0byt3m1n1

Path: /data/0/0/82/124/82287/meta/83610/mysql/ [ Home ]
File: wp_00115d4_0.dump
-- MySQL dump 10.11
--
-- Host: mysql6    Database: wp_00115d4_0
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version	4.1.21

/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_categories`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_categories`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_categories` (
  `cat_ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `cat_name` varchar(55) NOT NULL default '',
  `category_nicename` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
  `category_description` longtext NOT NULL,
  `category_parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `category_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `link_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `posts_private` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
  `links_private` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`cat_ID`),
  KEY `category_nicename` (`category_nicename`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_categories`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_categories` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_categories` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_categories` VALUES (1,'Uncategorized','uncategorized','',0,1,0,0,0),(2,'Blogroll','blogroll','',0,0,7,0,0);
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_categories` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_comments`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_comments`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_comments` (
  `comment_ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `comment_post_ID` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `comment_author` tinytext NOT NULL,
  `comment_author_email` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
  `comment_author_url` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
  `comment_author_IP` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
  `comment_date` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `comment_date_gmt` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `comment_content` text NOT NULL,
  `comment_karma` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `comment_approved` enum('0','1','spam') NOT NULL default '1',
  `comment_agent` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `comment_type` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  `comment_parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`comment_ID`),
  KEY `comment_approved` (`comment_approved`),
  KEY `comment_post_ID` (`comment_post_ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_comments`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_comments` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_comments` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_comments` VALUES (1,1,'Mr WordPress','','http://wordpress.org/','','2008-01-07 16:56:54','2008-01-07 21:56:54','Hi, this is a comment.<br />To delete a comment, just log in and view the post&#039;s comments. There you will have the option to edit or delete them.',0,'1','','',0,0);
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_comments` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_link2cat`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_link2cat`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_link2cat` (
  `rel_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `link_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `category_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`rel_id`),
  KEY `link_id` (`link_id`,`category_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=8 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_link2cat`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_link2cat` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_link2cat` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_link2cat` VALUES (1,1,2),(2,2,2),(3,3,2),(4,4,2),(5,5,2),(6,6,2),(7,7,2);
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_link2cat` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_links`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_links`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_links` (
  `link_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `link_url` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `link_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `link_image` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `link_target` varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
  `link_category` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `link_description` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `link_visible` enum('Y','N') NOT NULL default 'Y',
  `link_owner` int(11) NOT NULL default '1',
  `link_rating` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `link_updated` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `link_rel` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `link_notes` mediumtext NOT NULL,
  `link_rss` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`link_id`),
  KEY `link_category` (`link_category`),
  KEY `link_visible` (`link_visible`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=8 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_links`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_links` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_links` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_links` VALUES (1,'http://inphotos.org/','Donncha','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://inphotos.org/feed/'),(2,'http://zengun.org/weblog/','Michel','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://zengun.org/weblog/feed/'),(3,'http://boren.nu/','Ryan','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://boren.nu/feed/'),(4,'http://photomatt.net/','Matt','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://xml.photomatt.net/feed/'),(5,'http://zed1.com/journalized/','Mike','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://zed1.com/journalized/feed/'),(6,'http://www.alexking.org/','Alex','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://www.alexking.org/blog/wp-rss2.php'),(7,'http://dougal.gunters.org/','Dougal','','',0,'','Y',1,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','http://dougal.gunters.org/feed/');
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_links` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_options`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_options`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_options` (
  `option_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `blog_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `option_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
  `option_can_override` enum('Y','N') NOT NULL default 'Y',
  `option_type` int(11) NOT NULL default '1',
  `option_value` longtext NOT NULL,
  `option_width` int(11) NOT NULL default '20',
  `option_height` int(11) NOT NULL default '8',
  `option_description` tinytext NOT NULL,
  `option_admin_level` int(11) NOT NULL default '1',
  `autoload` enum('yes','no') NOT NULL default 'yes',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`option_id`,`blog_id`,`option_name`),
  KEY `option_name` (`option_name`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=75 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_options`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_options` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_options` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_options` VALUES (1,0,'siteurl','Y',1,'http://00115d4.netsolhost.com/blog1',20,8,'WordPress web address',1,'yes'),(2,0,'blogname','Y',1,'blog1',20,8,'Blog title',1,'yes'),(3,0,'blogdescription','Y',1,'Just another WordPress weblog',20,8,'Short tagline',1,'yes'),(66,0,'wp_user_roles','Y',1,'a:5:{s:13:\"administrator\";a:2:{s:4:\"name\";s:13:\"Administrator\";s:12:\"capabilities\";a:47:{s:13:\"switch_themes\";b:1;s:11:\"edit_themes\";b:1;s:16:\"activate_plugins\";b:1;s:12:\"edit_plugins\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_users\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_files\";b:1;s:14:\"manage_options\";b:1;s:17:\"moderate_comments\";b:1;s:17:\"manage_categories\";b:1;s:12:\"manage_links\";b:1;s:12:\"upload_files\";b:1;s:6:\"import\";b:1;s:15:\"unfiltered_html\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_posts\";b:1;s:17:\"edit_others_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"edit_published_posts\";b:1;s:13:\"publish_posts\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_pages\";b:1;s:4:\"read\";b:1;s:8:\"level_10\";b:1;s:7:\"level_9\";b:1;s:7:\"level_8\";b:1;s:7:\"level_7\";b:1;s:7:\"level_6\";b:1;s:7:\"level_5\";b:1;s:7:\"level_4\";b:1;s:7:\"level_3\";b:1;s:7:\"level_2\";b:1;s:7:\"level_1\";b:1;s:7:\"level_0\";b:1;s:17:\"edit_others_pages\";b:1;s:20:\"edit_published_pages\";b:1;s:13:\"publish_pages\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_pages\";b:1;s:19:\"delete_others_pages\";b:1;s:22:\"delete_published_pages\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_posts\";b:1;s:19:\"delete_others_posts\";b:1;s:22:\"delete_published_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"delete_private_posts\";b:1;s:18:\"edit_private_posts\";b:1;s:18:\"read_private_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"delete_private_pages\";b:1;s:18:\"edit_private_pages\";b:1;s:18:\"read_private_pages\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_users\";b:1;s:12:\"create_users\";b:1;}}s:6:\"editor\";a:2:{s:4:\"name\";s:6:\"Editor\";s:12:\"capabilities\";a:34:{s:17:\"moderate_comments\";b:1;s:17:\"manage_categories\";b:1;s:12:\"manage_links\";b:1;s:12:\"upload_files\";b:1;s:15:\"unfiltered_html\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_posts\";b:1;s:17:\"edit_others_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"edit_published_posts\";b:1;s:13:\"publish_posts\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_pages\";b:1;s:4:\"read\";b:1;s:7:\"level_7\";b:1;s:7:\"level_6\";b:1;s:7:\"level_5\";b:1;s:7:\"level_4\";b:1;s:7:\"level_3\";b:1;s:7:\"level_2\";b:1;s:7:\"level_1\";b:1;s:7:\"level_0\";b:1;s:17:\"edit_others_pages\";b:1;s:20:\"edit_published_pages\";b:1;s:13:\"publish_pages\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_pages\";b:1;s:19:\"delete_others_pages\";b:1;s:22:\"delete_published_pages\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_posts\";b:1;s:19:\"delete_others_posts\";b:1;s:22:\"delete_published_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"delete_private_posts\";b:1;s:18:\"edit_private_posts\";b:1;s:18:\"read_private_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"delete_private_pages\";b:1;s:18:\"edit_private_pages\";b:1;s:18:\"read_private_pages\";b:1;}}s:6:\"author\";a:2:{s:4:\"name\";s:6:\"Author\";s:12:\"capabilities\";a:10:{s:12:\"upload_files\";b:1;s:10:\"edit_posts\";b:1;s:20:\"edit_published_posts\";b:1;s:13:\"publish_posts\";b:1;s:4:\"read\";b:1;s:7:\"level_2\";b:1;s:7:\"level_1\";b:1;s:7:\"level_0\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_posts\";b:1;s:22:\"delete_published_posts\";b:1;}}s:11:\"contributor\";a:2:{s:4:\"name\";s:11:\"Contributor\";s:12:\"capabilities\";a:5:{s:10:\"edit_posts\";b:1;s:4:\"read\";b:1;s:7:\"level_1\";b:1;s:7:\"level_0\";b:1;s:12:\"delete_posts\";b:1;}}s:10:\"subscriber\";a:2:{s:4:\"name\";s:10:\"Subscriber\";s:12:\"capabilities\";a:2:{s:4:\"read\";b:1;s:7:\"level_0\";b:1;}}}',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(5,0,'users_can_register','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(6,0,'admin_email','Y',1,'ewealth@aol.com',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(7,0,'start_of_week','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(8,0,'use_balanceTags','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(9,0,'use_smilies','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(10,0,'require_name_email','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(11,0,'comments_notify','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(12,0,'posts_per_rss','Y',1,'10',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(13,0,'rss_excerpt_length','Y',1,'50',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(14,0,'rss_use_excerpt','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(15,0,'mailserver_url','Y',1,'127.0.0.1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(16,0,'mailserver_login','Y',1,'login@example.com',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(17,0,'mailserver_pass','Y',1,'password',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(18,0,'mailserver_port','Y',1,'110',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(19,0,'default_category','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(20,0,'default_comment_status','Y',1,'open',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(21,0,'default_ping_status','Y',1,'open',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(22,0,'default_pingback_flag','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(23,0,'default_post_edit_rows','Y',1,'10',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(24,0,'posts_per_page','Y',1,'10',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(25,0,'what_to_show','Y',1,'posts',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(26,0,'date_format','Y',1,'F j, Y',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(27,0,'time_format','Y',1,'g:i a',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(28,0,'links_updated_date_format','Y',1,'F j, Y g:i a',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(29,0,'links_recently_updated_prepend','Y',1,'<em>',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(30,0,'links_recently_updated_append','Y',1,'</em>',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(31,0,'links_recently_updated_time','Y',1,'120',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(32,0,'comment_moderation','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(33,0,'moderation_notify','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(34,0,'permalink_structure','Y',1,'',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(35,0,'gzipcompression','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(36,0,'hack_file','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(37,0,'blog_charset','Y',1,'UTF-8',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(38,0,'moderation_keys','Y',1,'',20,8,'',1,'no'),(39,0,'active_plugins','Y',1,'',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(40,0,'home','Y',1,'http://00115d4.netsolhost.com/blog1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(41,0,'category_base','Y',1,'',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(42,0,'ping_sites','Y',1,'http://rpc.pingomatic.com/',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(43,0,'advanced_edit','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(44,0,'comment_max_links','Y',1,'2',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(45,0,'gmt_offset','Y',1,'-5',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(46,0,'default_email_category','Y',1,'1',20,8,'Posts by email go to this category',1,'yes'),(47,0,'recently_edited','Y',1,'',20,8,'',1,'no'),(48,0,'use_linksupdate','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(49,0,'template','Y',1,'default',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(50,0,'stylesheet','Y',1,'default',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(51,0,'comment_whitelist','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(53,0,'blacklist_keys','Y',1,'',20,8,'',1,'no'),(54,0,'comment_registration','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(55,0,'rss_language','Y',1,'en',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(56,0,'html_type','Y',1,'text/html',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(57,0,'use_trackback','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(58,0,'default_role','Y',1,'subscriber',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(59,0,'db_version','Y',1,'4773',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(60,0,'uploads_use_yearmonth_folders','Y',1,'1',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(61,0,'upload_path','Y',1,'wp-content/uploads',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(62,0,'secret','Y',1,'bbc4124e9433131958fa8bacb07e9231',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(63,0,'blog_public','Y',1,'0',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(64,0,'default_link_category','Y',1,'2',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(65,0,'show_on_front','Y',1,'posts',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(68,0,'page_uris','Y',1,'a:1:{s:5:\"about\";i:2;}',20,8,'',1,'yes'),(69,0,'rss_4e085a06b82d55da975c2c37c0ee94c1','Y',1,'O:9:\"magpierss\":17:{s:6:\"parser\";i:0;s:12:\"current_item\";a:0:{}s:5:\"items\";a:0:{}s:7:\"channel\";a:11:{s:5:\"title\";s:54:\"Blog reactions to http://00115d4.netsolhost.com/blog1/\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2F00115d4.netsolhost.com%2Fblog1%2F\";s:11:\"description\";s:73:\"Blog posts linking to http://00115d4.netsolhost.com/blog1/ on Technorati.\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:26:23 -0800\";s:9:\"generator\";s:15:\"Technorati v1.0\";s:9:\"webmaster\";s:43:\"support@technorati.com (Technorati Support)\";s:4:\"docs\";s:37:\"http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss\";s:3:\"ttl\";s:2:\"60\";s:4:\"tapi\";a:3:{s:6:\"result\";s:5:\"\n    \";s:10:\"result_url\";s:36:\"http://00115d4.netsolhost.com/blog1/\";s:19:\"result_inboundlinks\";s:1:\"0\";}s:6:\"result\";s:10:\"\n    \n    \";s:7:\"tagline\";s:73:\"Blog posts linking to http://00115d4.netsolhost.com/blog1/ on Technorati.\";}s:9:\"textinput\";a:0:{}s:5:\"image\";a:3:{s:3:\"url\";s:50:\"http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif\";s:5:\"title\";s:15:\"Technorati logo\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2F00115d4.netsolhost.com%2Fblog1%2F\";}s:9:\"feed_type\";s:3:\"RSS\";s:12:\"feed_version\";s:3:\"2.0\";s:5:\"stack\";a:0:{}s:9:\"inchannel\";b:0;s:6:\"initem\";b:0;s:9:\"incontent\";b:0;s:11:\"intextinput\";b:0;s:7:\"inimage\";b:0;s:13:\"current_field\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"current_namespace\";b:0;s:19:\"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS\";a:6:{i:0;s:7:\"content\";i:1;s:7:\"summary\";i:2;s:4:\"info\";i:3;s:5:\"title\";i:4;s:7:\"tagline\";i:5;s:9:\"copyright\";}}',20,8,'',1,'no'),(70,0,'rss_4e085a06b82d55da975c2c37c0ee94c1_ts','Y',1,'1199831183',20,8,'',1,'no'),(71,0,'rss_0ff4b43bd116a9d8720d689c80e7dfd4','Y',1,'O:9:\"magpierss\":19:{s:6:\"parser\";i:0;s:12:\"current_item\";a:0:{}s:5:\"items\";a:10:{i:0;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:15:\"WordPress 2.3.2\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:64:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:44:09 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\";s:11:\"description\";s:325:\"WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts.  2.3.2 also suppresses some error messages that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.  Get 2.3.2 now to [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1243:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\">expose your draft posts</a>.  2.3.2 also <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">suppresses some error messages</a> that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">Get 2.3.2 now</a> to protect your blog from these disclosures.</p>\n<p>As a little bonus,  2.3.2 allows you to define a custom DB error page. Place your custom template at wp-content/db-error.php.   If WP has a problem connecting to your database, this page will displayed rather than the default error message.</p>\n<p>For more detail on what&#8217;s new in 2.3.2, view the list of <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.2&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">fixed bugs</a> and see the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.3.1&amp;old=6528&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.3.2&amp;new=6528\">changes</a> between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2.</p>\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"http://www.buayacorp.com/\">Alex Concha</a> for his help on this release.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:60:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:325:\"WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts.  2.3.2 also suppresses some error messages that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.  Get 2.3.2 now to [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1243:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\">expose your draft posts</a>.  2.3.2 also <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">suppresses some error messages</a> that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">Get 2.3.2 now</a> to protect your blog from these disclosures.</p>\n<p>As a little bonus,  2.3.2 allows you to define a custom DB error page. Place your custom template at wp-content/db-error.php.   If WP has a problem connecting to your database, this page will displayed rather than the default error message.</p>\n<p>For more detail on what&#8217;s new in 2.3.2, view the list of <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.2&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">fixed bugs</a> and see the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.3.1&amp;old=6528&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.3.2&amp;new=6528\">changes</a> between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2.</p>\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"http://www.buayacorp.com/\">Alex Concha</a> for his help on this release.</p>\n\";}i:1;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Stay Warm, WordPress Hoodie\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-hoodie/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:67:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-hoodie/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:39:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:8:\"category\";s:27:\"Storefirefoxschwagwordpress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-hoodie/\";s:11:\"description\";s:371:\"A least for those of your in the Northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s been a little chilly recently. If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;WordPress keeps my servers running hot, couldn&#8217;t it warm me too?&#8221;\nYes, it can.