Heads up to any users of the WP-Forum WordPress plugin: Secunia has reported that it can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Too bad - just when I was looking for a simple forum solution for a WordPress blog.
The WordPress OpenID plugin lets visitors to a Wordpress blog quickly register, login, and leave comments using their OpenID Identity. Says it’s designed for WP 2.0.3 to 2.1, but may work with 2.3.
Anthology of Ideas shares his method for creating a horizontal drop-down menu for categories, involving the use of CSS and Javascript.
Displaying WordPress categories in a horizontal dropdown menu
You may need to have “tinyurl” permalinks for your WordPress blog posts. One option is to go to tinyurl.com and create each permalink one-by-one. This is fine if you don’t need to create too many, but can get cumbersome when you need tens or hundreds of them.
Michael Clark explains how he used Apache’s rewrite rules with WordPress’ Post ID # to create what he calls “GoTo” URLs.
Creating a “GoTo” URL For Your WordPress-Powered Site
Weblog Tools Collection has published a good, concise guide on setting up permalinks on your WordPress blog. The tips include various permalink options, and how to set up a .htaccess file if you don’t have one.
If your WordPress blog isn’t accepting trackbacks or sending pings to other blogs, you may need to open it up so that it can talk to other servers.
Check out Donncha’s explanation of what to look for, and how to fix the problem if it exists.
Ping. The ping heard across the world
If you’re an avid Google Calendar user, it would probably make your life easier if you could access it easily all the time. BNET describes a really easy way to get your Google Calendar to appear in your Firefox sidebar at all times.
This type allows you to put any website in your sidebar, which is really really handy.
Add Google Calendar to Your Firefox Sidebar on BNET
You can add a Microsoft Live Map to your WordPress blog pretty easily. All you have to do is create a custom template Page for the map page, and add some code to it. Full instructions are here.
Live Search Maps for Wordpress
A lot of bloggers talk about the danger of placing all of your “eggs” in the Google basket, whether it’s for search results or for advertising revenue.
IncrediMail, an Israeli company that has mysteriously made lots of money by adding smiley faces to email, has just announced via a press release that they received a “notice” from Google that they have “decided to stop the AdSense partnership with the Company and therefore [they are] disabling ads to search result pages displayed through the Company’s account, and in addition that the Company’s AdSense account has been disabled.” This is a blow to IncrediMail since “in 2006 and 2007, search revenues powered by Google’s AdSense program made a significant contribution to the Company’s results.”
Google’s hand is swift and ruthless.
IncrediMail Receives Notice from Google Regarding AdSense Program
Blog Oh Blog has published a great article for people interested in entering the world of WordPress. The article lists 9 myths about WordPress related to what it is, plugins, security, costs, documentation and more. If you’re new to WordPress, or even if you’re an old hat and could use a little refresher, you should check this out.
Common Wordpress Myths & Facts on Blog Oh Blog
