The “Duke” Is Back In Town WordPress version 2.0 (“Duke”) was officially released this week with very little initial fanfare, although the main WP site was given a complete facelift to mark the occasion. You can grab the 2.0 release…
There’s been quite a bit of activity in the WordPress community as of late and it’s worth summarizing in brief. First off, the development version of WP has been “rebranded” from 1.6 to 2.0 and Beta 1 was officially announced…
If you’re looking for a way to spruce up your WordPress install, you should definitely take a look at WordPress.net’s new theme browser. It has the vast majority of WP themes that I’ve seen, posted with thumbnails and easy previews.…
eWeek, a publication that I somehow inadvertantly became a subscriber to, has posted a review of WordPress 1.5.2 and declares it a “Good Fit for Business”. Nifty.
I have quite a few plugins that I use here at Literal Barrage, some of which have, at times, had a tendency to misbehave and make the site virtually unreachable. Without direct access to the mysql database underlying the site,…
I’ve long deplored the “www.” prefix for my websites. There’s very little point in it existing these days, unless you’re actually pointing to a server that goes by the name of “www.[domain name].[top level domain]”. I generally eschew the prefix…
I’ve done my share of ragging on MovableType as a blogging platform, however, with SixApart’s recent release of MT 3.2, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and give MT a test drive. Obviously, based upon my…
…I’m not ignoring your pleas to talk to me. It’s just that Google Talk happens to run on TCP ports that our firewalls and proxies at work just don’t like. I’ll accept your invites when I get home. For those…
For all your WP users out there, it’s time to upgrade yet again. Version 1.5.2 has hit the streets and it addresses several potential security risks (hooray, php register_globals!) as well as adding some additional functionality. If you’re looking for…
Congratulations are in order for the WordPress team, as WP has been named as one of Forbes’ Best of the Web. Kudos.
