Monthly Archives: September 2009

Imagine life with Akismet!

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Owen

I keep getting blown away by how awesome Akismet is. I run a number of different blogs and without Akismet spam management would just innundate me with work. Akismet has kept all my blogs clean for years and year; and … Continue reading →

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Do you use PHP $_SERVER variables in forms?

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Owen

photo credit: Melissa Maples I came across an interesting point that outlines that dangers of using $_SERVER variables to submit form, a practice that’s pretty common in WordPress plugins. The problem is that it opens the form up to be … Continue reading →

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WordPress on Windows? Test, test test.

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Owen

Image via CrunchBase WordPress runs on PHP and MySQL, which is available both on Linux servers and on Windows servers. It’s worth keeping in mind that there are a few differences between the two platforms, even though there aren’t supposed … Continue reading →

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BuddyPress 1.1 Beta

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Owen

Have you noticed the BuddyPress has moved onto v1.1? Well, the Beta was announced a few days ago which was quite lucky for me actually. I’ve been working with BuddyPress on a couple of sites and had decided to do … Continue reading →

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Listen to your users

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Owen

photo credit: mattbraga If you’re building a website that aimed at consumers and you want to make sure they have the best experience, always make sure it’s easy for them to get in touch with you. You don’t have to … Continue reading →

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If your WordPress up to date?

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Owen

Is your WordPress installation up to date? If it’s not, you’ll get a constant warning message on every page telling you that you need to upgrade. And upgrading is really easy on the later versions too. There’s no messing around … Continue reading →

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WP Auctions reviewed on WP Tavern

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Owen

I came across a great review of our WP Auctions plugin that I built with Hyder down at WP Tavern, a website that specialises in all things WordPress related. We’ve put a tremendous amount of effort into the plugin, and … Continue reading →

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