\n\nYou can now buy hip WordPress hoodies in our store so when you&#8217;re not blogging you can loiter around the neighborhood [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1059:\"<p>A least for those of your in the Northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s been a little chilly recently. If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;WordPress keeps my servers running hot, couldn&#8217;t it warm me too?&#8221;</p>\n<p>Yes, it can.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\"><img src=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/images/sku/WP5495NVY/WP5495NVY-A3.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress Hoodies\" /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\">You can now buy hip WordPress hoodies in our store</a> so when you&#8217;re not blogging you can loiter around the neighborhood like the people in the picture above. As before, we ship locally and internationally.</p>\n<p>If you find you&#8217;re still in the Open Source Hoodie mood afterward, you can <a href=\"http://store.mozilla.org/product.php?code=MZ14015&#038;catid=11\">check out this cool Firefox one from our friends at Mozilla</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Hint:</strong> Buy the hoodie a size larger than you normally would, they run small. They&#8217;ll begin processing the orders on January 2<sup>nd</sup>.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:63:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-hoodie/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:371:\"A least for those of your in the Northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s been a little chilly recently. If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;WordPress keeps my servers running hot, couldn&#8217;t it warm me too?&#8221;\nYes, it can.\n\nYou can now buy hip WordPress hoodies in our store so when you&#8217;re not blogging you can loiter around the neighborhood [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1059:\"<p>A least for those of your in the Northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s been a little chilly recently. If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;WordPress keeps my servers running hot, couldn&#8217;t it warm me too?&#8221;</p>\n<p>Yes, it can.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\"><img src=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/images/sku/WP5495NVY/WP5495NVY-A3.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress Hoodies\" /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\">You can now buy hip WordPress hoodies in our store</a> so when you&#8217;re not blogging you can loiter around the neighborhood like the people in the picture above. As before, we ship locally and internationally.</p>\n<p>If you find you&#8217;re still in the Open Source Hoodie mood afterward, you can <a href=\"http://store.mozilla.org/product.php?code=MZ14015&#038;catid=11\">check out this cool Firefox one from our friends at Mozilla</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Hint:</strong> Buy the hoodie a size larger than you normally would, they run small. They&#8217;ll begin processing the orders on January 2<sup>nd</sup>.</p>\n\";}i:2;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:15:\"WordPress 2.3.1\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:64:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:55:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/\";s:11:\"description\";s:367:\"WordPress 2.3.1 is now available.  2.3.1 is a bug-fix and security release for the 2.3 series.\n2.3.1 fixes over twenty bugs.  Some of the notable fixes are:\n\n Tagging support for Windows Live Writer\nFixes for a login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than\ntheir WordPress Address\nFaster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1357:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.1 is now available.  2.3.1 is a bug-fix and security release for the 2.3 series.</p>\n<p>2.3.1 fixes <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/trac.wordpress.org\');\">over twenty bugs</a>.  Some of the notable fixes are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> Tagging support for <a href=\"http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com\');\">Windows Live Writer</a></li>\n<li>Fixes for a login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than<br />\ntheir WordPress Address</li>\n<li>Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection queries</li>\n<li>Link importer fixes</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, some security issues were found in 2.3.  <a href=\"http://www.waraxe.us/\">Janek Vind</a> found an XSS problem that can be exploited if your php setup has register_globals enabled.   For this reason, upgrading to 2.3.1 is advised.</p>\n<p>The full set of changes between 2.3 and 2.3.1 is <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.3&amp;old=6293&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.3.1&amp;new=6293\">available for viewing on trac</a>.</p>\n<p>Get 2.3.1 from the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">download</a> page and enjoy.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:60:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:367:\"WordPress 2.3.1 is now available.  2.3.1 is a bug-fix and security release for the 2.3 series.\n2.3.1 fixes over twenty bugs.  Some of the notable fixes are:\n\n Tagging support for Windows Live Writer\nFixes for a login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than\ntheir WordPress Address\nFaster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1357:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.1 is now available.  2.3.1 is a bug-fix and security release for the 2.3 series.</p>\n<p>2.3.1 fixes <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/trac.wordpress.org\');\">over twenty bugs</a>.  Some of the notable fixes are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> Tagging support for <a href=\"http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com\');\">Windows Live Writer</a></li>\n<li>Fixes for a login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than<br />\ntheir WordPress Address</li>\n<li>Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection queries</li>\n<li>Link importer fixes</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, some security issues were found in 2.3.  <a href=\"http://www.waraxe.us/\">Janek Vind</a> found an XSS problem that can be exploited if your php setup has register_globals enabled.   For this reason, upgrading to 2.3.1 is advised.</p>\n<p>The full set of changes between 2.3 and 2.3.1 is <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.3&amp;old=6293&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.3.1&amp;new=6293\">available for viewing on trac</a>.</p>\n<p>Get 2.3.1 from the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">download</a> page and enjoy.</p>\n\";}i:3;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"WordPress 2.3.1 Release Candidate 1\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231-release-candidate-1/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:84:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231-release-candidate-1/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:53:59 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:75:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231-release-candidate-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:319:\"WordPress 2.3.1 is almost ready to go.  Before we send it out the door, we&#8217;re making a release candidate available so everyone can give it a last look.\n2.3.1 fixes over twenty bugs.  Some of the notable fixes are:\n\n Tagging support for Windows Live Writer\nA login bug that affected those with a Blog Address [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1398:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.1 is almost ready to go.  Before we send it out the door, we&#8217;re making a release candidate available so everyone can give it a last look.</p>\n<p>2.3.1 fixes <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/trac.wordpress.org\');\">over twenty bugs</a>.  Some of the notable fixes are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> Tagging support for <a href=\"http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com\');\">Windows Live Writer</a></li>\n<li>A login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than<br />\ntheir WordPress Address is fixed</li>\n<li>Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection queries</li>\n<li>Link importer fixes</li>\n</ul>\n<p>More details will be provided in the final release announcement.  Until then, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.3.1-RC1.zip\">download RC1</a> and let us know if it fixes a particular <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">bug</a> in 2.3 that was annoying you.  If you find that something has broken since 2.3, please <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket\">open a ticket</a> so we can address the problem before the final 2.3.1 release.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:80:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231-release-candidate-1/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:319:\"WordPress 2.3.1 is almost ready to go.  Before we send it out the door, we&#8217;re making a release candidate available so everyone can give it a last look.\n2.3.1 fixes over twenty bugs.  Some of the notable fixes are:\n\n Tagging support for Windows Live Writer\nA login bug that affected those with a Blog Address [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1398:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.1 is almost ready to go.  Before we send it out the door, we&#8217;re making a release candidate available so everyone can give it a last look.</p>\n<p>2.3.1 fixes <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/trac.wordpress.org\');\">over twenty bugs</a>.  Some of the notable fixes are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> Tagging support for <a href=\"http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com\');\">Windows Live Writer</a></li>\n<li>A login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than<br />\ntheir WordPress Address is fixed</li>\n<li>Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection queries</li>\n<li>Link importer fixes</li>\n</ul>\n<p>More details will be provided in the final release announcement.  Until then, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.3.1-RC1.zip\">download RC1</a> and let us know if it fixes a particular <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">bug</a> in 2.3 that was annoying you.  If you find that something has broken since 2.3, please <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket\">open a ticket</a> so we can address the problem before the final 2.3.1 release.</p>\n\";}i:4;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:13:\"WordPress 2.3\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:63:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:22:54 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:8:\"category\";s:66:\"DevelopmentReleasestaggingtaxonomyupdate notificationwordpress 2.3\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/\";s:11:\"description\";s:379:\"I&#8217;m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 &#8220;Dexter&#8221; of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.\nThe entire team is really proud of this release, and I&#8217;m happy that this [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:4883:\"<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 &#8220;Dexter&#8221; of WordPress is <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">now ready for the world</a>. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon\">Dexter Gordon</a>.</p>\n<p>The entire team is really proud of this release, and I&#8217;m happy that this is our second on-time release under our <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/\">new development schedule</a>. The grand experiment of a more agile WordPress with significant features in the hands of users more often is working. I could write a blog post about each new feature, but I&#8217;ll try to be brief:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Native tagging support</strong> allows you to use tags in addition to categories on your posts, if you so choose. We&#8217;ve included importers for the Ultimate Tag Warrior, Jerome&#8217;s Keywords, Simple Tags, and Bunny&#8217;s Technorati Tag plugins so if you&#8217;ve already been using a tagging plugin you can bring your data into the new system. The tagging system is also wicked-fast, so your host won&#8217;t mind.</li>\n<li>Our new <strong>update notification</strong> lets you know when there is a new release of WordPress or when any of the plugins you use has an update available. It works by sending your blog URL, plugins, and version information to our new <code>api.wordpress.org</code> service which then compares it to the plugin database and tells you whats the latest and greatest you can use.</li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve cleaned up URLs a bunch in a feature we call <strong>canonical URLs</strong> which does things like enforce your no-www preference, redirect posts with changed slugs so a link never goes bad, redirect URLs that get cut off in emails on similar to the correct post, and much more. This helps your users, and it also <strong>helps your search engine optimization</strong>, as search engines like for each page to be available in one <a href=\"http://www.answers.com/canonical?cat=technology\">canonical</a> location. <a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/wordpress-23-canonical-urls/\">More info here</a>.</li>\n<li>Our new <strong>pending review</strong> feature will be great for multi-author blogs. It allows authors to submit a post for review by an editor or administrator, where before they would just have to save a draft and hope someone noticed it.</li>\n<li>There is new <strong>advanced WYSIWYG</strong> functionality (we call it the kitchen sink button) that allows you to access some features of TinyMCE that were previously hidden.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that two of those features are straight out of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/?show=popular\">most-voted for ideas list</a>. That&#8217;s just the user facing stuff, if you&#8217;re a developer you&#8217;ll be interested in:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Full and complete Atom 1.0 support, including the publishing protocol.</li>\n<li>We&#8217;re using the new jQuery which is &#8220;800% faster.&#8221;</li>\n<li>Behind the user-facing tags system is a really <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Version_2.3:New_Taxonomy\">kickass taxonomy system</a>, which adds a ton of flexibility. It&#8217;s probably the biggest schema upgrade since version 1.5.</li>\n<li>The importers have been revamped to be more memory efficient, and you can now add an importer through a plugin.</li>\n<li>Through hooks and filters you can now <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-wordpress-plugin-updates/\">override the update system</a>, the dashboard RSS feeds, the feed parser, and tons more than you could in 2.2.</li>\n<li>The new <code>$wpdb->prepare()</code> way of doing SQL queries.</li>\n<li>Finally there were <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&#038;milestone=2.3\">over 351 tickets in Trac closed for this release</a>, with over a hundred people contributing. This is the polish, the hundreds of tiny bug fixes and features that make WordPress what it is.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.3\">view the Codex for more information about the release</a> and some screenshots. And of course <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">the place to download is always the same</a>. Before you upgrade you may want to <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/preparing-for-23/\">check out our Preparing for 2.3 post</a> and the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.3\">list of compatible plugins on the Codex</a>.</p>\n<p>A number of people are hosting upgrade parties around the world, <a href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/269586/\">including myself in San Francisco</a>. If you are let me know and I&#8217;ll promote it on my blog.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:59:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:379:\"I&#8217;m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 &#8220;Dexter&#8221; of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.\nThe entire team is really proud of this release, and I&#8217;m happy that this [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:4883:\"<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 &#8220;Dexter&#8221; of WordPress is <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">now ready for the world</a>. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon\">Dexter Gordon</a>.</p>\n<p>The entire team is really proud of this release, and I&#8217;m happy that this is our second on-time release under our <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/\">new development schedule</a>. The grand experiment of a more agile WordPress with significant features in the hands of users more often is working. I could write a blog post about each new feature, but I&#8217;ll try to be brief:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Native tagging support</strong> allows you to use tags in addition to categories on your posts, if you so choose. We&#8217;ve included importers for the Ultimate Tag Warrior, Jerome&#8217;s Keywords, Simple Tags, and Bunny&#8217;s Technorati Tag plugins so if you&#8217;ve already been using a tagging plugin you can bring your data into the new system. The tagging system is also wicked-fast, so your host won&#8217;t mind.</li>\n<li>Our new <strong>update notification</strong> lets you know when there is a new release of WordPress or when any of the plugins you use has an update available. It works by sending your blog URL, plugins, and version information to our new <code>api.wordpress.org</code> service which then compares it to the plugin database and tells you whats the latest and greatest you can use.</li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve cleaned up URLs a bunch in a feature we call <strong>canonical URLs</strong> which does things like enforce your no-www preference, redirect posts with changed slugs so a link never goes bad, redirect URLs that get cut off in emails on similar to the correct post, and much more. This helps your users, and it also <strong>helps your search engine optimization</strong>, as search engines like for each page to be available in one <a href=\"http://www.answers.com/canonical?cat=technology\">canonical</a> location. <a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/wordpress-23-canonical-urls/\">More info here</a>.</li>\n<li>Our new <strong>pending review</strong> feature will be great for multi-author blogs. It allows authors to submit a post for review by an editor or administrator, where before they would just have to save a draft and hope someone noticed it.</li>\n<li>There is new <strong>advanced WYSIWYG</strong> functionality (we call it the kitchen sink button) that allows you to access some features of TinyMCE that were previously hidden.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that two of those features are straight out of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/?show=popular\">most-voted for ideas list</a>. That&#8217;s just the user facing stuff, if you&#8217;re a developer you&#8217;ll be interested in:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Full and complete Atom 1.0 support, including the publishing protocol.</li>\n<li>We&#8217;re using the new jQuery which is &#8220;800% faster.&#8221;</li>\n<li>Behind the user-facing tags system is a really <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Version_2.3:New_Taxonomy\">kickass taxonomy system</a>, which adds a ton of flexibility. It&#8217;s probably the biggest schema upgrade since version 1.5.</li>\n<li>The importers have been revamped to be more memory efficient, and you can now add an importer through a plugin.</li>\n<li>Through hooks and filters you can now <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-wordpress-plugin-updates/\">override the update system</a>, the dashboard RSS feeds, the feed parser, and tons more than you could in 2.2.</li>\n<li>The new <code>$wpdb->prepare()</code> way of doing SQL queries.</li>\n<li>Finally there were <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&#038;milestone=2.3\">over 351 tickets in Trac closed for this release</a>, with over a hundred people contributing. This is the polish, the hundreds of tiny bug fixes and features that make WordPress what it is.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.3\">view the Codex for more information about the release</a> and some screenshots. And of course <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">the place to download is always the same</a>. Before you upgrade you may want to <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/preparing-for-23/\">check out our Preparing for 2.3 post</a> and the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.3\">list of compatible plugins on the Codex</a>.</p>\n<p>A number of people are hosting upgrade parties around the world, <a href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/269586/\">including myself in San Francisco</a>. If you are let me know and I&#8217;ll promote it on my blog.</p>\n\";}i:5;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:9:\"New Faces\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/new-faces/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:60:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/new-faces/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:41:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:8:\"category\";s:50:\"DevelopmentMetamark jaquithpeter westwoodwordpress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/new-faces/\";s:11:\"description\";s:332:\"If you follow WordPress development closely you&#8217;ve probably noticed a few new faces around lately, or to be more accurate a few old faces who are taking on bigger roles in the community. I would like to take this opportunity to announce and publicly congratulate Mark Jaquith and Peter Westwood who have both become lead [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1398:\"<p>If you follow WordPress development closely you&#8217;ve probably noticed a few new faces around lately, or to be more accurate a few old faces who are taking on bigger roles in the community. I would like to take this opportunity to announce and publicly congratulate Mark Jaquith and Peter Westwood who have both become lead developers, the highest development honor on WordPress.org.