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Upgrade to WordPress 2.6.5 Easily

WordPress has released a critical update today. Quoting their official blog - The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package. 2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a...

LaunchPad – Free Domain Parking Theme

Registering domain names is adventurous and exciting. But while you build that killing website of yours, you run the risk of getting your domain name cluttered with advertisements from the hosting company or the domain registrar. This, known as domain parking, is done in order to capitalize on all underdeveloped domains. But this renders a shabby look to your domain name, and even putting up 'under-construction' signs are pretty drab. LaunchPad, an ad-free domain parking theme - comes to your...

Have You Updated The Ping List Of Your WordPress Blog?

If you are a blogger, more often than not, you are using WordPress as the blog authoring tool. Below is a recommended ping list for WordPress blogs. This list is from my personal experience as a blogger for almost 5 years now. For the uninitiated, ping is an XML-RPC-based push mechanism by which a weblog notifies a server that its content has been updated. Blog authoring tools like WordPress automatically ping one or more servers each time the blogger creates a new post or updates an old one....