bbPress 1.0 Bechet Released
bbPress 1.0 final, finally released: For those of us that are also fans and users of bbPress, bbPress version 1.0 is finally released. Many improvements over the 0.9 versions include cookie integration with WordPress, various fixes, JQuery integration, a complete XML-RPC API, new admin interface, new icons, improved spam management and much more. Backup files and database and disable all plugins prior to upgrade but our test upgrade went amazingly well and everything continued to work post upgrade. Post from: Weblog Tools Collection bbPress 1.0 Bechet Released
WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/03
New Plugins External Files External Files provides a shortcode [external] that wraps around a file path or url. The contents of the file/url are imported and outputted in an xhtml-friendly way. What’s more, the plugin auto-guesses the syntax of the file (by looking at the extension of the path or the content-type of the url). RSS Shortcode Allows you to embed an RSS feed in your blog post by using WordPress shortcodes. BuddyPress Contents BuddyPress content aggregation and organization. Real-Time Find and Replace Set up find and replace rules that are executed AFTER a page is generated by WordPress, but BEFORE it is sent to a user’s browser. Supr ...
Things You Need to Know About Twitter Security
There has been more than one story in the news recently about Twitter accounts being hijacked. The most recent examples of note include the accounts of Britney Spears and famed blogger/entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki. These issues have highlighted some potential dangers of using the service, or really social networks in general. Have you encountered security issues with Twitter or other social networks? Share with WebProNews readers. Amit Klein, CTO of Trusteer, a security firm, who counts the nation's largest direct bank, ING Direct, among its customers, feels that Twitter account hijacking is an issue that more people need to be aware of. ...
Hashtags Now Linking in Twitter
Twitter has started linking hashtags in tweets to Twitter searches. A few other Twitterers have started to notice as well: The move makes sense, considering that the hashtag phenomenon has reach tremendous popularity. They often appear in the trending topics. The move also illustrates a greater emphasis being placed on Twitter Search, which only this year has become a focus of the company. It wasn't that long ago that it was added to the Twitter home page, and it is already sparking big interest in real-time search throughout the entire search industry.
Whiteboard Friday - Crawling & Indexing
Posted by great scott!Crawling and Indexing. Without them you can't rank. If you can't rank, you can't get search traffic. If you can't get search traffic, your online marketing efforts are going to suffer; and in our industry that is a colossal FAIL. This seems like simple stuff we all take for granted, but it's critically important to understand what you must do--and avoid--to make sure your site is regularly crawled and then maintained in the primary index of each of the major engines. Even if you think you know it all, take a few minutes to watch this week's Whiteboard ...
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