WordPress 2.6.1

The kind people at Wordpress have released the new WordPress 2.6.1 on 15 August 2008.When you log into your blog you will prompt you that a new version is available for download. This is a maintenance release to fix for the inevitable “dot zero” bugs into your hands without a long wait. This version also offers several improvements for international users and you can checkout the list of 60 fixes here

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Open ID

How many user names and passwords do you have? I personally have got 3 webmail add’s,about 4-5 different online community username/password and many other access indentification for my online presence. How many times have you reached a website and forgotten what the user name or password is and even if you have a option to retrieve it, cant remeber which email address the account is registered with?!

What is Open ID?

OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.

You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.

Yes, it doesnt sound as tasty if you consider some hacker who magically hacks your detials and effectively has access to all your frequent sites. The problem with having multiple user names and password is the difficulty of coming up with a password that is secure and yet something that you easily remember. Now what if you had a unique username that can be used across the board and that would mean you can come up with a password which is hard to crack or figure out but remember easily because its the only password you need.

Currently there are nearly 10k sites support OpenID, among them Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Digg, LiveJournal, and many more. Check out the OpenID Directory and myOpenID Site Directory for a comprehensive record of supported websites.

how can you get your OpenID? In fact, if you have a GMail address, you already have one through the Google App Engine. Of course, there are several more options, the most obvious one being OpenID.org.

I have done mine via Google App Engine, have you done yours yet?

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Word Press 2.6 Released

Don’t they ever rest?! The people at wordpress have dont it again, the brand spanking new version of wordpress is now out! This is only after a couple of months since the last release of 2.5.1 .

The new version gives you heaps of new enhancements which im sure going to start checking out real soon

Some of the enhancements are :

e other smaller features and enhancements in version 2.6 are

• Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
• Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
• Bulk management of plugins.
• A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
• Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
• Plugin update notification bubble.
• Customizable default avatars.
• You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
• Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
• Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
• You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
• Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.
• Select a range of checkboxes with “shift-click.”
• You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
• A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
• Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.
• Version 2.6 fixes approximately 194 bugs.

Download WordPress 2.6 here

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Word Press(2.5) Upgraded

The awesome people of Wordpress have done it again! The latest version of WP2.5 is out on a stable version and ready for download. I did the upgrade today and i must say it was a piece of cake! A novice like me found it simple easy and im sure you’ll find it easy as well!! The look and feel is very different and its so light now! No longer lagging and slow while its got a very futuristic look and feel to it!

Full listings of enhancements can be found HERE

Congrats WP on the awesome work done and I’m sure the users of WP simply love…i know i do!

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Wordpress Shorcuts

Something i got through another awesome blog.Below are some shotcuts that can help speed up or make life easier when using wordpress.

Bold: Alt+SHIFT+B
Italics: Alt+SHIFT+I
Link: Alt+SHIFT+A
Blockquote: Alt+SHIFT+Q
Read More: Alt+SHIFT+T
Ordered List (ol): Alt+SHIFT+O
Unordered List (ul): Alt+SHIFT+U
List Item (li): Alt+SHIFT+L
Code: Alt+SHIFT+C

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Defensio Anti-Spam

Akismet, the default anti-spam protector given with wordpress has been messing up lately!! I’ve been getting lots of spam comments leaking into my comments folder and its starting to get a little annoying.Time to try something more effective and so I installed Defensio Anti spam. Since its worked for Danny, hopefully works for me too!! Ill test it out and hopefully its all goood!!

You can download Defensio and make sure you use the counter to see how many spams have been caught!!

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Do you Blog?

This is something i saw on BlogOhBlog! Check out the stats above! Amazing isn’t it? Just about a year ago i was slowly getting into forums and thanks to TheDaneshProjects Hangout,it gave me my initiation in the World Wide Web and then i slowly got into blogging and now im loving it with Delirium .Its a awesome channel for you to speak to your mind.You can have all sorts of motives when you first start blogging.

You’ll stumble upon heaps of sites about how to make money online but i feel.Don’t worry about all that when you first start. For me its about learning first, Wordpress is awesome and it makes life so easy for a rookie like me and help is in the abundance out there,all you need to do is ask!! Thanks Alan and Danny!!

If you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, I say get right onto it!!

You can get your free space on

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Hard Lesson

Delirium went through a mishap last night and was down till mid day today.I dont know if it was a drama with the server or the data but i lost some info from this episode, The best part was the support people toke such a long time to get close to resolving it and Danny helped me fix it over a phone call which toke less then 10mins.THANK YOU DANNY!

As you can see some pictures and hopefully nothing more is missing but ill be fixing it over the course of the weekend,hopefully! And maybe its time for a clean up of the site too.

Lesson i learn :

BACK-UP YOUR SITE AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH cause its really a sad thing when you lose data, moreover its IT and drama’s like this are bound to happen.

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