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\">Mark Jaquith</a> has been using and contributing to WordPress since 2004.  Mark especially enjoys watching people use WordPress to express themselves in areas of the world where free expression is suppressed.  But, being a voracious consumer of information, he probably reads your cat blog too.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/\">Peter</a> works as an Embedded Software Engineer developing a <a href=\"http://www.trend-controls.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_3TJ/.cmd/ad/.c/6_0_1L5/.ce/7_0_4CL/.p/5_0_3DD/.d/1/_th/J_0_CI/_s.7_0_A/7_0_3TJ?PC_7_0_4CL_proxyurl=j#7_0_4CL\">web-enabled BMS controller</a>. Using WordPress since version 1.0.1, Peter spends his spare time triaging bugs on Trac and investigating new open source tools. When not at the computer Peter can often be found photographing flowers, animals and <a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/westi \">cars</a> and listening to a <a href=\"http://last.fm/user/peterwestwood\">wide variety of music</a>.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:56:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/new-faces/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:332:\"If you follow WordPress development closely you&#8217;ve probably noticed a few new faces around lately, or to be more accurate a few old faces who are taking on bigger roles in the community. I would like to take this opportunity to announce and publicly congratulate Mark Jaquith and Peter Westwood who have both become lead [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1398:\"<p>If you follow WordPress development closely you&#8217;ve probably noticed a few new faces around lately, or to be more accurate a few old faces who are taking on bigger roles in the community. I would like to take this opportunity to announce and publicly congratulate Mark Jaquith and Peter Westwood who have both become lead developers, the highest development honor on WordPress.org.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\">Mark Jaquith</a> has been using and contributing to WordPress since 2004.  Mark especially enjoys watching people use WordPress to express themselves in areas of the world where free expression is suppressed.  But, being a voracious consumer of information, he probably reads your cat blog too.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/\">Peter</a> works as an Embedded Software Engineer developing a <a href=\"http://www.trend-controls.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_3TJ/.cmd/ad/.c/6_0_1L5/.ce/7_0_4CL/.p/5_0_3DD/.d/1/_th/J_0_CI/_s.7_0_A/7_0_3TJ?PC_7_0_4CL_proxyurl=j#7_0_4CL\">web-enabled BMS controller</a>. Using WordPress since version 1.0.1, Peter spends his spare time triaging bugs on Trac and investigating new open source tools. When not at the computer Peter can often be found photographing flowers, animals and <a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/westi \">cars</a> and listening to a <a href=\"http://last.fm/user/peterwestwood\">wide variety of music</a>.</p>\n\";}i:6;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:17:\"Preparing for 2.3\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/preparing-for-23/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:67:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/preparing-for-23/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:00:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:8:\"category\";s:4:\"Meta\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/preparing-for-23/\";s:11:\"description\";s:288:\"In just a few short days WordPress 2.3 will be coming out with tons of new features that (hopefully) will make you want to upgrade right away. Well while you have a bit of time over this lovely weekend, here are some things you can do to help yourself prepare for the big upgrade on [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1693:\"<p>In just a few short days WordPress 2.3 will be coming out with tons of new features that (hopefully) will make you want to upgrade right away. Well while you have a bit of time over this lovely weekend, here are some things you can do to help yourself prepare for the big upgrade on Monday:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Back up your blog. It never goes out of style, and we have <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database\">a nifty Codex page with a few different methods</a>.</li>\n<li>Check for the latest versions of your plugins. <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.3\">Here&#8217;s a list of known compatible and incompatible plugins with 2.3</a>, Google Sitemaps seems to be one causing a lot of issues. (<a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/135160\">Forum thread</a>.) Upgrading might get you cool new features anyway. Don&#8217;t forget about our <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/\">plugin directory</a>.</li>\n<li>Enjoy the last time you have to check for plugin updates manually, as 2.3 will do it magically behind the scenes.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://richgilchrest.com/how-to-add-wordpress-23-tags-to-your-current-theme/\">Read up on how to modify your theme to add tag support</a>.</li>\n<li>Consider <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing/Updating_WordPress_with_Subversion\">switching your install to use Subversion</a> to make updating ultra-easy.</li>\n<li>Make a list of your friends who are less computer literate so you can help them upgrade. (Maybe <a href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/269586/\">throw an upgrade party</a>?)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If you have any other ideas put them on your blog and pingback this post.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:63:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/preparing-for-23/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:288:\"In just a few short days WordPress 2.3 will be coming out with tons of new features that (hopefully) will make you want to upgrade right away. Well while you have a bit of time over this lovely weekend, here are some things you can do to help yourself prepare for the big upgrade on [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1693:\"<p>In just a few short days WordPress 2.3 will be coming out with tons of new features that (hopefully) will make you want to upgrade right away. Well while you have a bit of time over this lovely weekend, here are some things you can do to help yourself prepare for the big upgrade on Monday:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Back up your blog. It never goes out of style, and we have <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database\">a nifty Codex page with a few different methods</a>.</li>\n<li>Check for the latest versions of your plugins. <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.3\">Here&#8217;s a list of known compatible and incompatible plugins with 2.3</a>, Google Sitemaps seems to be one causing a lot of issues. (<a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/135160\">Forum thread</a>.) Upgrading might get you cool new features anyway. Don&#8217;t forget about our <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/\">plugin directory</a>.</li>\n<li>Enjoy the last time you have to check for plugin updates manually, as 2.3 will do it magically behind the scenes.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://richgilchrest.com/how-to-add-wordpress-23-tags-to-your-current-theme/\">Read up on how to modify your theme to add tag support</a>.</li>\n<li>Consider <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing/Updating_WordPress_with_Subversion\">switching your install to use Subversion</a> to make updating ultra-easy.</li>\n<li>Make a list of your friends who are less computer literate so you can help them upgrade. (Maybe <a href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/269586/\">throw an upgrade party</a>?)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If you have any other ideas put them on your blog and pingback this post.</p>\n\";}i:7;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"WordPress 2.3 Release Candidate 1\";s:4:\"link\";s:74:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-release-candidate-1/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:83:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-release-candidate-1/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:50:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:74:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-release-candidate-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:300:\"The first release candidate for WordPress 2.3 is now available.  We&#8217;ve spent the week since beta 3 fixing bugs and shaping RC1 into release candidate material.  If you would like try RC1 and help us get 2.3 ready for its final release on Monday the 24th,  download RC1 here and report any [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:871:\"<p>The first release candidate for WordPress 2.3 is now available.  We&#8217;ve spent the week since beta 3 fixing bugs and shaping RC1 into release candidate material.  If you would like try RC1 and help us get 2.3 ready for its final release on Monday the 24th,  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.3-RC1.zip\">download RC1 here</a> and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket\">report any bugs you find</a>. Although we consider this release candidate to be stable, keep in mind that this is still pre-release software.  You may find some lingering bugs.  Please back up your database before upgrading.  If you have problems with RC1, you will not be able to revert back to your previous release without a database backup.</p>\n<p>And a big thanks to those of you who have been testing the betas and now the RC.  Your efforts make 2.3 better for everyone.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:79:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-release-candidate-1/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:300:\"The first release candidate for WordPress 2.3 is now available.  We&#8217;ve spent the week since beta 3 fixing bugs and shaping RC1 into release candidate material.  If you would like try RC1 and help us get 2.3 ready for its final release on Monday the 24th,  download RC1 here and report any [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:871:\"<p>The first release candidate for WordPress 2.3 is now available.  We&#8217;ve spent the week since beta 3 fixing bugs and shaping RC1 into release candidate material.  If you would like try RC1 and help us get 2.3 ready for its final release on Monday the 24th,  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.3-RC1.zip\">download RC1 here</a> and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket\">report any bugs you find</a>. Although we consider this release candidate to be stable, keep in mind that this is still pre-release software.  You may find some lingering bugs.  Please back up your database before upgrading.  If you have problems with RC1, you will not be able to revert back to your previous release without a database backup.</p>\n<p>And a big thanks to those of you who have been testing the betas and now the RC.  Your efforts make 2.3 better for everyone.</p>\n\";}i:8;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:20:\"WordPress 2.3 Beta 3\";s:4:\"link\";s:61:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-beta-3/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:70:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-beta-3/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:24:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:61:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-beta-3/\";s:11:\"description\";s:311:\"Beta 3, the third and final beta for WordPress 2.3, is now available. Many bugs have been fixed since the second beta, and we could use your help finding and fixing more bugs in preparation for the first Release Candidate due next Monday.  The standard disclaimer for betas applies.  Beta 3 is pre-release [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:644:\"<p>Beta 3, the third and final beta for WordPress 2.3, is now available. Many bugs have been fixed since the second beta, and we could use your help finding and fixing more bugs in preparation for the first Release Candidate due next Monday.  The standard disclaimer for betas applies.  Beta 3 is pre-release software that is still being tested.  If you would like try out Beta 3 and help <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket\">report bugs</a>, <a href=\"http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers\">join the wp-testers mailing list</a> and <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.3-beta3.zip\">download beta 3 here</a>.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:66:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23-beta-3/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:311:\"Beta 3, the third and final beta for WordPress 2.3, is now available. Many bugs have been fixed since the second beta, and we could use your help finding and fixing more bugs in preparation for the first Release Candidate due next Monday.  The standard disclaimer for betas applies.  Beta 3 is pre-release [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:644:\"<p>Beta 3, the third and final beta for WordPress 2.3, is now available. Many bugs have been fixed since the second beta, and we could use your help finding and fixing more bugs in preparation for the first Release Candidate due next Monday.  The standard disclaimer for betas applies.  Beta 3 is pre-release software that is still being tested.  If you would like try out Beta 3 and help <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket\">report bugs</a>, <a href=\"http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers\">join the wp-testers mailing list</a> and <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.3-beta3.zip\">download beta 3 here</a>.</p>\n\";}i:9;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:15:\"WordPress 2.2.3\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:64:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:00:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/\";s:11:\"description\";s:331:\"2.2.3 is a security and bug-fix release for the 2.2 series. Since this is a security release, we suggest you upgrade immediately. Two of the fixes are high priority.\nOn our Trac you can see the bugs closed and the files  changed for 2.2.3.\nTo get 2.2.3, please see our download page.\nAs always, upgrade instructions including [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:900:\"<p>2.2.3 is a security and bug-fix release for the 2.2 series. Since this is a security release, we suggest you upgrade immediately. Two of the fixes are high priority.</p>\n<p>On our Trac you can see the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.2.3\">bugs closed</a> and the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.2.2&amp;old=6063&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.2.3&amp;new=6063\">files  changed</a> for 2.2.3.</p>\n<p>To get 2.2.3, please see <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">our download page</a>.</p>\n<p>As always, <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress\">upgrade instructions</a> including an <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended\">extended upgrade guide</a> are available.</p>\n<p>Thanks to Alexendar Concha, Aaron Newman, and xknown for identifying and helping us fix the security vulnerabilities.</p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:60:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:331:\"2.2.3 is a security and bug-fix release for the 2.2 series. Since this is a security release, we suggest you upgrade immediately. Two of the fixes are high priority.\nOn our Trac you can see the bugs closed and the files  changed for 2.2.3.\nTo get 2.2.3, please see our download page.\nAs always, upgrade instructions including [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:900:\"<p>2.2.3 is a security and bug-fix release for the 2.2 series. Since this is a security release, we suggest you upgrade immediately. Two of the fixes are high priority.</p>\n<p>On our Trac you can see the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.2.3\">bugs closed</a> and the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.2.2&amp;old=6063&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.2.3&amp;new=6063\">files  changed</a> for 2.2.3.</p>\n<p>To get 2.2.3, please see <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">our download page</a>.</p>\n<p>As always, <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress\">upgrade instructions</a> including an <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended\">extended upgrade guide</a> are available.</p>\n<p>Thanks to Alexendar Concha, Aaron Newman, and xknown for identifying and helping us fix the security vulnerabilities.</p>\n\";}}s:7:\"channel\";a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:26:\"WordPress Development Blog\";s:4:\"link\";s:32:\"http://wordpress.org/development\";s:11:\"description\";s:33:\"WordPress development and updates\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:31:28 +0000\";s:9:\"generator\";s:36:\"http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding\";s:8:\"language\";s:2:\"en\";s:7:\"tagline\";s:33:\"WordPress development and updates\";}s:9:\"textinput\";a:0:{}s:5:\"image\";a:0:{}s:9:\"feed_type\";s:3:\"RSS\";s:12:\"feed_version\";s:3:\"2.0\";s:5:\"stack\";a:0:{}s:9:\"inchannel\";b:0;s:6:\"initem\";b:0;s:9:\"incontent\";b:0;s:11:\"intextinput\";b:0;s:7:\"inimage\";b:0;s:13:\"current_field\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"current_namespace\";b:0;s:19:\"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS\";a:6:{i:0;s:7:\"content\";i:1;s:7:\"summary\";i:2;s:4:\"info\";i:3;s:5:\"title\";i:4;s:7:\"tagline\";i:5;s:9:\"copyright\";}s:13:\"last_modified\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:31:28 GMT\r\n\";s:4:\"etag\";s:36:\"\"bac8943072348db46f400031e476be05\"\r\n\";}',20,8,'',1,'no'),(72,0,'rss_0ff4b43bd116a9d8720d689c80e7dfd4_ts','Y',1,'1199831183',20,8,'',1,'no'),(73,0,'rss_867bd5c64f85878d03a060509cd2f92c','Y',1,'O:9:\"magpierss\":19:{s:6:\"parser\";i:0;s:12:\"current_item\";a:0:{}s:5:\"items\";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:78:\"Peter Westwood: WordPress weekly digest 31st December 2007 to 6th January 2008\";s:4:\"guid\";s:101:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/wordpress-weekly-digest-31st-december-2007-to-6th-january-2008/\";s:4:\"link\";s:101:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/wordpress-weekly-digest-31st-december-2007-to-6th-january-2008/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4277:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It has been a busy week again for WordPress <strike>2.4</strike> 2.5, the changes this week were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> Separation of cookie generation from cookie setting by introduce <code>wp_generate_auth_cookie()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367\">#5367</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to allow filtering the view of available themes based on theme tags (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5545\">#5545</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements in the WXR importer to defer post comment counting during importing (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5557\">#5557</a>).</li>\n<li>Allow translation of calendar caption (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5562\">#5562</a>).</li>\n<li>Introduction of a new xmlrpc method <code>wp.getCommentCount()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5463\">#5463</a>).</li>\n<li>New API for setting a posts &#8220;type&#8221; (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4844\">#4844</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of a separator location argument to <code>wp_title()</code> to allow for changing the ordering of the output - effectively integrating the popular <a href=\"http://elasticdog.com/2004/09/optimal-title/\">Optimal Title</a> plugin (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4407\">#4407</a>).</li>\n<li>Removal of the file based persistence of the WordPress object cache (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5570\">#5570</a>).</li>\n<li>Introduction of auto-suggest for tag entering (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6542\">[6542]</a>).</li>\n<li>phpdoc for <code>cache.php</code>, <code>comment.php</code>, <code>l10n.php</code> and <code>registration.php</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5511\">#5511</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5578\">#5578</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5590\">#5590</a> and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4383\">#4383</a>,).</li>\n<li>File level phpdoc for a whole raft of files (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5572\">#5572</a>).</li>\n<li>Work on transitioning the admin autosave javascript over to using jQuery (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3824\">#3842</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the javascript that enabled switching between Visual and Code editors so as to not mangle table markup (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5577\">#5577</a>).</li>\n<li>A new interface for selecting which widgets you want on which sidebar (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5583\">#5583</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the dual visual/code editors to remember which one you used last (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3978\">#3978</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>As you will have probably read elsewhere the next major WordPress version will v2.5 as is to be released in March.