The Wordpress developers have released version 2.8.3 of the popular blogging script. The update is a security update and it is therefor recommended to update the Wordpress installation immediately to protect the data and web server. Upgrades are as usually available directly from within the Wordpress admin interface or by downloading the new version of [...]
Wordpress Broken Link Checker
Broken links on websites and blogs can have several negative side effects. This includes visitor frustration as broken links waste their time and can change the perception of the website the link was posted on but also the perception of search engines, other web services and reviewers that crawl and visit the website. Google for [...]
Wordpress 2.8.2 Security Patch
A new version of the popular blogging platform Wordpress was released just a few minutes ago. It is an unexpected upgrade considering that the last Wordpress update was less than two weeks ago. The new update fixes a security vulnerability that affects all but the latest version of Wordpress.
The XSS vulnerability could be used to [...]
Exclude Categories From Wordpress Feeds
I received an email from Matthew a few hours ago who asked if there was a possibility to exclude certain categories from my website from appearing in the RSS feed. I was really busy with a website that I purchased earlier this morning and could not answer immediately. The good news is that it is [...]
Free Anti Spam Plugin Antispam Bee For Wordpress
Up until recently we have been using the Wordpress plugin Akismet for anti spam protection. Akismet is supplied with every Wordpress installation and needs to be enabled with an api key that is freely available after registering an account at the Wordpress website. There have been a few problems with Akismet’s anti-spam scanner in recent [...]
Wordpress 2.8
A new version of the popular blogging script Wordpress has been released by the developers yesterday. Wordpress 2.8 is the latest stable release of the blogging platform and webmasters are encouraged to upgrade their blogs as soon as possible to benefit from the changes in that version. The update adds a multitude of features and [...]
Wordpress SEO: Advanced Nofollow
Wordpress is already well optimized when it comes to SEO (that’s Search Engine Optimization). There are some basic changes that are usually performed like changing the link structure to include the title of the articles or displaying the title of the article in the web browser’s title. Most users stop here, some go ahead and [...]
Internet Explorer 8 And Feeds: The XML page cannot be displayed
I run another popular site together with Everton of Connected Internet. The site I’m talking about is Windows 7 News, a highly popular and well ranked, website about the next Microsoft operating system Windows 7. A reader contacted us earlier today mentioning a problem that he was encountering when trying to view the feed of [...]