For those of you considering Wordpress 2.8 please read this forum thread first.
Semiologic 6.0 is on it's way. This will maximise the benefits available from WP 2.8. But 2.8 has to be made reliable first and Denis, author of Semiologic, is heavily involved with Wordpress in that process. Please read the forum thread and Denis' tweets in the right sidebar of this blog for the latest information.
For those with operational business sites you need to consider the most secure route for continuity. It may well be advisable simply to wait a few weeks for the dust to settle.
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Blog — I've set up a twitter feed on daily WordPress and Semiologic Pro developments.
Depending on the interest, I'll give it some love.
Blog - Gotta love American politics…
That would be Susan Collins. Interestingly, her web page highlights that she is:
A national leader in health care advocacy who has consistently supported programs to expand access to health care and improve health care.
Via Brad DeLong.
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Blog — From the end-user's standpoint, the difference between WP 2.7 and WP 2.8 goes down to a new widgets screen, which allows to see all sidebars in one go.
From the developer's standpoint, however, there are a few cool new features. In particular:
- The new plugin_dir_url() function, which is simply indispensable if you add styles or scripts; with a little luck, they'll make this one work in a WP-MU version, to allow most plugins to work on both platforms
- The new widgets class, which simplifies the creation of multi-widgets
- The new login hashing, which is compatible with the latest BBPress
- Consistent primary key formats in the database schema, to allow for InnoDB tables with foreign key constraints
- Many, many, many other bug fixes and smaller improvements
Let's hope that the widgets screen gets properly debugged before it gets released. I wouldn't expect WP 2.8 before the end of the month. If anything, I'd expect it by mid-may given the major change (the new widgets screen) that was introduced in the past couple days.
Blog — Here's why you should never forward (or even open) funny sounding PowerPoints to your friends.
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Blog — Now that is one amazing botnet…
Here's how to know if you're infected.
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Blog — Next time you hear about a multi-million dollar bonus for bailed out bank employees, chew on this.
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Blog — It should be short if it happens. Marc's going to be playing around with the server this WE.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Blog — A quick notice to Firefox users who are not following security-related news.
A vulnerability has been made public, alongside proof-of-concept code on several security sites. It could lead to malicious code execution attacks if a Firefox user is lured to a Web site rigged with exploits.
It has yet to be patched, at the time of writing. More info on ZdNet.
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Humor
When a fireman sees a house on fire, he sounds an alarm, dons his turnout gear, bravely rescues the occupants and puts out the fire.
When an investment banker sees a house on fire, he quietly sells the burning house short, uses the proceeds to buy a larger house for himself and, when someone suggests that his taxes be raised to help the homeless, he rails against the dangers of socialism.
Via The Big Picture.
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