</p>\n<p>For even more information on some of the other little changes that went in this week you can read the whole <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=01%2F06%2F08&amp;daysback=6&amp;changeset=on\">weekly trac timeline</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=24&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:07:43 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Peter Westwood\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4277:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It has been a busy week again for WordPress <strike>2.4</strike> 2.5, the changes this week were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> Separation of cookie generation from cookie setting by introduce <code>wp_generate_auth_cookie()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367\">#5367</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to allow filtering the view of available themes based on theme tags (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5545\">#5545</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements in the WXR importer to defer post comment counting during importing (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5557\">#5557</a>).</li>\n<li>Allow translation of calendar caption (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5562\">#5562</a>).</li>\n<li>Introduction of a new xmlrpc method <code>wp.getCommentCount()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5463\">#5463</a>).</li>\n<li>New API for setting a posts &#8220;type&#8221; (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4844\">#4844</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of a separator location argument to <code>wp_title()</code> to allow for changing the ordering of the output - effectively integrating the popular <a href=\"http://elasticdog.com/2004/09/optimal-title/\">Optimal Title</a> plugin (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4407\">#4407</a>).</li>\n<li>Removal of the file based persistence of the WordPress object cache (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5570\">#5570</a>).</li>\n<li>Introduction of auto-suggest for tag entering (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6542\">[6542]</a>).</li>\n<li>phpdoc for <code>cache.php</code>, <code>comment.php</code>, <code>l10n.php</code> and <code>registration.php</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5511\">#5511</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5578\">#5578</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5590\">#5590</a> and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4383\">#4383</a>,).</li>\n<li>File level phpdoc for a whole raft of files (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5572\">#5572</a>).</li>\n<li>Work on transitioning the admin autosave javascript over to using jQuery (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3824\">#3842</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the javascript that enabled switching between Visual and Code editors so as to not mangle table markup (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5577\">#5577</a>).</li>\n<li>A new interface for selecting which widgets you want on which sidebar (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5583\">#5583</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the dual visual/code editors to remember which one you used last (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3978\">#3978</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>As you will have probably read elsewhere the next major WordPress version will v2.5 as is to be released in March.</p>\n<p>For even more information on some of the other little changes that went in this week you can read the whole <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=01%2F06%2F08&amp;daysback=6&amp;changeset=on\">weekly trac timeline</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/24/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/24/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=24&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:57:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 1/8\";s:4:\"guid\";s:85:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/08/wordpress-theme-releases-for-18/\";s:4:\"link\";s:85:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/08/wordpress-theme-releases-for-18/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1470:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.dennis.ca/weblog/antropov-wordpress-theme/\">Antropov</a> is a 3-column, light-colored theme built on the Cutline theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogohblog.com/wordpress-theme-brilliance/\">Brilliance</a> is a 2-column theme with a very simple, clean layout and design.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/01/05/deadwood-lite/\">Deadwood-lite</a> is a 2-column, minimal theme primed for writers who want to focus their online efforts on readability, pull quotes, and clarity.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/21/dilectio-wordpress-theme/\">Dilectio</a> is a 3-column theme with artistic stylings.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://gordonbrander.com/2008/01/05/hardcover-theme-for-wordpress\">Hardcover</a> is a 2-column theme with crisp design and typography.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.tgpo.org/index.php/2008/01/01/landis/\">Landis</a> is a 2-column theme with two customizable options for the site title and tagline.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.stevencampbell.org/features/sparkwp-wordpress-theme\">SparkWP</a> is a 2-column, minimalistic, light-on-dark theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hfdesign.nl/wordpress-webdesign-theme-download/\">Webdesign</a> is a 2-column theme with light-blue colors. (Download page is Dutch.)</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.internet-starter-guide.com/blog/wordpress-themes/why-walk-alone-wordpress-theme/\">Why walk alone?</a> is a bright beachscape theme available in 2- and 3-column varieties.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:45:06 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1470:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.dennis.ca/weblog/antropov-wordpress-theme/\">Antropov</a> is a 3-column, light-colored theme built on the Cutline theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogohblog.com/wordpress-theme-brilliance/\">Brilliance</a> is a 2-column theme with a very simple, clean layout and design.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/01/05/deadwood-lite/\">Deadwood-lite</a> is a 2-column, minimal theme primed for writers who want to focus their online efforts on readability, pull quotes, and clarity.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/21/dilectio-wordpress-theme/\">Dilectio</a> is a 3-column theme with artistic stylings.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://gordonbrander.com/2008/01/05/hardcover-theme-for-wordpress\">Hardcover</a> is a 2-column theme with crisp design and typography.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.tgpo.org/index.php/2008/01/01/landis/\">Landis</a> is a 2-column theme with two customizable options for the site title and tagline.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.stevencampbell.org/features/sparkwp-wordpress-theme\">SparkWP</a> is a 2-column, minimalistic, light-on-dark theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hfdesign.nl/wordpress-webdesign-theme-download/\">Webdesign</a> is a 2-column theme with light-blue colors. (Download page is Dutch.)</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.internet-starter-guide.com/blog/wordpress-themes/why-walk-alone-wordpress-theme/\">Why walk alone?</a> is a bright beachscape theme available in 2- and 3-column varieties.</p>\";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 1/8\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/08/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-18/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/08/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-18/\";s:11:\"description\";s:719:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.weinschenker.name/comment-url-control/\">Comment URL Control</a> will allow you to remove unwanted author-URIs entered by a commenter with one single click of your mouse.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-crontrol/\">WP-Crontrol</a> lets you take control over what&#8217;s happening in the WP-Cron system.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/12/28/bunnys-language-linker-new-wordpress-plugin/\">Language Linker</a> allows you to link sister pages that are written in multiple languages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/related-posts/\">RelatedPosts</a> provides a variety of options for displaying posts that are related through tags.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:45:06 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:719:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.weinschenker.name/comment-url-control/\">Comment URL Control</a> will allow you to remove unwanted author-URIs entered by a commenter with one single click of your mouse.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-crontrol/\">WP-Crontrol</a> lets you take control over what&#8217;s happening in the WP-Cron system.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/12/28/bunnys-language-linker-new-wordpress-plugin/\">Language Linker</a> allows you to link sister pages that are written in multiple languages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/related-posts/\">RelatedPosts</a> provides a variety of options for displaying posts that are related through tags.</p>\";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Matt: ThinkGeekâ€™s Crappy Wishlist\";s:4:\"guid\";s:59:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/07/thinkgeeks-crappy-wishlist/\";s:4:\"link\";s:59:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/07/thinkgeeks-crappy-wishlist/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3498:\"<p>I&#8217;ve always found the Wishlist concept to be cool, especially as Amazon implements it. I love it when the developer of a plugin or software I use links to their Wishlist because then I can buy them something personal, it seems less crude than a Paypal donate link where you&#8217;re putting an explicit price on things.</p>\n<p>The other day <a href=\"http://kentbrewster.com/\">Kent Brewster</a> found a JS problem on WordPress.com. I was browsing <a href=\"http://kentbrewster.com/faq/\">his FAQ</a> and saw this: &#8220;My <a href=\"http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d55ed02\">ThinkGeek Wish List</a> is always open.&#8221;</p>\n<p>If you click that link, you&#8217;ll see in red letters: &#8220;<b>To shop from this wishlist, please add items to your cart using this form only!</b> Otherwise, your gifts will not be removed from this wishlist, and the recipient may get duplicates.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Okay &#8212; a little weird, but ThinkGeek&#8217;s home-grown shopping cart has always been a little odd, I&#8217;ll run with it. I add it to my cart from that form, go to the checkout form and sign in (I&#8217;ve spent lots of money with ThinkGeek over the years), and complete the order. (<a href=\"http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/8edf/\">How to Survive a Robot Uprising</a>, for the record.)</p>\n<p>So I send an email to their customer support: &#8220;I ordered something off someone&#8217;s wishlist, order e5886bb4. Everything in the order looks like it&#8217;s being shipped to me, not the recipient. Could you confirm it&#8217;s going to this guy&#8217;s wishlist and not me?&#8221; I then linked to the wishlist. Next morning, a response:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Matt,<br />\nThis order is being shipped to [my address redacted]<br />\nUnited States<br />\nThat was the address entered when the order was placed.<br />\nThanks,</p>\n<p>Tracy G<br />\nCustomer Service</p></blockquote>\n<p>Not helpful at all&#8230; my reply: &#8220;Why would I buy something off someone else&#8217;s wishlist and then ship it to me? If it can&#8217;t be shipped to the person who made the wishlist, then please cancel it.&#8221;</p>\n<p>No response, and two days later the order ships, to me. This morning, a final response from Tracy:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Mr. Mullenweg,<br />\nWhen the order is placed the order you had the option of entering an alternate ship to address.<br />\nSince your order has already shipped we can not change or cancel the order.<br />\nThanks,</p>\n<p>Tracy G<br />\nCustomer Service</p></blockquote>\n<p>Given the next-day shipping I paid extra for, the book should be arriving any day now. The whole point of a wishlist is that <em>I don&#8217;t know Kent&#8217;s address</em>, nor should I need to. Also the big red sentence on the wishlist page implied to me that Kent would get anything I order from that specific form/page, otherwise why would I need to add it to my cart specifically from that spot?</p>\n<p>To Kent, my apologies. If the robot uprising comes before I&#8217;m able to get you this book and we both die in the aftermath I&#8217;ll buy you a drink.</p>\n<p>To <a href=\"http://thinkgeek.com/\">ThinkGeek</a>, you&#8217;re cooler and smarter than this. Please fix your wishlist functionality.</p>\n<p>To everyone else, set up a wishlist on <a href=\"http://amazon.com/\">Amazon</a>. It works, and if you link to it from your blog and do nice things people may order from it for you, and there&#8217;s nothing nicer than a surprise Amazon box showing up at the door.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:32:31 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3498:\"<p>I&#8217;ve always found the Wishlist concept to be cool, especially as Amazon implements it. I love it when the developer of a plugin or software I use links to their Wishlist because then I can buy them something personal, it seems less crude than a Paypal donate link where you&#8217;re putting an explicit price on things.</p>\n<p>The other day <a href=\"http://kentbrewster.com/\">Kent Brewster</a> found a JS problem on WordPress.com. I was browsing <a href=\"http://kentbrewster.com/faq/\">his FAQ</a> and saw this: &#8220;My <a href=\"http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d55ed02\">ThinkGeek Wish List</a> is always open.&#8221;</p>\n<p>If you click that link, you&#8217;ll see in red letters: &#8220;<b>To shop from this wishlist, please add items to your cart using this form only!</b> Otherwise, your gifts will not be removed from this wishlist, and the recipient may get duplicates.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Okay &#8212; a little weird, but ThinkGeek&#8217;s home-grown shopping cart has always been a little odd, I&#8217;ll run with it. I add it to my cart from that form, go to the checkout form and sign in (I&#8217;ve spent lots of money with ThinkGeek over the years), and complete the order. (<a href=\"http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/8edf/\">How to Survive a Robot Uprising</a>, for the record.)</p>\n<p>So I send an email to their customer support: &#8220;I ordered something off someone&#8217;s wishlist, order e5886bb4. Everything in the order looks like it&#8217;s being shipped to me, not the recipient. Could you confirm it&#8217;s going to this guy&#8217;s wishlist and not me?&#8221; I then linked to the wishlist. Next morning, a response:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Matt,<br />\nThis order is being shipped to [my address redacted]<br />\nUnited States<br />\nThat was the address entered when the order was placed.<br />\nThanks,</p>\n<p>Tracy G<br />\nCustomer Service</p></blockquote>\n<p>Not helpful at all&#8230; my reply: &#8220;Why would I buy something off someone else&#8217;s wishlist and then ship it to me? If it can&#8217;t be shipped to the person who made the wishlist, then please cancel it.&#8221;</p>\n<p>No response, and two days later the order ships, to me. This morning, a final response from Tracy:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Mr. Mullenweg,<br />\nWhen the order is placed the order you had the option of entering an alternate ship to address.<br />\nSince your order has already shipped we can not change or cancel the order.<br />\nThanks,</p>\n<p>Tracy G<br />\nCustomer Service</p></blockquote>\n<p>Given the next-day shipping I paid extra for, the book should be arriving any day now. The whole point of a wishlist is that <em>I don&#8217;t know Kent&#8217;s address</em>, nor should I need to. Also the big red sentence on the wishlist page implied to me that Kent would get anything I order from that specific form/page, otherwise why would I need to add it to my cart specifically from that spot?</p>\n<p>To Kent, my apologies. If the robot uprising comes before I&#8217;m able to get you this book and we both die in the aftermath I&#8217;ll buy you a drink.</p>\n<p>To <a href=\"http://thinkgeek.com/\">ThinkGeek</a>, you&#8217;re cooler and smarter than this. Please fix your wishlist functionality.</p>\n<p>To everyone else, set up a wishlist on <a href=\"http://amazon.com/\">Amazon</a>. It works, and if you link to it from your blog and do nice things people may order from it for you, and there&#8217;s nothing nicer than a surprise Amazon box showing up at the door.</p>\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Uninstall - Is There Such A Thing?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:85:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/07/uninstall-is-there-such-a-thing/\";s:4:\"link\";s:85:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/07/uninstall-is-there-such-a-thing/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3104:\"<p>When you think of uninstall, do you think of completely removing something? The official definition for the word is as follows, <strong>(uninstall)  To remove completely from a system. </strong>I ask this question because I have discovered a problem that needs to be addressed by WordPress plugin authors.</p>\n<p>Over the lifespan of a WordPress installation, there may be a number of plugins that are installed and subsequently uninstalled. Typically, the installation of a WordPress plugin consist of uploading files, folders and then activating the plugin within the admin panel. However, some plugins include a bonus. These are the plugins that create database entries either in the form of tables or data.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used WordPress for over 7 months now, and for those 7 months, I believed that when I deleted the folders and files that were attributed to a plugin, that it was in fact, uninstalled. Only now have I come to realize that this is not the case. Sure, the folders and hardcoded files for the plugin might be deleted, but if that plugin created any database entries, those are left behind unless the plugin author added the ability to delete entries made by the plugin. What does this all mean? It means that over time, your database may be filling up with garbage data that is difficult to get rid of unless your familiar with PHPMyAdmin and working with the actual database. Not to mention, playing with the actual database is risky business. All of this gook that accumulates in the database adds to its size and can cause problems somewhere down the line.</p>\n<p>So, I got a hold of a few plugin developers and asked them what the problem was. I thought it had to do with the WordPress Core not providing a way for plugin authors to easily code in uninstall instructions. However, it appears as though this responsibility is entirely of the plugin author. When I consulted with <strong>Ronald Huereca,</strong> author of the popular plugin <a href=\"http://www.raproject.com/wordpress/wp-ajax-edit-comments/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WP Ajax Edit Comments</a> and asked him who was responsible for the removal of database code, he replied with:</p>\n<blockquote><p>It is the plugin author&#8217;s responsibility to delete any necessary overhead (including options and/or database tables) that a plugin might use.  The plugin author can have the user do this manually or at deactivation.  But at least have some kind of option.</p></blockquote>\n<p>The purpose of this post is not to chastise WordPress plugin developers but instead, raise awareness of an issue that I don&#8217;t think too many people know about. I would be grateful if any of the plugin authors out there would comment on this post and answer a few questions I had.</p>\n<p>Why have so many plugin authors neglected to add this functionality to their plugin?</p>\n<p>What are some solutions that plugin authors could use to easily add this option to their code?</p>\n<p>Should there be tighter restrictions on how a plugin gets into the WordPress.org plugin database?</p>\n<p>Looking forward to hearing your responses.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:00:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3104:\"<p>When you think of uninstall, do you think of completely removing something? The official definition for the word is as follows, <strong>(uninstall)  To remove completely from a system. </strong>I ask this question because I have discovered a problem that needs to be addressed by WordPress plugin authors.</p>\n<p>Over the lifespan of a WordPress installation, there may be a number of plugins that are installed and subsequently uninstalled. Typically, the installation of a WordPress plugin consist of uploading files, folders and then activating the plugin within the admin panel. However, some plugins include a bonus. These are the plugins that create database entries either in the form of tables or data.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used WordPress for over 7 months now, and for those 7 months, I believed that when I deleted the folders and files that were attributed to a plugin, that it was in fact, uninstalled. Only now have I come to realize that this is not the case. Sure, the folders and hardcoded files for the plugin might be deleted, but if that plugin created any database entries, those are left behind unless the plugin author added the ability to delete entries made by the plugin. What does this all mean? It means that over time, your database may be filling up with garbage data that is difficult to get rid of unless your familiar with PHPMyAdmin and working with the actual database. Not to mention, playing with the actual database is risky business. All of this gook that accumulates in the database adds to its size and can cause problems somewhere down the line.</p>\n<p>So, I got a hold of a few plugin developers and asked them what the problem was. I thought it had to do with the WordPress Core not providing a way for plugin authors to easily code in uninstall instructions. However, it appears as though this responsibility is entirely of the plugin author. When I consulted with <strong>Ronald Huereca,</strong> author of the popular plugin <a href=\"http://www.raproject.com/wordpress/wp-ajax-edit-comments/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WP Ajax Edit Comments</a> and asked him who was responsible for the removal of database code, he replied with:</p>\n<blockquote><p>It is the plugin author&#8217;s responsibility to delete any necessary overhead (including options and/or database tables) that a plugin might use.  