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Quick: Wordpress Updates to 2.9.1

01.05.2010
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This may seem like a quick refresh, but Wordpress dropped a maintenance update today. Wordpress version 2.9.1 is now live, and if you have been plagued with any of the problems reported here, you might want to update.
I’ve updated, just now, and everything’s working fine, it may be a minor update, but as always be [...]

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Wordpress updates to Version 2.9

12.19.2009
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As with any major version update, some trepidation comes with it. Automattic today announced that Wordpress 2.9 was available. All the details appeared on the Wordpress Blog earlier today, and it looks like there are some great new features added. For users of themes that allow customisation, like myself, there was doubt, “would this update [...]

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Update: Wordpress 2.8.6

11.13.2009
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Just a quick heads up, and this security fix for Wordpress may not be a necessity for all of you lone bloggers out there. If though, you have a blog with multiple users with posting rights, you may want to install this patch right away.
2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, [...]

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Real Time Analytics, Clicky!

11.05.2009
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For a lot of Bloggers on the inter webs, monetising there sites, is an ever growing issue. When I first started blogging it wasn’t a concern, but SEO and analysis of your sites traffic, have become one of the biggest learning curves for the greater blogging community.
For the individual blogger, on a budget, the choices [...]

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Wordpress Plug-in Compatibility, Redone!

10.30.2009
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Personally, one of the most time consuming things running a site powered by wordpress, is using and updating plug-ins. Ideally, you would use a customisable theme, and then learn how to write .php code to replace/replicate the functions of plug-ins that you can’t live without, manually.
That’s a big ask for most people [including myself], [...]

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Quick Wordpress Heads Up! 2.8.5

10.22.2009
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If you are running a Wordpress based Blog, like me, you might have noticed a little point update was available today. Before you go HoiVai, not another one, because it does seem like there have been continual small updates,since 2.8 was released. Five in fact [go figure]. If you haven’t been keeping up with the [...]

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Wordpress, Early Birds didn’t catch the Worm!

09.07.2009
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I’ve been quite surprised over the last couple of days, that a vulnerability in Wordpress, which was fixed with a recent update, but has been picked up on again on some of the larger sites around the blogosphere!
The rush on this news has now elicited posts of  warning from many sites, and probably solicited this [...]

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Tools to maintain your website: Free

08.25.2009
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I like many others, have blogged on many different free platforms, Yahoo geocities, which doesn’t exist any more. There’s Microsoft Live journal, Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad and more. All free platforms that offer you a versatile, though limited blogging experience. All of these free services, give you the ability to bring your own domain name to [...]

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