WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release Details

November 14th, 2009

Wordpress 2.8.6 Security Release

Wordpress 2.8.6 Security Release

WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release was published. Official page at wordpress.org doesn’t say too much about it, just that:
2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended. The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This. The second problem is an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations.
Is it interesting for you what changes were made in terms of PHP source code? Let’s try to discover WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release details together.
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Limit Login Attempts 1.4.1 WordPress Plugin Review

November 10th, 2009

WordPress Plugin Review

WordPress Plugin Review

Plugin Name: Limit Login Attempts v.1.4.1
Date of review: 10th November 2009
Rating: 4.8
Author profile: Johan Eenfeldt
WordPress plugin directory link: Limit Login Attempts

“Limit Login Attempts” WordPress plugin limits the number of wrong login attempts possible through normal login dialog as well as (for WordPress 2.7+) for cookies authentication mechanism.

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NetBeans IDE for PHP development

October 25th, 2009
NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE

Do you search comprehensive but free Integrated Development Environment tool for the PHP development? Take a look at the NetBeans project. I use it about two years and very satisfied how it works for me.

With NetBeans you have a dedicated PHP coding environment and complete integration with web standards. NetBeans offers a version of the IDE tailor-made for developing PHP sites. The NetBeans PHP editor is dynamically integrated with NetBeans HTML, JavaScript and CSS editing features such as syntax highlighting and the JavaScript debugger.

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WordPress 2.9 new features

October 17th, 2009

WordPress 2.9

WordPress 2.9


WordPress development team is near the time when the first beta 2.9 version will be available. There are a lot of new features appeared in this version. The full list of new features is available here http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.9
As the development 2.9-rare version is already available for testing let’s look together on the some features which the most noticeable for the every WordPress user. There are:
- Content (post, page, comment, media library item) trash status;
- Post thumbnail;
- Image Editor.
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Platinum SEO WordPress Plugin versus All In One

October 11th, 2009
Platinum SEO versus All In One

Platinum SEO versus All In One

Or why I switched my blog from All In One SEO to the Platinum SEO plugin

I used All In One SEO WordPress Plugin about a month. It worked good for me. Thanks to the author. But there is another side of the medal. What I don’t like from the very beginning it is the very aggressive and annoying donation requests and self-advertising this plugin shows on its Settings page. “I enjoy this plugin and have made a donation” checkbox uses some form of psychologic pressure on the plugin user to extort something from him. Is this plugin really free? I see that it is released under GPL (GNU General Public License) in the all_in_one_seo_pack.php file header. Do you agree that this is a freeware software? My doubts about it were very strong up to this moment. And finally when I had installed version 1.6.7 of All In One SEO I have no any doubts that this plugin is not really freeware.

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Thank You Counter Button WordPress Plugin

October 5th, 2009

thank you counter button wordpress plugin

thank you counter button

This is the visitor’s “Thank you” or “I like it” clicks counter. Every time a new visitor clicks the “Thank you” button one point is added to the total “thanks” counter for this post. Plugin uses AJAX to send data to the server and get it back. So no page reload is required. The plugin stores its counters in its own MySQL table. Only one “thanks” for the same IP-address can be permitted. Plugin can skip all further “Thank you” clicks from that IP-address once it is automatically registered. Total quant of thanks is displayed on the button just to the right from the click invitation text. Invitation text is ‘Thank You’ by default, but it can be changed at the plugin Settings page. Plugin has wide range of options to customize its behaviour and presentation. Live preview will help to select more suitable style.
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GNU Midnight Commander valid lines and boxes via Putty

September 27th, 2009

MC invalid lines

MC invalid lines

MC valid lines

MC valid lines


If go to the Linux web server from Windows box using Putty terminal, some times you can see strange effect after GNU Midnight Commander (MC) start. MC window doesn’t show valid pseudo-graphics symbols which it uses for boxes and lines drawing. Look on example at the screenshot from the left. To make this visual presentation valid,
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