The plugin author can have the user do this manually or at deactivation.  But at least have some kind of option.</p></blockquote>\n<p>The purpose of this post is not to chastise WordPress plugin developers but instead, raise awareness of an issue that I don&#8217;t think too many people know about. I would be grateful if any of the plugin authors out there would comment on this post and answer a few questions I had.</p>\n<p>Why have so many plugin authors neglected to add this functionality to their plugin?</p>\n<p>What are some solutions that plugin authors could use to easily add this option to their code?</p>\n<p>Should there be tighter restrictions on how a plugin gets into the WordPress.org plugin database?</p>\n<p>Looking forward to hearing your responses.</p>\";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:29:\"Donncha: Phoar! What a spike!\";s:4:\"guid\";s:48:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/01/07/phoar-what-a-spike/\";s:4:\"link\";s:48:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/01/07/phoar-what-a-spike/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2527:\"<p>I released <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/\">WP Super Cache 0.5.3</a> on Friday last. From the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/statistics/\">stats</a> it looks like people are upgrading which is good news!</p>\n<p>This version has a number of fixes and improvements:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> If your blog is installed in a sub-directory you&#8217;ll want to upgrade. This version fixes the mod_rewrite rules that search for the cached files. If upgrading, make sure you delete the Super Cache rules so they&#8217;ll be upgraded. (Thanks Otto42)</li>\n<li> With a click of a link in the backend page you can view your mod_rewrite rules to check that they are ok. This may help the adventurous who want to upgrade those rules manually too.</li>\n<li> The plugin now warns if your blog&#8217;s root directory is writeable. Most of the time there&#8217;s absolutely no reason for this so it&#8217;s good to be reminded to fix it.</li>\n<li> Check that $mutex is set. This is really only useful if your <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/146052?replies=4\">server is borked</a> and the filesystem is mounted read-only but it&#8217;s good to be complete.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Wondering about the title? Check out this traffic graph Scott Beale <a href=\"http://laughingsquid.com/best-buy-cease-desist-traffic-stats/\">posted</a> a few weeks ago and you&#8217;ll understand. One of his posts hit the front page of Digg (twice) then Slashdot.org, and was covered by lots of other blogs and media. Wow.</p>\n<blockquote><p>On December 12th our blog hit a record high of 222,523 views in one day.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2127683434/\" class=\"tt-flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2127683434_8beede718a.jpg\" alt=\"Best Buy Cease &#038; Desist Traffic Stats\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" border=\"0\" /></a></p>\n<p><img src=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/?voyeur=1\" /></p><p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2003/12/05/bars-in-cobh-spike-island/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Bars in Cobh - Spike Island\">Bars in Cobh - Spike Island</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2002/02/27/ananova-spike-mill/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Ananova - Spike Milligan has d &#8230;\">Ananova - Spike Milligan has d &#8230;</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2003/01/21/dublin-city-and-rive/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Dublin City and River Liffey - &#8230;\">Dublin City and River Liffey - &#8230;</a></li></ul></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:50:58 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2527:\"<p>I released <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/\">WP Super Cache 0.5.3</a> on Friday last. From the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/statistics/\">stats</a> it looks like people are upgrading which is good news!</p>\n<p>This version has a number of fixes and improvements:</p>\n<ul>\n<li> If your blog is installed in a sub-directory you&#8217;ll want to upgrade. This version fixes the mod_rewrite rules that search for the cached files. If upgrading, make sure you delete the Super Cache rules so they&#8217;ll be upgraded. (Thanks Otto42)</li>\n<li> With a click of a link in the backend page you can view your mod_rewrite rules to check that they are ok. This may help the adventurous who want to upgrade those rules manually too.</li>\n<li> The plugin now warns if your blog&#8217;s root directory is writeable. Most of the time there&#8217;s absolutely no reason for this so it&#8217;s good to be reminded to fix it.</li>\n<li> Check that $mutex is set. This is really only useful if your <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/146052?replies=4\">server is borked</a> and the filesystem is mounted read-only but it&#8217;s good to be complete.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Wondering about the title? Check out this traffic graph Scott Beale <a href=\"http://laughingsquid.com/best-buy-cease-desist-traffic-stats/\">posted</a> a few weeks ago and you&#8217;ll understand. One of his posts hit the front page of Digg (twice) then Slashdot.org, and was covered by lots of other blogs and media. Wow.</p>\n<blockquote><p>On December 12th our blog hit a record high of 222,523 views in one day.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2127683434/\" class=\"tt-flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2127683434_8beede718a.jpg\" alt=\"Best Buy Cease &#038; Desist Traffic Stats\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" border=\"0\" /></a></p>\n<p><img src=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/?voyeur=1\" /></p><p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2003/12/05/bars-in-cobh-spike-island/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Bars in Cobh - Spike Island\">Bars in Cobh - Spike Island</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2002/02/27/ananova-spike-mill/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Ananova - Spike Milligan has d &#8230;\">Ananova - Spike Milligan has d &#8230;</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2003/01/21/dublin-city-and-rive/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Dublin City and River Liffey - &#8230;\">Dublin City and River Liffey - &#8230;</a></li></ul></p>\";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:18:\"Matt: Wikia Search\";s:4:\"guid\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/07/wikia-search/\";s:4:\"link\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/07/wikia-search/\";s:11:\"description\";s:565:\"<p><a href=\"http://alpha.search.wikia.com/\">Wikia Search is pretty darn cool</a>. Not sure what I was expecting, I guess I assumed that search would be much harder than doing a wiki. The &#8220;Visvo&#8221; index seems good enough for daily search use. Their social networking stuff is clean too, <a href=\"http://alpha.search.wikia.com/profile/profile.html?vuid=308402\">here&#8217;s my profile &#8212; please add me as a friend</a>! (I hope those links work post-alpha.) If they can pull off an open source ranking algorithm&#8230; that&#8217;s pretty exciting.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:52:07 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:565:\"<p><a href=\"http://alpha.search.wikia.com/\">Wikia Search is pretty darn cool</a>. Not sure what I was expecting, I guess I assumed that search would be much harder than doing a wiki. The &#8220;Visvo&#8221; index seems good enough for daily search use. Their social networking stuff is clean too, <a href=\"http://alpha.search.wikia.com/profile/profile.html?vuid=308402\">here&#8217;s my profile &#8212; please add me as a friend</a>! (I hope those links work post-alpha.) If they can pull off an open source ranking algorithm&#8230; that&#8217;s pretty exciting.</p>\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Matt: General Motors using WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:63:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/05/general-motors-using-wordpress/\";s:4:\"link\";s:63:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/05/general-motors-using-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:367:\"<p><a href=\"http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/2045222\">General Motors Embraces Open Source for New Community Site</a>. &#8220;GM has introduced a new website called GMnext. The site utilizes WordPress and launching in spring a Wiki allowing General Motors to get better feedback on topics such as energy, design and technology from the community.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:28:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:367:\"<p><a href=\"http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/2045222\">General Motors Embraces Open Source for New Community Site</a>. &#8220;GM has introduced a new website called GMnext. The site utilizes WordPress and launching in spring a Wiki allowing General Motors to get better feedback on topics such as energy, design and technology from the community.&#8221;</p>\";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:23:\"Akismet: Subkismet .NET\";s:4:\"guid\";s:49:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2008/01/05/subkismet-net/\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2008/01/05/subkismet-net/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1747:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://nayyeri.net/blog/subkismet-1-0-released/\">Subkismet 1.0 Released : Keyvan Nayyeri</a></p>\n<blockquote><p>Subkismet is a framework to fight against spam in .NET web applications which assists .NET developers to stop spammers and defeat them. Subkismet is actually a set of controls, service clients and other tools to accomplish this goal but we&#8217;re making it a framework smoothly</p></blockquote>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=90&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:38:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Matt Mullenweg\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1747:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://nayyeri.net/blog/subkismet-1-0-released/\">Subkismet 1.0 Released : Keyvan Nayyeri</a></p>\n<blockquote><p>Subkismet is a framework to fight against spam in .NET web applications which assists .NET developers to stop spammers and defeat them. Subkismet is actually a set of controls, service clients and other tools to accomplish this goal but we&#8217;re making it a framework smoothly</p></blockquote>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/90/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=90&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:44:\"Lorelle on WP: WordPress 2.4 Release Delayed\";s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/wordpress-24-release-delayed/\";s:4:\"link\";s:69:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/wordpress-24-release-delayed/\";s:11:\"description\";s:7511:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/\" title=\"WordPress News\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png\" alt=\"WordPress News\" align=\"right\" /></a>According to <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/04/24-skipped-25-is-next/\" title=\"2.4 Skipped 2.5 Is Next\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, referencing comments and announcements made in the developer mailing list, the much anticipated WordPress 2.4 will be released in March not January. </p>\n<p>Indeed, WordPress 2.4 has now been removed from the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/roadmap/\" title=\"WordPress\">WordPress Roadmap</a>, and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/milestone/2.5\" title=\"2.5\">WordPress 2.5</a> is still scheduled for March 24, 2008.</p>\n<p>The reasons appear to be because of the holidays, as well as the amount of changes that need to be made to accommodate the new Administration Panels interface. The decision includes skipping version 2.4 and going straight to 2.5, which was to be released in March. </p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been warning my readers on the <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\" title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\">Blog Herald</a> not to be disappointed if this coming version was delayed. There are a lot of great improvements and features coming, and crowding them in during the busy holiday season is just a little much. This also gives WordPress Theme and Plugin developers time to update their stuff in time for the release in March.</p>\n<p>The mandatory update, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\" title=\"WordPress 2.3.2\">WordPress 2.3.2</a>, is out and is a <strong>required update</strong> to fix some security vulnerabilities. The <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/wordpress-232-in-detail/\" title=\"WordPress 2.3.2 in detail\">full details of the update</a> include an urgent security release to fix a <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\" title=\"expose your draft posts\">vulnerability in draft posts</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\" title=\"suppresses some error messages\">suppression of some errors messages</a> that may put your database at risk, and other <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.2&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\" title=\"fixed bugs\">bug fixes</a>. <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\" title=\"Get 2.3.2 now\">Upgrade to WordPress 2.3.2 now</a>.</p>\n<p>The buzz around the new backend WordPress Administration Panels is spreading. <a href=\"http://www.tubetorial.com/wordpress-24-administration-panel-preview/\" title=\"WordPress 2.4 Administration Panel Preview\">Tubetorial has a &#8220;WordPress 2.4 Administration Panel Preview&#8221;</a> video which shows just what has been done to date, with a lot more to come. <a href=\"http://hyper123.net/wp_demo/\" title=\"Hyper SVN WordPress Administration Panels Demo\">Hyper SVN has a &#8220;live&#8221; demo</a> of the new WordPress Administration Panels. Expect many of these sneak previews hitting the web as everyone wants to be the first to show it off. </p>\n<p>Remember, the delay in releasing this next version of WordPress means that these sneak previews are not the final design. Things will change a lot as the development continues. </p>\n<p>Also expect a few more security releases in the interim which may include some of the new improvements they&#8217;ve been working on.</p>\n<p>You can keep up with more WordPress news and announcements on the <a href=\"http://wwww.blogherald.com/?s=wordpress+wednesday\" title=\"Articles on WordPress Wednesday\">WordPress Wednesday</a> on the <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\" title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\">Blog Herald</a>.</p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/staying-on-track-with-wordpress-24-news/\" title=\"Staying on Track with WordPress 2.4 News\">Staying on Track with WordPress 2.4 News</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/11/29/wordpress-wednesday-news-will-you-turn-off-akismet-wordpress-24-delayed-and-more-wordpress-news/\" title=\"Will You Turn Off Akismet? WordPress 2.4 Delayed, and More WordPress News\">WordPress Wednesday News: Will You Turn Off Akismet? WordPress 2.4 Delayed, and More WordPress News</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/wordpress-23-tag-news/\" title=\"WordPress 2.3 Tag News\">WordPress 2.3 Tag News</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+2.4\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress 2.4</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+2.5\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress 2.5</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+delayed\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress delayed</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+versions\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress versions</a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a><br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, the author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2312&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:57:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:7511:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/\" title=\"WordPress News\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png\" alt=\"WordPress News\" align=\"right\" /></a>According to <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/04/24-skipped-25-is-next/\" title=\"2.4 Skipped 2.5 Is Next\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, referencing comments and announcements made in the developer mailing list, the much anticipated WordPress 2.4 will be released in March not January. </p>\n<p>Indeed, WordPress 2.4 has now been removed from the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/roadmap/\" title=\"WordPress\">WordPress Roadmap</a>, and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/milestone/2.5\" title=\"2.5\">WordPress 2.5</a> is still scheduled for March 24, 2008.</p>\n<p>The reasons appear to be because of the holidays, as well as the amount of changes that need to be made to accommodate the new Administration Panels interface. The decision includes skipping version 2.4 and going straight to 2.5, which was to be released in March. </p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been warning my readers on the <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\" title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\">Blog Herald</a> not to be disappointed if this coming version was delayed. There are a lot of great improvements and features coming, and crowding them in during the busy holiday season is just a little much. This also gives WordPress Theme and Plugin developers time to update their stuff in time for the release in March.</p>\n<p>The mandatory update, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\" title=\"WordPress 2.3.2\">WordPress 2.3.2</a>, is out and is a <strong>required update</strong> to fix some security vulnerabilities. The <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/wordpress-232-in-detail/\" title=\"WordPress 2.3.2 in detail\">full details of the update</a> include an urgent security release to fix a <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\" title=\"expose your draft posts\">vulnerability in draft posts</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\" title=\"suppresses some error messages\">suppression of some errors messages</a> that may put your database at risk, and other <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.2&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\" title=\"fixed bugs\">bug fixes</a>. <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\" title=\"Get 2.3.2 now\">Upgrade to WordPress 2.3.2 now</a>.</p>\n<p>The buzz around the new backend WordPress Administration Panels is spreading. <a href=\"http://www.tubetorial.com/wordpress-24-administration-panel-preview/\" title=\"WordPress 2.4 Administration Panel Preview\">Tubetorial has a &#8220;WordPress 2.4 Administration Panel Preview&#8221;</a> video which shows just what has been done to date, with a lot more to come. <a href=\"http://hyper123.net/wp_demo/\" title=\"Hyper SVN WordPress Administration Panels Demo\">Hyper SVN has a &#8220;live&#8221; demo</a> of the new WordPress Administration Panels. Expect many of these sneak previews hitting the web as everyone wants to be the first to show it off. </p>\n<p>Remember, the delay in releasing this next version of WordPress means that these sneak previews are not the final design. Things will change a lot as the development continues. </p>\n<p>Also expect a few more security releases in the interim which may include some of the new improvements they&#8217;ve been working on.</p>\n<p>You can keep up with more WordPress news and announcements on the <a href=\"http://wwww.blogherald.com/?s=wordpress+wednesday\" title=\"Articles on WordPress Wednesday\">WordPress Wednesday</a> on the <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\" title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\">Blog Herald</a>.</p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/staying-on-track-with-wordpress-24-news/\" title=\"Staying on Track with WordPress 2.4 News\">Staying on Track with WordPress 2.4 News</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/11/29/wordpress-wednesday-news-will-you-turn-off-akismet-wordpress-24-delayed-and-more-wordpress-news/\" title=\"Will You Turn Off Akismet? WordPress 2.4 Delayed, and More WordPress News\">WordPress Wednesday News: Will You Turn Off Akismet? WordPress 2.4 Delayed, and More WordPress News</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/wordpress-23-tag-news/\" title=\"WordPress 2.3 Tag News\">WordPress 2.3 Tag News</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+2.4\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress 2.4</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+2.5\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress 2.5</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+delayed\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress delayed</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+versions\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress versions</a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a><br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, the author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2312/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2312&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:65:\"Lorelle on WP: Unworthy Again: Nominated for Performancing Awards\";s:4:\"guid\";s:90:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/unworthy-again-nominated-for-performancing-awards/\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/unworthy-again-nominated-for-performancing-awards/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3839:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>On the list of things <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/nominated-for-9rules-not-worthy/\" title=\"Nominated for 9Rules - Not Worthy\">I&#8217;m not worthy of</a> are two award nominations from Peformancing: <a href=\"http://performancing.com/performancing-awards/most-influential-blogger-performancing-awards-2007-readers-choice-poll\" title=\"Performancing Awards for Most Influential Blogger Readers Choice 2007\">Most Influential Blogger Award</a> and <a href=\"http://performancing.com/performancing-awards/best-writing-blogging-blog-performancing-awards-2007-readers-choice-poll\" title=\"Performancing Best Writing Blogging Blog Awards 2007\">Best Writing and Blogging Award</a>.