WordPress 2.8.5 is out. It’s a security release to futher secure the default WordPress  installs.

The major fixes bundled with this release are;

• A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
• Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
• Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
• Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

This is a recommended update so make sure to update your WordPress install ASAP. Download WordPress 2.8.5 or let the automatic upgrade feature kick in and do this for you.

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WordPress 2.8.2 is out. It fixes an important XSS vulnerability. Make sure to upgrade quick before you get hijacked….

Either perform an auto update by going to ” tools –> upgrade –> upgrade automatically ” or upgrade the old fashion ways by downloading WordPress.

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I first read about ipvee.com on wingloon.com.

ipvee.com is a simple service that returns your system infomation but with a twist. Eye candy, the guys behind ipvee.com decided to go with a web 2.0 visual appeal with bold large text on bright colors and cool sliding tabs. See the screen shots, they speak for themselves.

So what system info you can pull off ipvee.com you ask?

1. find your real ip address

2. show hostname

3. show ip address

4. identify your browser

5. identify your operating

6. identify you screen resolution

All you need to use ipvee.com is either macromedia flash or java script. ipvee.com works with either one.

O ya, before I forget. HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY wingloon.com !!

Check out the screen shots below;

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I need your help. Please help me decide on a theme. Theme A or Theme B.

So far, I seem to be favoring theme A a bit more but ya, I want to see what you have to say too.

Which ever theme wins by popular vote, I will change to end of this week.

THEME A | Evidens

THEME B | Alligned

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• Malaysia’s 12th polling day is here
• Hello world! The new begining, again!!
• Changing my permalinks structure

For those who don’t know, Matt Mullenweg is the guy behindAutomattic. The company behind the world’s most popular publishing platform WordPress (6 years old) and it’s accompanying services. Askimet, Gravatar, bbPress, IntenseDebate, BuddyPress and WordPress.com the free WordPress hosting service.

Today, Matt is amongst The 25 Most Influential People on the Web and 30 under 30 America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs . At only 25 Matt has managed to accomplish so much and there is still a long way to go.

Great stuff Matt and enjoy your 25th!

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It’s offically closing it’s doors on the 15th of December 2008 as a direct result from a buyout by Six Apart. The blogging platform specialist.

Current Pownce users might not be happy about this but somethings sometime just don’t work out the way you want them to. Twitter’s dominance in the micro-blogging world can be seen everywhere today and I’m quite confident that it might have been a challenge for Pownce to keep up with the giant. However, all is not lost. If you’re a current Pownce user, there’s an export option for you to migrate your data over to other services.

2009 is going to be interesting. The guys from Pownce and now with Six Apart. Something awesome is bound to come out from this new aliance.

Let’s wait and see. Thanks Pownce!

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Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2 this morning using the WPAU plugin.

The release fixes a vulnerability in the password complexity which could allow user passwords to be reset by the attacker who can later use mt_rand() to predict the random password.

Upgrade if you allow open registration.

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I use the is_home() conditional tag to control when my ads show up. I prefer to only have my ads show up when single posts are viewed. Helps keep my home page looking clean and relevant.

Currently, I have my ads setup to show on all pages except for my home page. To get the same functionality setup on your WordPress simply wrap your ad codes with the code below.

<?php if ( !( is_home() ) ) { ?>

[your ad codes go here.... ]

<?php } ?>

ALternatively if you want your ads to only show up on your home page,

<?php if (  is_home()  ) { ?>

[your ad codes go here.... ]

<?php } ?>

If you use static pages for your home instead, then replace is_home() with is_front_page() .

Try it out, drop me a note if you need help.

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Negaraku Digg Style

Negaraku the local news aggregator I posted about some time back has gone through it’s evolution cycle and now emerged as a Digg clone.

Cloning other application is always a bad idea but in my book if you are able to provide something the competition doesn’t then the idea will work. In the case of Negaraku, the information is localized to Malaysia. Even Google sees localized data as one of it biggest hurdle.

The original aggregator was slow buggy thus the need to evolve. The new Digg styled site is way better the the original. The site appears to be faster when compared to the original aggregator. The layout is simple, uncluttered and colors easy on the eyes.

Submissions are still broken up into their own categories like politics, business,tech, politics and a few others. This helps users easily access their information of choice. Each category is also publish via RSS for easy access.  Another benefit of going Digg style is that high rated submissions always show up first rescuing users from wasting their time combing though useless submissions.

Negaraku old aggregator

So what happen to the old aggregator? It’s still alive at news.negaraku.net .

In short I like Negaraku Digg Style. What do you think?

Source: Negaraku || news.negaraku.net

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WordPress 2. 6 (Tyner) is out with some new improvements.

1. Post Revisions :: You get to diff your post changes now.

2. A new Press This! button. :: Directly post from any site you are on. Plus support to automatically detect media files from sites like YouTube and Flickr.

2. Google Gears :: My fav, you get a local cache for your WordPress. Speedier access and the possibility of new and better feature moving forward.

WordPress 2.6 with Google Gears

3. Theme Previews :: Now you get to preview your theme without enabling it.

Those were the major additions, now for the smaller stuff.

• Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
• Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
• Bulk management of plugins.
• A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
• Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
• Plugin update notification bubble.
• Customizable default avatars.
• You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
• Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
• Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
• You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
• Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “cleanâ€? SVN checkouts.
• Select a range of checkboxes with “shift-click.â€?
• You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
• A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
• Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.
• Version 2.6 fixes approximately 194 bugs.

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