An “Excerpt” is a summary or short description of a full article. In other words, it is a post summary that will be displayed in your articles on the front page of your blog. On the bottom of the post, it will contain a link to the full article. This…
The developers at WordPress just discovered a specific vulnerability in the code. They describe the issue as follows: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user asked for a password reset. As a result of this problem, the first account without…
WordPress developers missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for WordPress 2.8.1. Luckily, they got excellent feedback from the WordPress community and were able to fix this small issues. Many followers in the community dug deeper and discovered some areas that were overlooked. With their help, the remaining issues are now fixed in WordPress 2.8.3.…
Microsoft has been ignoring the advancements in the field of Search Engines and also Targeted Advertising. However with the recent launch of Bing, they decided to start competing with Yahoo! and Google for their slice in the Search Engine business. Two days ago, on July 29th, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power the Yahoo! Search Engine. That said, it is a very smart move for every site and blog to optimize their structures and fit Bing needs. As we already know, Bing has a different algorithm than Google. Given Microsoft’s aggressive nature in fighting competition, it would be a grave mistake to underestimate them.
The recently re-launched Bing Search Engine platform with upcoming versions of Windows OS is about to make Microsoft’s new search engine one of the biggest and most important players in the world of searching. Thus, it is very important to get good rankings in this new engine if you want the share of traffic they can give to your Blog.
So, what exactly they lay emphasis on? As with many of the other big Search Engines, Bing places heavy emphasis on unique site content. They allow higher keyword density than Google Search does. For Bing, it is recommended to keep your pages at least 200 words long and include phrases which people commonly use. Another important point of Bing is having your Blog CSS and HTML validated. I made sure that my Wordpress Theme Patagonia is 100% Valid CSS level 2.1 and XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
I just read a new article in the WordPress Blog that talks about improving plugins by using a changelog file. The WordPress team added a new feature to the plugin directory to allow developers to include a changelog with their project. The changelog informs us what changes have been made in each…
This new version of WordPress fixes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin area. This vulnerability could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin to another site. You can upgrade WordPress automatically and in a few seconds. Just…
Great news! WordPress 2.8.1 was finally released! This version fixes many bugs and improves security for the plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified the WordPress team that admin pages added by some plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked. Not all plugins are vulnerable to this problem, however they advise upgrading…