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a reader&#8217;s choice poll, so you can vote for your favorites. I&#8217;m in good company, but also intimidated by the company I&#8217;m in. They are MUCH better than me at all of this blogging stuff. Give them your vote and I&#8217;m going to vote for them, too. </p>\n<p>Thanks to Performancing and their crew for including me and my little blog about WordPress and blogging. </p>\n<p>I just keep doing what I do, pausing to kick your blogging ass once in a while. I&#8217;m just glad you are here. That means more to me than the awards. Thanks.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a><br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, the author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2310&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:57:17 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3839:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>On the list of things <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/nominated-for-9rules-not-worthy/\" title=\"Nominated for 9Rules - Not Worthy\">I&#8217;m not worthy of</a> are two award nominations from Peformancing: <a href=\"http://performancing.com/performancing-awards/most-influential-blogger-performancing-awards-2007-readers-choice-poll\" title=\"Performancing Awards for Most Influential Blogger Readers Choice 2007\">Most Influential Blogger Award</a> and <a href=\"http://performancing.com/performancing-awards/best-writing-blogging-blog-performancing-awards-2007-readers-choice-poll\" title=\"Performancing Best Writing Blogging Blog Awards 2007\">Best Writing and Blogging Award</a>.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a reader&#8217;s choice poll, so you can vote for your favorites. I&#8217;m in good company, but also intimidated by the company I&#8217;m in. They are MUCH better than me at all of this blogging stuff. Give them your vote and I&#8217;m going to vote for them, too. </p>\n<p>Thanks to Performancing and their crew for including me and my little blog about WordPress and blogging. </p>\n<p>I just keep doing what I do, pausing to kick your blogging ass once in a while. I&#8217;m just glad you are here. That means more to me than the awards. Thanks.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a><br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, the author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2310/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2310&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:73:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Best Blog Typography - Performancing Awards 2007\";s:4:\"guid\";s:100:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/04/best-blog-typography-performancing-awards-2007/\";s:4:\"link\";s:100:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/04/best-blog-typography-performancing-awards-2007/\";s:11:\"description\";s:909:\"<p><a href=\"http://performancing.com/performancing-awards/best-blog-typography-performancing-awards-2007-readers-choice-poll\">Best Blog Typography - Performancing Awards 2007 Reader&#8217;s Choice Poll </a> WeblogToolsCollection.com has been chosen to be one of the contenders for the Best Blog Typography Award from Performancing.com. The blog with the most number of votes by January 10, 2007 wins the 2007 Reader&#8217;s Choice award. They define typography as &#8220;design and arrangement of fonts&#8221;. We are in some tremendous company (ALA, Freeland Switch etc.), but please vote for us if you feel that we deserve the honor. Check out and vote for contestants in the rest of <a href=\"http://performancing.com/tags/performancing-awards\">Performancing Awards</a>. Thanks Performancing</p>\n<p>[EDIT] How could I forget the original designer? Thanks <a href=\"http://weblog.jcraveiro.com/\">JoÃ£o</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:30:08 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:909:\"<p><a href=\"http://performancing.com/performancing-awards/best-blog-typography-performancing-awards-2007-readers-choice-poll\">Best Blog Typography - Performancing Awards 2007 Reader&#8217;s Choice Poll </a> WeblogToolsCollection.com has been chosen to be one of the contenders for the Best Blog Typography Award from Performancing.com. The blog with the most number of votes by January 10, 2007 wins the 2007 Reader&#8217;s Choice award. They define typography as &#8220;design and arrangement of fonts&#8221;. We are in some tremendous company (ALA, Freeland Switch etc.), but please vote for us if you feel that we deserve the honor. Check out and vote for contestants in the rest of <a href=\"http://performancing.com/tags/performancing-awards\">Performancing Awards</a>. Thanks Performancing</p>\n<p>[EDIT] How could I forget the original designer? Thanks <a href=\"http://weblog.jcraveiro.com/\">JoÃ£o</a></p>\";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:18:\"Matt: Particletree\";s:4:\"guid\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/04/particletree/\";s:4:\"link\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/04/particletree/\";s:11:\"description\";s:207:\"<p><a href=\"http://particletree.com/\">Particletre</a> is a beautiful site and web magazine, built with WordPress. It&#8217;s from the fine folks who brought you the <a href=\"http://wufoo.com/\">Wufoo</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:57:13 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:207:\"<p><a href=\"http://particletree.com/\">Particletre</a> is a beautiful site and web magazine, built with WordPress. It&#8217;s from the fine folks who brought you the <a href=\"http://wufoo.com/\">Wufoo</a>.</p>\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:48:\"Weblog Tools Collection: 2.4 Skipped 2.5 Is Next\";s:4:\"guid\";s:75:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/04/24-skipped-25-is-next/\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/04/24-skipped-25-is-next/\";s:11:\"description\";s:661:\"<p>As discussed in the developer mailing list, the next release of WordPress will be in March instead of January because of the holidays and the amount of changes that will take place in the codebase as well as the admin section. The decision was made to consider 2.4 a skipped December release and move straight on to 2.5. The reasons for the change in the schedule include some good things cooking in the oven and the developers do not want this to become a rushed release.</p>\n<p>So to sum things up. There will be no 2.4. Instead, we will see 2.5 which is scheduled for release in March. Various official docs and roadmaps will be updated in due course.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:15:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:661:\"<p>As discussed in the developer mailing list, the next release of WordPress will be in March instead of January because of the holidays and the amount of changes that will take place in the codebase as well as the admin section. The decision was made to consider 2.4 a skipped December release and move straight on to 2.5. The reasons for the change in the schedule include some good things cooking in the oven and the developers do not want this to become a rushed release.</p>\n<p>So to sum things up. There will be no 2.4. Instead, we will see 2.5 which is scheduled for release in March. Various official docs and roadmaps will be updated in due course.</p>\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"bbPress: bbPress 0.8.3.1 released\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://bbpress.org/blog/2008/01/bbpress-0831-released/\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://bbpress.org/blog/2008/01/bbpress-0831-released/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1357:\"<p>Due to popular demand we have bundled a bug-fix release for bbPress. 0.8.3.1 (still called &#8220;Desmond&#8221; I believe) is now available for <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/download/\">download</a>.</p>\n<p>This version is <em>not</em> the latest development release so as to remain as compatible as possible with the current version of WordPress.</p>\n<p>The primary reason for the release is to fix some bugs in the MySQLi implementation. We anticipate that MySQLi support will be dropped in the future and to this end we have made MySQL the default extension instead of MySQLi.</p>\n<p>A few other fixes and enhancements have also snuck in:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep forum breadcrumbs with thanks to baptiste</li>\n<li>More consistent topic labeling methods - users of the <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/16\">support forum plugin</a> will probably need to upgrade to version 2.3.3</li>\n<li>Some fixes to stop orphaned sub-forums from disappearing from all view</li>\n<li>There is now one of those fancy checkboxes to mark a user as a bozo</li>\n</ul>\n<p>A couple of those changes will affect existing themes. If you have questions about adapting your theme to be compatible with the new topic labeling and forum breadcrumb features, then ask over on <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/making-your-theme-compatible-with-0831\">this forum topic</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:31:54 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Sam Bauers\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1357:\"<p>Due to popular demand we have bundled a bug-fix release for bbPress. 0.8.3.1 (still called &#8220;Desmond&#8221; I believe) is now available for <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/download/\">download</a>.</p>\n<p>This version is <em>not</em> the latest development release so as to remain as compatible as possible with the current version of WordPress.</p>\n<p>The primary reason for the release is to fix some bugs in the MySQLi implementation. We anticipate that MySQLi support will be dropped in the future and to this end we have made MySQL the default extension instead of MySQLi.</p>\n<p>A few other fixes and enhancements have also snuck in:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep forum breadcrumbs with thanks to baptiste</li>\n<li>More consistent topic labeling methods - users of the <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/16\">support forum plugin</a> will probably need to upgrade to version 2.3.3</li>\n<li>Some fixes to stop orphaned sub-forums from disappearing from all view</li>\n<li>There is now one of those fancy checkboxes to mark a user as a bozo</li>\n</ul>\n<p>A couple of those changes will affect existing themes. If you have questions about adapting your theme to be compatible with the new topic labeling and forum breadcrumb features, then ask over on <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/making-your-theme-compatible-with-0831\">this forum topic</a>.</p>\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:32:\"Matt: Graffitti disses WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:59:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/03/graffitti-disses-wordpress/\";s:4:\"link\";s:59:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/03/graffitti-disses-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:368:\"<p><a href=\"http://charlesstricklin.com/2008/01/03/graffitti-disses-wordpress/\">Graffitti disses WordPress</a>, their <a href=\"http://graffiticms.com/landing-pages/the-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system-cms-alternative/\">landing page boasts a 2-minute install</a>. Seems pretty aggressive for a product that&#8217;s only available for pre-purchase (at $199).</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:44:25 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:368:\"<p><a href=\"http://charlesstricklin.com/2008/01/03/graffitti-disses-wordpress/\">Graffitti disses WordPress</a>, their <a href=\"http://graffiticms.com/landing-pages/the-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system-cms-alternative/\">landing page boasts a 2-minute install</a>. Seems pretty aggressive for a product that&#8217;s only available for pre-purchase (at $199).</p>\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:54:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Advanced WordPress Help Sheet\";s:4:\"guid\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/advanced-wordpress-help-sheet/\";s:4:\"link\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/advanced-wordpress-help-sheet/\";s:11:\"description\";s:706:\"<p><a href=\"http://wpcandy.com/the-advanced-wordpress-help-sheet/\">The Advanced WordPress Help Sheet</a>: Michael has put together another <a href=\"http://wpcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/Advanced-WordPress-Help-Sheet.pdf\">PDF Help sheet for WordPress</a>, this time with advanced tips and tricks to use various WordPress functions within your theme. This includes various code snippets from Styling Different Categories to Dynamic Page Titles. He says that this is the first of a few others that he will be putting together and is up for suggestions and ideas. Also check out Michael&#8217;s other <a href=\"http://wpcandy.com/the-wordpress-help-sheet/\">WordPress Help Sheet</a> from the past. Via Email.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:45:09 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:706:\"<p><a href=\"http://wpcandy.com/the-advanced-wordpress-help-sheet/\">The Advanced WordPress Help Sheet</a>: Michael has put together another <a href=\"http://wpcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/Advanced-WordPress-Help-Sheet.pdf\">PDF Help sheet for WordPress</a>, this time with advanced tips and tricks to use various WordPress functions within your theme. This includes various code snippets from Styling Different Categories to Dynamic Page Titles. He says that this is the first of a few others that he will be putting together and is up for suggestions and ideas. Also check out Michael&#8217;s other <a href=\"http://wpcandy.com/the-wordpress-help-sheet/\">WordPress Help Sheet</a> from the past. Via Email.</p>\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:64:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Install WordPress Locally - Part 2 Of 2\";s:4:\"guid\";s:91:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/\";s:4:\"link\";s:91:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:9574:\"<p>Welcome to part two of a two part series of articles that will guide you through the process of installing a fresh copy of WordPress or your public WordPress blog to your local machine. The first part of this series covered the installation and configuration of WampServer. Now it&#8217;s time to move on to the hard, technical stuff.</p>\n<h2>Installing WordPress Fresh:</h2>\n<p>One thing you must know before we move on is that, by default, your database username is &#8216;<strong>root</strong>&#8216; and the default password is <strong>blank</strong>. In other words, there is no password assigned to the username of root. This would be extremely insecure if this web server were made available to the public but because it&#8217;s assigned to the local address of your machine, you have nothing to worry about.</p>\n<p>To begin, left click on the WampServer icon and select <strong>PHPMyAdmin</strong>. Where the text labeled <strong>CREATE NEW DATABASE</strong> is located, type in the name of the database that will house your installation of WordPress. For simplicity, I normally call the database <strong>wordpress</strong>. Then click on the <strong>Create</strong> button. We now have an empty database that the WP installation files can work with.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\" title=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\" target=\"_blank\">Download</a> the latest version of WordPress, then extract the files to your desktop. Open the WordPress folder and look for <strong>WP-Config-Sample</strong>. Open this file in your preferred text editor. The <strong>DB_Name</strong> is the name of the database you created for WordPress. The <strong>DB_User</strong> is root. The <strong>DB_Password</strong> is blank. These three values are the only ones you&#8217;ll have to change. Once those changes are in place, save the file as <strong>WP-Config.PHP</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/01/configexample.png\" alt=\"WP Config Example\" /></p>\n<p>If you want to install WordPress into the <strong>ROOT</strong> directory as you would on a public web server, take all of the files and folders within the WordPress folder and move them into the WWW folder. <strong>WWW</strong> is the same as <strong>Public_HTML</strong> and is the folder which houses all of your web documents. If you don&#8217;t want to install WordPress into the root directory, create a new directory and place all of the files into that one. Just make sure the files are within the WWW folder, or else they won&#8217;t be accessible.</p>\n<p>Once that&#8217;s finished, point your browser to <strong>http://localhost/wp-admin/install.php</strong> Follow the directions as they are pretty self explanatory and when your finished, you&#8217;ll have a fully functioning, fresh install of WordPress that you can do whatever you want with.</p>\n<h2>Migrating WordPress From Public To Localhost:</h2>\n<p>Migrating an existing WordPress install onto your local computer is not as easy as a fresh install. If you haven&#8217;t already, make sure you have made the appropriate PHP.ini file changes that were explained in <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" title=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" target=\"_blank\">part 1</a>. If you don&#8217;t, you will run into numerous errors about the SQL file being too large to import.</p>\n<p>In my circumstance, my webhost offers it&#8217;s customers Cpanel as a means to control all aspects of my Webhosting account. Cpanel provides me with a way to generate a full backup of my domain. This backup includes all of the hardcoded directories and files attached to my domain as well as any databases I have created. After you create a full backup of your domain through Cpanel <strong>(if you have that option)</strong> download the backup to your desktop. Once downloaded, open up the file and browse to the Public_HTML directory. Extract this directory&#8217;s contents into the WWW folder on your hard drive.</p>\n<p>Once thats finished,  look inside of the mysql directory within your backup file. This directory contains all of the MySQL databases you have created through your webhosting account. Extract the SQL file that pertains to your WordPress install and place it on the desktop.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Ok, before we move on, lets review where we&#8217;re at. We backed up all of the files related to the hosting account and then downloaded that file to the desktop. We then extracted all of the files within the Public_HTML directory into the WWW directory. We then looked inside of the backup file and extracted the SQL file that pertains to the WordPress installation. At this point, the folder structure within the WWW folder on your hard drive should mimic that of what you would see within the Public_HTML folder on your webhost.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Now, left click on the WampServer icon and click on PHPMyAdmin. Click on the link that says <strong>IMPORT</strong>. Click on the <strong>BROWSE</strong> button and locate the SQL file you extracted to your desktop that pertains to your WordPress installation. After you locate and double click on the file, click on the <strong>GO</strong> button. It might take a little while, but the import process should be successful. If you receive an error that states the SQL file was too large, please re-visit <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" title=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" target=\"_blank\">part 1</a> and make sure the changes were saved to your PHP.ini file. Also, I wanted to share that if you have the SezWho comment rating plugin installed, you may receive errors that are related to the plugins database tables. If this is the case, you will need to open the SQL file in a text editor and remove all of the lines that pertain to those tables which are usually prefixed with <strong>sz_ </strong>and then try to import the SQL file again.</p>\n<p><strong>If the import was successful, pat yourself on the back because were almost through with this process.</strong></p>\n<p>If you do not want to do the next step through the database you can instead, add these constants to your WP-Config file and they will perform the same function as the database edits.</p>\n<p><strong><code>define(\'WP_HOME\', \'localhost\' );</code><br />\n<code>define(\'WP_SITEURL\', \'localhost\');</code></strong></p>\n<p>In <strong>PHPMyAdmin</strong>, the database you imported will now be selectable in the drop menu that is located near the top left portion of the webpage. Click on the drop down arrow and select the database you just imported. Near the top center of the page, there will be a series of tabs. Click on the <strong>SEARCH</strong> tab. In the search box, type in the full URL to which your public WordPress install refers to. In my case, I typed in <a href=\"http://www.jeffro2pt0.com\" title=\"http://www.jeffro2pt0.com\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.jeffro2pt0.com</a> This will search the entire database for entries of that domain. The search results should find entries related to that domain within the table <strong>WP-OPTIONS</strong>. Click on the <strong>Browse</strong> link to dig into this particular table.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/01/optionnames.png\" alt=\"SQL Option Names\" /></p>\n<p>You only need to concern yourself with the top two entries, <strong>SiteURL</strong> and <strong>HOME</strong>. Click on the <strong>Pencil</strong> icon for <strong>SiteURL</strong> which is just to the left of the <strong>X </strong>icon. This will open up the editing page. In the large text box on the bottom, change the <strong>URL</strong> to <strong>http://localhost</strong> then click on the <strong>GO</strong> button. Now do the same thing for <strong>HOME</strong>. After you change <strong>HOME</strong>, you can exit out of PHPMyAdmin.