Archive for February, 2008

Guide to converting your XHTML CSS layout to a WordPress theme

| February 10, 2008 | 0 Comments

Updated Feb. 14, 2008 Deziner Folio has a really useful step-by-step guide to taking your XHTML/CSS layout and converting it to a WordPress theme. They say this whole process can be completed in 30-40 minutes! Developing a Wordpress Theme Another option is ... View Post

Wordspew Plugin has security vulnerability

| February 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

Secunia has reported an "id" SQL injection vulnerability in the WordSpew plugin for WordPress. Here's the description of the vulnerability: DESCRIPTION: S@BUN has reported a vulnerability in the Wordspew plugin for Wordpress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input ... View Post

Easily add unwidgetized WordPress plugins to widgetized sidebar with Custom Function Widgets plugin

| February 8, 2008 | 2 Comments

One of the reasons I hesitated to use widgets is because there are many useful plugins that aren't widgets and demand that you add a snippet of code to your sidebar, something you can't really do with widgets. Well, now you can widgetize your sidebar and add both widgets and non-widget plugins to it with ... View Post

Great tips for finding and modifying images for your blog

| February 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

Oak Innovations has a great guide to finding and editing images for use on your blog. The guide goes through copyright issues, licenses, and sources for finding images, and then introduces Picnik, an online image editor. Since reading this ... View Post

Is WordPress’ security vulnerable at its core?

Miriam Schwab | February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

To my chagrin, my blog is telling me that it's time to upgrade again. A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now.

It's an urgent security release because if you allow registration on your WordPress blog, users can edit other users' drafts. WordPress development also mentions the ... View Post

Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: WordPress in Kazakh

| February 6, 2008 | 4 Comments

Poor Kazakhstan. It's going to take them a long time to live down the image of their country that was created in Borat. However, despite the damage inflicted by Borat, I recently saw a news item on how the Kazakh economy is growing at a steady pace. So it seems that they've ... View Post

Using WordPress comments as a contact form

| February 4, 2008 | 3 Comments

Justin Tadlock has posted a way to use built-in WordPress comments in lieu of a contact form. Basically, you replace your theme's current comments.php file with the one that Justin offers for downloading that checks if a page is called "Contact." If it is, the ... View Post

SphinnCon Israel to feature great panelists from Google, TechCrunch, Yedda, and more

| February 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

SphinnCon Israel is this coming Tuesday in Jerusalem, and will have a great panel of experts on search and internet marketing, including representatives from Google, TechCrunch, Yedda, and Kenshoo. Read my post ... View Post