2008 October

Monthly Archives: October 2008

BlogRush Is Shutting Down

BlogRush, the traffic building widget started by Internet marketing kinpin, John Reese, has decided to close it doors forever. Launched in late 2007, BlogRush spread like a wildfire all over the Web as thousands of bloggers (me included) installed the widget. I actually had the widget on this blog for a very long time. Not [...]

WordPress 2.6.3

WordPress has released version 2.6.3 as a security fix. A vulnerability in the Snoopy library was announced today.  WordPress uses Snoopy to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard.   Although this seems to be a low risk vulnerability for WordPress users, we wanted to get an update out immediately.  2.6.3 is available for download right [...]

$1.99 Domain Registration From GoDaddy

$1.99 Domain Registration from Go Daddy.: GoDaddy is offering 1-Year Domain Name Registration for $1.99 with code 199TEST. 20-cent ICANN fee applies, making it $2.19 per domain.

bbpress 1.0-alpha-2 released

Just received notice that bbPress 1.0 alpha 2 has been released to the general public for download. The next installation in the bbPress alpha series introduces new features and fixes most of the issues raised by testers from the previous release. A lot of the features were covered in a previous post. You can view [...]

Revolution WordPress Themes Going Open Source

Brian Gardner, the author and creator of the very popular Revolution WordPress premium themes, has announced that he will be releasing all future Revolution themes as open source under the GPL License and in accordance with WordPress standards. This change is set to take effect on Saturday, November 1st. Explaining why he has decided to [...]