Posted under Wordpress.

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It’s here, the first public beta of Wordpress 2.7. I am very excited to get it installed and give it a test run. The final version is going to be delayed, but we can test out the new interface now. A release canidate will be available on November 10 and the final version will be comming about two weeks after that.
Get the first public beta here.
Posted under Wordpress.
WordPress has released a security update to their blogging software. A vulnerability was discovered in the Snoopy library. WordPress uses Snoopy to fetch the feeds shown in the Control Panel Dashboard.
Although this seems to be a low risk vulnerability for Wordpress users, the company wanted to get an update out immediately. 2.6.3 is available for download right now.
Because this is a security issue, all WordPress users must upgrade. Fortunately, this new release updates only two files. If you don’t want to download the entire WordPress program just to get the security fix, you can download the following two files and copy them over your 2.6.2 installation.
Replacing two files is a lot easier than upgrading an entire WordPress installation. This has been the easiest to install update yet.
Source : John Chow
Posted under Hosting, Wordpress, plugin.

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After about two weeks of having continual database failures. My hosting company have moved my server. It now appears that everyting is running good. I haven’t noticed any problems since the move. Hopefully things stay that way.
When running Wordpress or any other site that requires MySQl. It become very frustrating when the database keeps crashing or having errors. With the constant worry of loosing everything sine your last backup.
Here are two handy plugins you can use to back up your Wordpress Database. You Wordpress site is nothing with out the database behind it. But you can only use these plugins when your MySQL sever is running properly.
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WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database. Plugin Homepage.
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Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database. Plugin Homepage.
Hopefully you don’t run into any problems and not have a database backup. But if you use either one of these plugins you will have backups of you Wordpress install. And can back up and running with out major problems.
Posted under Hosting.
I am currently having a lot of issues with my hosting company. I keep having MySQL errors. This is becomming very frustrating. Do any one know of a good solid host that I can move my site too?
I have been having problems for almost two weeks now. And I have know idea when they will rsolve the issues.
Posted under Theme, Wordpress.
We have finally realeased our first Wordpress theme. It is based on the _Base_ theme by Fresh01 and a great tutoial from Nettuts. The theme also uses the 960 CSS framework. It contains a updates or news section in the left sidebar using WP_Query. Also a Featured Post’ without using JQuery or Javacript.
Check out the screen shot to get the basic idea of what it looks like.
The is a very basic theme, that can be easily modified.
You can view a Demo here.
Or Dowload Here
Posted under User Links.
Hello! Welcome to the User Link Feed. Anyone can submit links with a short description which will then appear in the sidebar. Links must be approved before appearing and we filter out links that aren’t relevant to the audience. We generally want links regarding Wordpress, Dolphin, osDate, Drupal, Joomla including;
- Links to Useful Resources and Downloads
- Links to Tutorials
- Links to Inspirational Work (*really good* work only please)
- Links to Articles
You can submit your links below using the form. They are generally approved within 24 hours.