.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 04/11

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April 11th, 2010
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New Plugins WP Comsoon WP Comsoon (from “Coming Soon”) creates a little widget for the sidebar to display the titles of the next scheduled posts of the blog. Rico Bookmark Tree This plugin can create a simple bookmark list with a tree structure on a post using Rico Ajax Simple Author Box Adds a simple author box with Gravatar image below the articles on single page. You can add Twitter and Facebook profiles. WP Footer HTML This plugin allows you to insert HTML in the footer of your blog and you can set it to add the data just to the homepage. Updated Plugins SEO Ultimate This all-in-one SEO plugin can handle titles, meta, noindex, canonical tags, 404 monitoring, robots.txt, auto-linking, and more. Version 1.9 adds title tag editing for category archives. Embed Article Embed Article WordPress Plugin prevents copyright theft by offering an alternative solution to your readers who […]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 04/09

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Gray01 Gray01 is a three column theme. In the theme options panel it is possible to configure social network links. ALogo The theme comes with simple but unique design, theme option, embedded flickr widget to display your flickr image and other features. WoW Blue 2 column, fixed width, widget ready theme for World of Warcraft related blogs

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 04/07

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April 7th, 2010
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New Plugins Hikari Enhanced Comments Comments are enhanced with new features that make them more visible and becoming more exciting in website structure. MediaRSS with Post Thumbnail Adds <media> tags to your feeds with post thumbnail support which came with WP 2.9 version. Share and Follow Designed for average users to use, ideal for developers who want to save time, this plugin gives links to the most prominent Social Networking sites for sharing and following WPtap Mobile Detector  This plugin automatically detects the type of mobile browser that you site is viewed from, and activates the mobile theme you have chosen for it. User can install multiple mobile themes and link it to different mobile browsers for best performance. If you have a separate WAP or mobile website, this detector also allows you to redirect your mobile traffic to the WAP/mobile site.  Updated Plugins Shadowbox JS Shadowbox is an online […]

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iPad Peek – Peek at Your Blog on the iPad

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April 5th, 2010
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iPad Peek: Thanks to iPad Peek, you are now able to visualize how your blog or website would render on the iPad. A few tips as offered by Mashable include clicking on the top border to switch from landscape to portrait mode, disabling Flash on your browser to simulate the lack of Flash support on the iPad and changing your browser user agent string to that of the Apple iPad.

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WordPress Theme Releases for 04/05

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WhitePress A simple, white, two column, fixed width theme WordPress Mobile Theme A feature rich theme designed for mobile browsers. Key features include custom colors, defining your own width and the ability to create dynamic images in the front page. 5 Spring-Inspired WordPress Themes It’s spring, and there’s no better way to celebrate the end of another winter than to use one of these fresh, beautiful, and blooming WordPress themes. Each one is widget-ready and gravatar-enabled.

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