</p>\n<p><strong>If you have never opened the .htaccess file to hard code redirection attributes, you can skip the next step and you are essentially finished. </strong></p>\n<p>The last thing to do is to edit the <strong>.htaccess</strong> file and remove any hard coded redirection attributes. If you don&#8217;t do this, each time you try to load your blog on your local machine, it will automatically redirect to your public blog or which ever URL you configured in your .htaccess file.</p>\n<h2>Victory Lane:</h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve managed to read this far, congratulations. After all of that, you should be able to access and browse your blog on your local machine exactly how you would in a public domain. This guide is by no means a cure for all. This was my detailed approach as to how I migrated my public install to a local install. Some of the actions I performed may not have been necessary, nor required, but this is the way I did it and it worked!</p>\n<p>If you have a correction or a different way of doing things, by all means leave a comment. I will edit this article as corrections come in so the most accurate information is presented.</p>\n<p>Also, now that you have the ability to dig around the ins and outs of your blog through the database, you&#8217;ll be able to see some things that you might not of known about before. Stay tuned for another article which highlights a <strong>VERY</strong> important issue pertaining to plugin developers that needs to be discussed. Perhaps we&#8217;ll be able to come up with a solution.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:30:07 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:9574:\"<p>Welcome to part two of a two part series of articles that will guide you through the process of installing a fresh copy of WordPress or your public WordPress blog to your local machine. The first part of this series covered the installation and configuration of WampServer. Now it&#8217;s time to move on to the hard, technical stuff.</p>\n<h2>Installing WordPress Fresh:</h2>\n<p>One thing you must know before we move on is that, by default, your database username is &#8216;<strong>root</strong>&#8216; and the default password is <strong>blank</strong>. In other words, there is no password assigned to the username of root. This would be extremely insecure if this web server were made available to the public but because it&#8217;s assigned to the local address of your machine, you have nothing to worry about.</p>\n<p>To begin, left click on the WampServer icon and select <strong>PHPMyAdmin</strong>. Where the text labeled <strong>CREATE NEW DATABASE</strong> is located, type in the name of the database that will house your installation of WordPress. For simplicity, I normally call the database <strong>wordpress</strong>. Then click on the <strong>Create</strong> button. We now have an empty database that the WP installation files can work with.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\" title=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\" target=\"_blank\">Download</a> the latest version of WordPress, then extract the files to your desktop. Open the WordPress folder and look for <strong>WP-Config-Sample</strong>. Open this file in your preferred text editor. The <strong>DB_Name</strong> is the name of the database you created for WordPress. The <strong>DB_User</strong> is root. The <strong>DB_Password</strong> is blank. These three values are the only ones you&#8217;ll have to change. Once those changes are in place, save the file as <strong>WP-Config.PHP</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/01/configexample.png\" alt=\"WP Config Example\" /></p>\n<p>If you want to install WordPress into the <strong>ROOT</strong> directory as you would on a public web server, take all of the files and folders within the WordPress folder and move them into the WWW folder. <strong>WWW</strong> is the same as <strong>Public_HTML</strong> and is the folder which houses all of your web documents. If you don&#8217;t want to install WordPress into the root directory, create a new directory and place all of the files into that one. Just make sure the files are within the WWW folder, or else they won&#8217;t be accessible.</p>\n<p>Once that&#8217;s finished, point your browser to <strong>http://localhost/wp-admin/install.php</strong> Follow the directions as they are pretty self explanatory and when your finished, you&#8217;ll have a fully functioning, fresh install of WordPress that you can do whatever you want with.</p>\n<h2>Migrating WordPress From Public To Localhost:</h2>\n<p>Migrating an existing WordPress install onto your local computer is not as easy as a fresh install. If you haven&#8217;t already, make sure you have made the appropriate PHP.ini file changes that were explained in <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" title=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" target=\"_blank\">part 1</a>. If you don&#8217;t, you will run into numerous errors about the SQL file being too large to import.</p>\n<p>In my circumstance, my webhost offers it&#8217;s customers Cpanel as a means to control all aspects of my Webhosting account. Cpanel provides me with a way to generate a full backup of my domain. This backup includes all of the hardcoded directories and files attached to my domain as well as any databases I have created. After you create a full backup of your domain through Cpanel <strong>(if you have that option)</strong> download the backup to your desktop. Once downloaded, open up the file and browse to the Public_HTML directory. Extract this directory&#8217;s contents into the WWW folder on your hard drive.</p>\n<p>Once thats finished,  look inside of the mysql directory within your backup file. This directory contains all of the MySQL databases you have created through your webhosting account. Extract the SQL file that pertains to your WordPress install and place it on the desktop.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Ok, before we move on, lets review where we&#8217;re at. We backed up all of the files related to the hosting account and then downloaded that file to the desktop. We then extracted all of the files within the Public_HTML directory into the WWW directory. We then looked inside of the backup file and extracted the SQL file that pertains to the WordPress installation. At this point, the folder structure within the WWW folder on your hard drive should mimic that of what you would see within the Public_HTML folder on your webhost.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Now, left click on the WampServer icon and click on PHPMyAdmin. Click on the link that says <strong>IMPORT</strong>. Click on the <strong>BROWSE</strong> button and locate the SQL file you extracted to your desktop that pertains to your WordPress installation. After you locate and double click on the file, click on the <strong>GO</strong> button. It might take a little while, but the import process should be successful. If you receive an error that states the SQL file was too large, please re-visit <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" title=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\" target=\"_blank\">part 1</a> and make sure the changes were saved to your PHP.ini file. Also, I wanted to share that if you have the SezWho comment rating plugin installed, you may receive errors that are related to the plugins database tables. If this is the case, you will need to open the SQL file in a text editor and remove all of the lines that pertain to those tables which are usually prefixed with <strong>sz_ </strong>and then try to import the SQL file again.</p>\n<p><strong>If the import was successful, pat yourself on the back because were almost through with this process.</strong></p>\n<p>If you do not want to do the next step through the database you can instead, add these constants to your WP-Config file and they will perform the same function as the database edits.</p>\n<p><strong><code>define(\'WP_HOME\', \'localhost\' );</code><br />\n<code>define(\'WP_SITEURL\', \'localhost\');</code></strong></p>\n<p>In <strong>PHPMyAdmin</strong>, the database you imported will now be selectable in the drop menu that is located near the top left portion of the webpage. Click on the drop down arrow and select the database you just imported. Near the top center of the page, there will be a series of tabs. Click on the <strong>SEARCH</strong> tab. In the search box, type in the full URL to which your public WordPress install refers to. In my case, I typed in <a href=\"http://www.jeffro2pt0.com\" title=\"http://www.jeffro2pt0.com\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.jeffro2pt0.com</a> This will search the entire database for entries of that domain. The search results should find entries related to that domain within the table <strong>WP-OPTIONS</strong>. Click on the <strong>Browse</strong> link to dig into this particular table.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/01/optionnames.png\" alt=\"SQL Option Names\" /></p>\n<p>You only need to concern yourself with the top two entries, <strong>SiteURL</strong> and <strong>HOME</strong>. Click on the <strong>Pencil</strong> icon for <strong>SiteURL</strong> which is just to the left of the <strong>X </strong>icon. This will open up the editing page. In the large text box on the bottom, change the <strong>URL</strong> to <strong>http://localhost</strong> then click on the <strong>GO</strong> button. Now do the same thing for <strong>HOME</strong>. After you change <strong>HOME</strong>, you can exit out of PHPMyAdmin.</p>\n<p><strong>If you have never opened the .htaccess file to hard code redirection attributes, you can skip the next step and you are essentially finished. </strong></p>\n<p>The last thing to do is to edit the <strong>.htaccess</strong> file and remove any hard coded redirection attributes. If you don&#8217;t do this, each time you try to load your blog on your local machine, it will automatically redirect to your public blog or which ever URL you configured in your .htaccess file.</p>\n<h2>Victory Lane:</h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve managed to read this far, congratulations. After all of that, you should be able to access and browse your blog on your local machine exactly how you would in a public domain. This guide is by no means a cure for all. This was my detailed approach as to how I migrated my public install to a local install. Some of the actions I performed may not have been necessary, nor required, but this is the way I did it and it worked!</p>\n<p>If you have a correction or a different way of doing things, by all means leave a comment. I will edit this article as corrections come in so the most accurate information is presented.</p>\n<p>Also, now that you have the ability to dig around the ins and outs of your blog through the database, you&#8217;ll be able to see some things that you might not of known about before. Stay tuned for another article which highlights a <strong>VERY</strong> important issue pertaining to plugin developers that needs to be discussed. Perhaps we&#8217;ll be able to come up with a solution.</p>\";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Gravatar: Email gets personal with Gravatar and MessageFaces\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/01/02/email-gets-personal-with-gravatar-and-messagefaces/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/01/02/email-gets-personal-with-gravatar-and-messagefaces/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1941:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It&#8217;s been brought to my attention that there is a very cool <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/393\">Thunderbird plugin called MessageFaces</a> which, after you enable the option in the plugin preferences, will show gravatars in the header section of the email messages you view.  We happen to think that this is terrific, and one more example of how Gravatar can be used to bring a touch of personalization where there would otherwise be nothing but the cold feel of a whitewashed internet.  Thanks very much to  Jens Bannmann for writing this very cool plugin!</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=44&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:27:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"apokalyptik\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1941:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It&#8217;s been brought to my attention that there is a very cool <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/393\">Thunderbird plugin called MessageFaces</a> which, after you enable the option in the plugin preferences, will show gravatars in the header section of the email messages you view.  We happen to think that this is terrific, and one more example of how Gravatar can be used to bring a touch of personalization where there would otherwise be nothing but the cold feel of a whitewashed internet.  Thanks very much to  Jens Bannmann for writing this very cool plugin!</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/44/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=44&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.4 Admin Preview\";s:4:\"guid\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/02/wordpress-24-admin-preview/\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/02/wordpress-24-admin-preview/\";s:11:\"description\";s:753:\"<p><a href=\"http://hyper123.net/wp_demo/\">WordPress 2.4 Admin Preview</a>: Jordan built up a mockup of the new WordPress 2.4 admin backend. Some of the features work, some of them do not. However you can still get a good idea of what it will look like in 2.4 and where the admin redesign is headed. Via Email. Also, <a href=\"http://www.tubetorial.com/wordpress-24-administration-panel-preview/\">TubeTorial has a video walkthrough of the new admin interface</a>.</p>\n<p>[EDIT] Please be mindful of the fact that this is a cursory glance at unfinished work on the WordPress admin interace and nothing else. Please read <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/02/wordpress-24-admin-preview/#comment-1207162\">Matt&#8217;s comment</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:30:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:753:\"<p><a href=\"http://hyper123.net/wp_demo/\">WordPress 2.4 Admin Preview</a>: Jordan built up a mockup of the new WordPress 2.4 admin backend. Some of the features work, some of them do not. However you can still get a good idea of what it will look like in 2.4 and where the admin redesign is headed. Via Email. Also, <a href=\"http://www.tubetorial.com/wordpress-24-administration-panel-preview/\">TubeTorial has a video walkthrough of the new admin interface</a>.</p>\n<p>[EDIT] Please be mindful of the fact that this is a cursory glance at unfinished work on the WordPress admin interace and nothing else. Please read <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/02/wordpress-24-admin-preview/#comment-1207162\">Matt&#8217;s comment</a>.</p>\";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Lorelle on WP: Considering Writing Some WordPress Tips?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:80:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/considering-writing-some-wordpress-tips/\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/considering-writing-some-wordpress-tips/\";s:11:\"description\";s:10151:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Do you want to write a WordPress tip? I encourage you to do so, either on your blog, on the <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.org/support\" title=\"WordPress Support Forums\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Support Forums</a>, or for the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users\">WordPress Codex</a>, the online manual for WordPress Users. It takes a lot of volunteer work to create a body of work for WordPress users to rely upon to help them blog better with WordPress, so all help is always welcome.</p>\n<p>However, would you please do a few things for all WordPress fans everywhere first, before you publish your WordPress tips?</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Search First:</strong> Search the web first to find other articles written on the same subject. If those are good, don&#8217;t write yours. If they can be improved upon, then write yours. If you find a lot, reconsider writing the topic and find a new one. Or find a totally new perspective on the same subject. We really need new and improved tips, not redundant.</li>\n<li><strong>Write Well:</strong> Read <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/07/09/tips-for-writing-good-wordpress-tips/\" title=\"Tips For Writing Good WordPress Tips\">Tips For Writing Good WordPress Tips</a> for tips on how to write even better WordPress tips.</li>\n<li><strong>Label It Appropriately:</strong> Is it a <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/07/10/what-is-a-tip-technique-how-to-advice-guide-and-only-way-to-do-it/\" title=\"What Is A Tip, Technique, How-To, Advice, Guide, And Only Way To Do It?\">tip, technique, how-to, advice, guide, hack</a>, or the only way to do it? A tip shows you one method, a technique explores the method, advice is a suggestion on how to, a guide is a step-by-step instruction, and a hack is a change to the underlying code. Use keywords and make sure the title and opening paragraph defines the lesson to be learned clearly.</li>\n<li><strong>Write It If It Fits Your Blog Purpose:</strong> As much fun as we love having with WordPress, if your blog is about sports, don&#8217;t blog a WordPress tip. Don&#8217;t disrupt your blog reader&#8217;s attention with something totally unrelated and unimportant to them. If you REALLY want to write a WordPress tip, add it to the wealth of WordPress information and resources in the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users\">WordPress Codex</a> so everyone can enjoy it.</li>\n<li><strong>Make Code Code:</strong> There is nothing more frustrating to someone who finally finds the answer they&#8217;ve been seeking on WordPress than to copy the code off the page and find out it doesn&#8217;t work because the author failed to convert the quote marks into text-based quote marks. Please, read and following the guidelines for <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/07/16/writing-and-publishing-code-in-your-wordpress-blog-posts/\" title=\"Writing and Publishing Code in Your WordPress Blog Posts\">writing and publishing code in your WordPress Blog posts</a>.</li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s WordPress:</strong> Help searchers find your WordPress tip by spelling it WordPress not wordpress, Wordpress, Word Press, or any of the other many variations. Do not use WP as few actually search for the initials when they are hunting for WordPress tips. It&#8217;s a Plugin not Plug-in nor plugged in. Use the keywords that name and describe what you are doing to help those searching to find your tip. The more you help them find you, the faster you&#8217;ll be the answer to their questions.</li>\n<li><strong>Volunteer Your Time on the WordPress Support Forum:</strong> To really get an idea about what tips and needs WordPress users have, spend some time reading and volunteering to help on the <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.org/support\" title=\"WordPress Support Forums\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Support Forums</a>. An hour or two a week is often enough to share your expertise with other WordPress users. The more you learn about what they are asking, and how to best respond to their needs, the better and more valuable the WordPress tips on your blog will be.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>They say it takes a village to raise a child. It takes a community to help make WordPress the success it is. Help us make WordPress even better by adding your tips, techniques, guides, and hacks on using WordPress to the community&#8217;s documentation collection. </p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/28/a-guide-to-the-wordpress-codex-the-online-manual-for-wordpress-users/\" title=\"A Guide to the WordPress Code, The Online Manual for WordPress Users\">A Guide to the WordPress Code, The Online Manual for WordPress Users</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/26/volunteering-on-the-wordpress-codex/\" title=\"Volunteering on the WordPress Codex\">Volunteering on the WordPress Codex</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/the-wonderful-world-of-wordpress-products/\" title=\"The Wonderful World of WordPress Products\">The Wonderful World of WordPress Products</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/23/give-the-gift-of-love-to-wordpress/\" title=\"Give the Gift of Love to WordPress\">Give the Gift of Love to WordPress</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/10/get-your-free-wordpresscom-blog-now/\" title=\"Get Your Free Wordpress.com Blog Now\">Get Your Free Wordpress.com Blog Now</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/30/getting-help-with-wordpresscom/\" title=\"Getting Help With wordpress.com\">Getting Help With WordPress.com</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/one-year-anniversary-review-helping-wordpresscom-users/\" title=\"Helping Wordpress.com Users\">One Year Anniversary Review: Helping WordPress.com Users</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/dont-buy-wordpress-its-free/\" title=\"Donâ€™t Buy WordPress - Itâ€™s Free\">Donâ€™t Buy WordPress - Itâ€™s Free</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/30/wordpress-help-in-your-language/\" title=\"WordPress Help in Your Language\">WordPress Help in Your Language</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/29/help-me-find-a-wordpress-theme/\" title=\"Help Me Find a WordPress Theme\">Help Me Find a WordPress Theme</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/first-step-to-wordpress-help-search-first/\" title=\"Search First\">First Step to WordPress Help: Search First</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+help\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress help</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+tips\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress tips</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+advice\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress advice</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+hack\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress hack</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+codex\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress codex</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+support+forum\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress support forum</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+support\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress support</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2285&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:57:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:10151:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Do you want to write a WordPress tip? I encourage you to do so, either on your blog, on the <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.org/support\" title=\"WordPress Support Forums\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Support Forums</a>, or for the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users\">WordPress Codex</a>, the online manual for WordPress Users. It takes a lot of volunteer work to create a body of work for WordPress users to rely upon to help them blog better with WordPress, so all help is always welcome.