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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

WP-Cal plugin security vulnerability

| January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments
A vulnerability has been discovered in the WP-Cal plugin for WordPress, an event calendar plugin by Fahlstad. This vulnerability can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Just last week another plugin by Fahlstad ... View Post

WordPress WP-Forum plugin security vulnerability

| January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments
Heads up to any users of the WP-Forum WordPress plugin: Secunia has reported that it can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Too bad - just when I was looking for a simple forum solution for a WordPress ... View Post

Allow users to use OpenID to interact with your blog with OpenID WordPress plugin

| January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
The WordPress OpenID plugin lets visitors to a Wordpress blog quickly register, login, and leave comments using their OpenID Identity. Says it's designed for WP 2.0.3 to 2.1, but may work with 2.3. Wordpress OpenID Plugin View Post

Display WordPress categories in a horizontal dropdown menu

| January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments
Anthology of Ideas shares his method for creating a horizontal drop-down menu for categories, involving the use of CSS and Javascript. Displaying WordPress categories in a horizontal dropdown menu View Post

Automatically create tinyurl-type permalinks in WordPress

| January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
You may need to have "tinyurl" permalinks for your WordPress blog posts. One option is to go to tinyurl.com and create each permalink one-by-one. This is fine if you don't need to create too many, but can get cumbersome when you need tens or hundreds of them. Michael Clark explains how he ... View Post

Useful guide to configuring WordPress permalinks

| January 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
Weblog Tools Collection has published a good, concise guide on setting up permalinks on your WordPress blog. The tips include various permalink options, and how to set up a .htaccess file if you don't have one. Configuring WP Permalinks View Post

How to fix blog pinging and trackback problems

| January 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
If your WordPress blog isn't accepting trackbacks or sending pings to other blogs, you may need to open it up so that it can talk to other servers. Check out Donncha's explanation of what to look for, and how to fix the problem if it exists. Ping. ... View Post

Add Google Calendar to Your Firefox Sidebar

| January 16, 2008 | 0 Comments
If you're an avid Google Calendar user, it would probably make your life easier if you could access it easily all the time. BNET describes a really easy way to get your Google Calendar to appear in your Firefox sidebar at ... View Post

Adding Microsoft Live Search Maps to your WordPress blog

| January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments
You can add a Microsoft Live Map to your WordPress blog pretty easily. All you have to do is create a custom template Page for the map page, and add some code to it. Full instructions are ... View Post
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