Posts Tagged ‘planet’
WPTavern: Blogging Continues To Increase In Popularity
March 19th, 2012 |
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It seems like every month, someone will write an article with the headline that Blogging Is Dead or in the process of dieing and discuss which services are replacing the medium.
WPTavern: Making 80K Through One Plugin
March 19th, 2012 |
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Vladimir Prelovac, an esteemed plugin author has shared his story on how he made $80,000 through one plugin .
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 3/18
March 18th, 2012 |
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New plugins WordPress Review Engine is an all-in-one review system. Updated plugins CloudFlare ensures your WordPress blog is running optimally on the CloudFlare platform. Rename Media Files enables renaming of media files.
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 3/16
March 16th, 2012 |
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Angler is a highly customizable but simple theme. Light Blue Home is a simple light blue architecture theme. Modern Nature is a green nature theme
Matt: iPad 3 Launch Experience
March 16th, 2012 |
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I’m in New Orleans for a few days and, long story short, although I pre-ordered the New iPad it’s arriving to an address I won’t be at for a while, so since I was up early this morning though I’d go to the nearest Apple store in Metairie and see if I could pick one up, or at least be part of the excitement that always accompanies Apple launch mornings. The store had opened at 8, but I arrived at about 8:55, and the scene was not at all what I expected
WPTavern: A Closer Look At Brute Force Attacks Against WP Sites
March 16th, 2012 |
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Perhaps one of the easiest attacks to perform on a WordPress based website is a brute force attack. Sucuri took the time to create a few different honeypots and monitored WP-Login.php to track the various IP addresses as well as the passwords used to break into the site. Their list of passwords attempted is no surprise to me as I’ve seen the same results over the course of a year via the Limit Logins plugin.
WPTavern: Automattic Launches VIP Featured Partner Program
March 15th, 2012 |
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Automattic has announced the launch of a new featured VIP Partner program that will provide more bang for the buck for VIP customers. Related posts: Automattic Makes Second Investment – WPEngine WPTavern VIP Is No More Forum VIP Membership Now Available
WPTavern: WordPress.com Welcomes Posterous Users
March 15th, 2012 |
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It was’nt long ago when Posterous looked poised to take a big chunk of market share away from WordPress and other sites such as Tumblr. But alas, Posterous will become yet another internet memory as they’ve announced that the talent behind the service will now be apart of Twitter. While Posterous will remain online for the foreseeable future, users have already started flocking to different services such as WordPress.com, who have experienced a 250% increase in imports from Posterous accounts since the announcement
Andrew Nacin: WordPress: So Easy a Congressman Can Do It
March 15th, 2012 |
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The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform launched a new site on WordPress today
WP iPhone: Now Available: Publish Photos Quickly Using Camera+
March 15th, 2012 |
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If you’re passionate about posting great photos on your blog, you might just fall in love with this new feature. If you have Camera+ 3.0 on your phone (and WordPress for iOS 2.9.5 or higher), you’ll be able to quickly post photos using the Camera+ app! Simply launch the WordPress app, and tap the Photo button. Posting a photo from the Camera+ Lightbox is dead easy.
WordPress.tv: Mark Gazel: WordPress Denmark status update
March 13th, 2012 |
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WPTavern: 10 Queries To Clean Up Your WordPress Database
March 13th, 2012 |
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John Baptiste of CatsWhoCode.com has published 10 useful SQL queries that you can use to clean up the database that houses your WordPress installation. Before any SQL queries are run, you should definitely back up your entire website as a wrongly executed query can ruin the database, rendering your site useless. If you’re afraid to execute any of the queries mentioned within his list, there are plugins available that can accomplish the same tasks such as WP-Cleanup but the same precautions must be taken, especially since some of the cleaning plugins are old and may not have the correct table or location to delete data from
Matt: When Mom Goes Viral
March 13th, 2012 |
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The Olive Garden restaurant making the rounds a few days ago was actually from the mother of a WSJ writer, here’s his take: When Mom Goes Viral: Marilyn Hagerty, 85, Is Talk of Social Media .
WPTavern: Congrats To Jane Wells
March 13th, 2012 |
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As I mentioned about a month ago , Jane Wells has been working on a new venture called Jitterbug which aims to be a bakery with a cafe feel complete with WiFi. To help fund this venture and to purchase some equipment, Jane put together a project on KickStarter.com to generate crowd sourced capital.
WordPress.tv: Julio Potier : WordPress et la sécurité des extensions
March 12th, 2012 |
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WordPress.tv: Greg Taylor: WordPress for Musicians, Artists, Writers, Butchers, Bakers & Candlestick Makers
March 12th, 2012 |
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Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 3/12
March 12th, 2012 |
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Brown World is a simple dark brown theme. My Life is a serene blogging theme that emphasizes your content with readable typography. Picochic is a neutral, light, clean and professional looking theme.
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 3/10
March 10th, 2012 |
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New plugins bbPress Digest allows you to send daily digest with a forum’s active topics.
WPTavern: WordPress Not The Direct Cause Of Mass Site Attacks
March 9th, 2012 |
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Sucuri has published more information regarding the compromising of at least 30,000 domains. Based on their research, they are ruling out the possibility that the attacks are taking advantage of a new vulnerability within the core of WordPress
WPTavern: Lance Willett Helps Beginners Navigate WordPress Theme Landscape
March 9th, 2012 |
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Fresh from WordCamp Phoenix 2012 , Lance Willett who works for Automattic and is part of the theme wrangler team gave a great presentation for beginners on how to navigate the vast landscape that is WordPress themes. He covers the gamut such as where to look for themes, commercial themes, things to consider before using the theme on your site, etc.
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