It was just announced that WordPress 2.6.3 has been released due to a security issue in something called Snoopy. Snoopy is something that grabs the feeds that are displayed in your dashboard. It’s supposed to be a relatively minor risk. If you don’t want to download the whole upgrade, you can get the following 2 files from the release post:
And replace them. I just upgraded and it was a pretty painless process.
Snapshot is a showcase-style theme, suitable for portfolio websites or photo galleries. It’s a rare free theme release from the WooThemes team, who usually produce paid WordPress themes exclusively. I’ll be going over this free WordPress theme in a review post.
And now onto the review…
Another week has passed, which means more WordPress resources!
Building a Control Panel for Your WordPress Theme - For WordPress theme authors out there, Ahmad of Custom Theme Design goes over how to create a control panel for your WordPress theme in this detailed tutorial. Complete with code examples!
Ultimate Guide to WordPress SEO - Nathan Rice has published a 10 part series (so far) on WordPress SEO. Goes over several edits you can make directly to any WordPress theme to make it more “SEO optimized.”
WP Recipes - A great new site created by Jean-Baptiste Jung with several quick WordPress hacks and tips. All of them seem very concise and easy to implement.
That’s all for this week. If you know of any other recently published WordPress resources, feel free to let me know in the comments.
For the past few days I’ve had some real trouble trying to comment on other blogs. I would make a comment, and it would seem like nothing happened. No “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” message would show up. Same story even with blogs I’ve had previously approved comments on.
I started to suspect that for some reason my comments weren’t getting through because I was being flagged by Akismet’s spam filter. I confirmed this suspicion this morning when I left a comment on a friend’s blog, and they informed me that I was indeed getting flagged by Akismet.
Remember, Akismet is used on thousands upon thousands of blogs to stop comment spam. Every time I would make a comment, it would be relegated “Akismet Spam” page. People don’t check this page as frequently as their non-spam comments. Although some may check it from time to time for the occasional false positive.
No, I didn’t overreact and start drafting some massive “Why you shouldn’t use Akismet” blog post. I simply posted this tweet and just a couple hours later, I received this response from Mark Riley of Automattic. This totally caught me by surprise, as I was definitely not expecting this issue to be resolved by a quick tweet.
So why was I marked as spam in the first place? I have no clue, other than the fact it had something to do with my URL (http://www.themelab.com). I’m just glad it could be resolved so quickly. Thanks Akismet!
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a tutorial here. I thought with Automattic’s acquisition of PollDaddy, this would be a good opportunity to write one about adding polls to your self-hosted WordPress blogs, more specifically - PollDaddy polls. In this tutorial I’ll go over:
And now onto the tutorial…
I’ve always been a firm believer that WordPress can be more than just a “blogging platform.” With the power of themes and plugins, WordPress can be extended to do much more than just blog. This post over at the ThemeForest blog highlights several examples of WordPress themes that bring WordPress to higher levels of functionality.
Most of the themes featured on the post are commercial, available for purchase on ThemeForest or other outlets.
Can you think of any examples of innovative WordPress sites or themes that really push the envelope?
Today we have another nice looking blog theme, designed by Anto. It has a widget-ready sidebar, Gravatars for comments, and WordPress tag support.
Another week has passed, which means another set of weekend resources.
13 Wordpress Plugins You Probably Don’t Use But Should - Okay, I admit I’m a sucker for these list posts. This one, however, had several plugins I’ve never heard of before. Has several admin tools, social plugins, and others for you to check out.
Ian Stewart On Child Themes - Part 1 & Part 2 - This interview was so long, it had to be broken down into 2 parts. In this interview, Ian Stewart goes over what a child theme is, their benefits, theme frameworks, and effect on the premium theme market.
Interview With Revolutionary Brian Gardner - In this audio interview conducted by Jeff Chandler, Brian Gardner discusses his move to open source, WordPress theme licensing, among other things. It’s about an hour long.
That’s all for this week. If you have any other recently published WordPress resources, feel free to let me know.
Today we have a very cool looking theme, designed by Anto. I took the design, coded it in XHTML/CSS and then ported it to WordPress. This theme is just a normal blog layout with the usual features. A widget-ready sidebar, Gravatars for comments, and WordPress tag support.
I recently came across this awesome looking magazine theme and I thought I would share it with all of you in a review. It’s called Guzel Magazine, created by Custom Theme Design. I’ll be going over how to set it up and other features.
And now onto the review…