</p>\n<p>However, would you please do a few things for all WordPress fans everywhere first, before you publish your WordPress tips?</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Search First:</strong> Search the web first to find other articles written on the same subject. If those are good, don&#8217;t write yours. If they can be improved upon, then write yours. If you find a lot, reconsider writing the topic and find a new one. Or find a totally new perspective on the same subject. We really need new and improved tips, not redundant.</li>\n<li><strong>Write Well:</strong> Read <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/07/09/tips-for-writing-good-wordpress-tips/\" title=\"Tips For Writing Good WordPress Tips\">Tips For Writing Good WordPress Tips</a> for tips on how to write even better WordPress tips.</li>\n<li><strong>Label It Appropriately:</strong> Is it a <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/07/10/what-is-a-tip-technique-how-to-advice-guide-and-only-way-to-do-it/\" title=\"What Is A Tip, Technique, How-To, Advice, Guide, And Only Way To Do It?\">tip, technique, how-to, advice, guide, hack</a>, or the only way to do it? A tip shows you one method, a technique explores the method, advice is a suggestion on how to, a guide is a step-by-step instruction, and a hack is a change to the underlying code. Use keywords and make sure the title and opening paragraph defines the lesson to be learned clearly.</li>\n<li><strong>Write It If It Fits Your Blog Purpose:</strong> As much fun as we love having with WordPress, if your blog is about sports, don&#8217;t blog a WordPress tip. Don&#8217;t disrupt your blog reader&#8217;s attention with something totally unrelated and unimportant to them. If you REALLY want to write a WordPress tip, add it to the wealth of WordPress information and resources in the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users\">WordPress Codex</a> so everyone can enjoy it.</li>\n<li><strong>Make Code Code:</strong> There is nothing more frustrating to someone who finally finds the answer they&#8217;ve been seeking on WordPress than to copy the code off the page and find out it doesn&#8217;t work because the author failed to convert the quote marks into text-based quote marks. Please, read and following the guidelines for <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/07/16/writing-and-publishing-code-in-your-wordpress-blog-posts/\" title=\"Writing and Publishing Code in Your WordPress Blog Posts\">writing and publishing code in your WordPress Blog posts</a>.</li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s WordPress:</strong> Help searchers find your WordPress tip by spelling it WordPress not wordpress, Wordpress, Word Press, or any of the other many variations. Do not use WP as few actually search for the initials when they are hunting for WordPress tips. It&#8217;s a Plugin not Plug-in nor plugged in. Use the keywords that name and describe what you are doing to help those searching to find your tip. The more you help them find you, the faster you&#8217;ll be the answer to their questions.</li>\n<li><strong>Volunteer Your Time on the WordPress Support Forum:</strong> To really get an idea about what tips and needs WordPress users have, spend some time reading and volunteering to help on the <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.org/support\" title=\"WordPress Support Forums\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Support Forums</a>. An hour or two a week is often enough to share your expertise with other WordPress users. The more you learn about what they are asking, and how to best respond to their needs, the better and more valuable the WordPress tips on your blog will be.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>They say it takes a village to raise a child. It takes a community to help make WordPress the success it is. Help us make WordPress even better by adding your tips, techniques, guides, and hacks on using WordPress to the community&#8217;s documentation collection. </p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/28/a-guide-to-the-wordpress-codex-the-online-manual-for-wordpress-users/\" title=\"A Guide to the WordPress Code, The Online Manual for WordPress Users\">A Guide to the WordPress Code, The Online Manual for WordPress Users</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/26/volunteering-on-the-wordpress-codex/\" title=\"Volunteering on the WordPress Codex\">Volunteering on the WordPress Codex</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/the-wonderful-world-of-wordpress-products/\" title=\"The Wonderful World of WordPress Products\">The Wonderful World of WordPress Products</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/23/give-the-gift-of-love-to-wordpress/\" title=\"Give the Gift of Love to WordPress\">Give the Gift of Love to WordPress</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/10/get-your-free-wordpresscom-blog-now/\" title=\"Get Your Free Wordpress.com Blog Now\">Get Your Free Wordpress.com Blog Now</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/30/getting-help-with-wordpresscom/\" title=\"Getting Help With wordpress.com\">Getting Help With WordPress.com</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/one-year-anniversary-review-helping-wordpresscom-users/\" title=\"Helping Wordpress.com Users\">One Year Anniversary Review: Helping WordPress.com Users</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/dont-buy-wordpress-its-free/\" title=\"Donâ€™t Buy WordPress - Itâ€™s Free\">Donâ€™t Buy WordPress - Itâ€™s Free</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/30/wordpress-help-in-your-language/\" title=\"WordPress Help in Your Language\">WordPress Help in Your Language</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/29/help-me-find-a-wordpress-theme/\" title=\"Help Me Find a WordPress Theme\">Help Me Find a WordPress Theme</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/first-step-to-wordpress-help-search-first/\" title=\"Search First\">First Step to WordPress Help: Search First</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+help\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress help</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+tips\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress tips</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+advice\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress advice</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+hack\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress hack</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+codex\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress codex</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+support+forum\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress support forum</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+support\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress support</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2285/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2285&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:75:\"Peter Westwood: WordPress weekly digest 24th December to 30th December 2007\";s:4:\"guid\";s:98:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/wordpress-weekly-digest-24th-december-to-30th-december-2007/\";s:4:\"link\";s:98:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/wordpress-weekly-digest-24th-december-to-30th-december-2007/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5949:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It has been a busy week again for WordPress 2.4, the changes this week were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvements and refactoring of the WXR importer including supporting zipped xml files (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5522\">#5522</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to allow the salt used by WordPress in password generation and other areas to be overridden using a define (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6478\">[6478]</a>).</li>\n<li>Documentation for <code>author-template.php</code>, <code>bookmark.php</code>, <code>bookmark-template.php</code>, <code>template-loader.php</code>, <code>compat.php</code>, <code>canonical.php</code>, <code>comment-template.php</code> and file level phpdoc for some other files. (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4393\">#4393</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5523\">#5523</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5521\">#5521</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5513\">#5513</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5510\">#5510</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5526\">#5526</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5528\">#5528</a>, and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5527\">#5527</a> ).</li>\n<li>Improved implementation of the javascript <code>addLoadEvent</code> function to speed up the execution of javascript on admin pages (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6482\">[6482]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>wp-mail.php</code> to escape the error messages when displaying them to avoid a possible XSS attack (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5484\">#5484</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to ensure that the post password is only exposed by the xmlrpc method <code>metaWeblog.getRecentPosts</code> to users with rights to edit a post (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5535\">#5535</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the information exposed the <code>wp.getAuthors</code> xmlrpc method to reduce the information exposed and add a capabilites check (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5534\">#5534</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to xmlrpc methods (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6504\">[6504]</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to APP server (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6508\">[6508]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>validate_file()</code> to improve its traversal attempt detection when running on windows (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6521\">[6521]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the magic number detection for gettext file loading for better support of 64bit systems (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3780\">#3780</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes to the tag extraction code so as to not strip &#8217;s&#8217; from either end (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5539\">#5539</a>).</li>\n<li>Updated javascript libraries -Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0 (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5543\">#5543</a>).</li>\n<li>Introduction of deprecated function and file use tracking functionality to allow for theme and plugin developers to easily identify what is deprecated. (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4361\">#4361</a>).</li>\n<li>Better documentation for <code>the_author()</code> and <code>prep_atom_text_construct()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6515\">[6515]</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6516\">[6516]</a>).</li>\n<li>Final deprecation of <code>comments_rss()</code> and <code>create_user()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6517\">[6517]</a>).</li>\n<li>A change to avoid variable expansion in the invalid <code>$table_prefix</code> error message (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5546\">#5546</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This week the list of changes is quite long event though a lot of time was spent on the preparation and testing of the recent <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\">WordPress 2.3.2 maintenance release</a>  for which <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/wordpress-232-in-detail/\">you can read a detailed list of the changes here</a> - don&#8217;t forget to upgrade!</p>\n<p>You can read more about the support for theme and plugin developers to help identify what deprecated functions or files they might be using in this post - <a href=\"http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2007/12/28/tracking-deprecated-functions/\">&#8220;Tracking deprecated functions&#8221;</a></p>\n<p>For even more information on some of the other little changes that went in this week you can read the whole <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=12%2F30%2F07&amp;daysback=6&amp;changeset=on\">weekly trac timeline</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=23&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:17:00 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Peter Westwood\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5949:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It has been a busy week again for WordPress 2.4, the changes this week were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvements and refactoring of the WXR importer including supporting zipped xml files (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5522\">#5522</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to allow the salt used by WordPress in password generation and other areas to be overridden using a define (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6478\">[6478]</a>).</li>\n<li>Documentation for <code>author-template.php</code>, <code>bookmark.php</code>, <code>bookmark-template.php</code>, <code>template-loader.php</code>, <code>compat.php</code>, <code>canonical.php</code>, <code>comment-template.php</code> and file level phpdoc for some other files. (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4393\">#4393</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5523\">#5523</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5521\">#5521</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5513\">#5513</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5510\">#5510</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5526\">#5526</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5528\">#5528</a>, and <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5527\">#5527</a> ).</li>\n<li>Improved implementation of the javascript <code>addLoadEvent</code> function to speed up the execution of javascript on admin pages (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6482\">[6482]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>wp-mail.php</code> to escape the error messages when displaying them to avoid a possible XSS attack (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5484\">#5484</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to ensure that the post password is only exposed by the xmlrpc method <code>metaWeblog.getRecentPosts</code> to users with rights to edit a post (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5535\">#5535</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the information exposed the <code>wp.getAuthors</code> xmlrpc method to reduce the information exposed and add a capabilites check (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5534\">#5534</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to xmlrpc methods (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6504\">[6504]</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to APP server (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6508\">[6508]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>validate_file()</code> to improve its traversal attempt detection when running on windows (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6521\">[6521]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the magic number detection for gettext file loading for better support of 64bit systems (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3780\">#3780</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes to the tag extraction code so as to not strip &#8217;s&#8217; from either end (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5539\">#5539</a>).</li>\n<li>Updated javascript libraries -Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0 (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5543\">#5543</a>).</li>\n<li>Introduction of deprecated function and file use tracking functionality to allow for theme and plugin developers to easily identify what is deprecated. (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4361\">#4361</a>).</li>\n<li>Better documentation for <code>the_author()</code> and <code>prep_atom_text_construct()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6515\">[6515]</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6516\">[6516]</a>).</li>\n<li>Final deprecation of <code>comments_rss()</code> and <code>create_user()</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6517\">[6517]</a>).</li>\n<li>A change to avoid variable expansion in the invalid <code>$table_prefix</code> error message (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5546\">#5546</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This week the list of changes is quite long event though a lot of time was spent on the preparation and testing of the recent <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\">WordPress 2.3.2 maintenance release</a>  for which <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/wordpress-232-in-detail/\">you can read a detailed list of the changes here</a> - don&#8217;t forget to upgrade!</p>\n<p>You can read more about the support for theme and plugin developers to help identify what deprecated functions or files they might be using in this post - <a href=\"http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2007/12/28/tracking-deprecated-functions/\">&#8220;Tracking deprecated functions&#8221;</a></p>\n<p>For even more information on some of the other little changes that went in this week you can read the whole <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=12%2F30%2F07&amp;daysback=6&amp;changeset=on\">weekly trac timeline</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/23/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/23/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=23&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:23:\"Matt: Misery, Happiness\";s:4:\"guid\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/01/misery-happiness/\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2008/01/01/misery-happiness/\";s:11:\"description\";s:255:\"<p><a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6711071.stm\">Misery: the secret to happiness</a>. Found via <a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2008/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_3.shtml\">100 things we didn&#8217;t know last year</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:06:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:255:\"<p><a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6711071.stm\">Misery: the secret to happiness</a>. Found via <a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2008/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_3.shtml\">100 things we didn&#8217;t know last year</a>.</p>\";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:46:\"Weblog Tools Collection: SimplePie Almost Dies\";s:4:\"guid\";s:75:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/01/simplepie-almost-dies/\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/01/simplepie-almost-dies/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2555:\"<p><a href=\"http://gsnedders.com/\" title=\"http://gsnedders.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Geoffrey Sneddon</a>, one of the developers behind the popular syndication plugin called SimplePie has announced that he will be discontinuing his role as an active developer. In a blog post published on the official <a href=\"http://simplepie.org/blog/2007/12/28/byepie/\">SimplePie dev blog </a>, Geoffrey explains why it&#8217;s time for him to move on. Schoolwork, lack of available time for the project and what free time he has is spent on the HTML 5 specification and Tolerant HTTP Parsing specification. However, a couple of the modules that deal with the SimplePie API will be maintained.</p>\n<p>Despite Geoffrey leaving his development duties, he has left himself open to take more of a consulting role with the 1.x SP code base.</p>\n<p>The good news? Ryan, the other developer for SimplePie has responded by stating:</p>\n<blockquote><p>1) SimplePie is NOT stopping development. I have big plans for where I want to take SimplePie, and those canâ€™t happen if SimplePie is dead. In posts over the past few months, Iâ€™ve talked about where I want SimplePie to go, and that is still the plan, although it may take a little longer.</p>\n<p>2) Over the past 3.5 years, SimplePie and itâ€™s community have grown larger than Geoffrey and I could properly handle. Itâ€™s certainly larger than I alone can handle. Geoffrey and I will be looking for people in the SimplePie community to get involved with development, support, and other various aspects of the project.</p>\n<p>3) Iâ€™m expecting to release SimplePie 1.1 in a matter of days. We also have a MySQL-capable branch that was likely to be 1.2, and will now definitely be 1.2. SimplePie 1.5/2.0 are no longer on any kind of timeline, as we need to get new people involved and up to speed first before we really plan those releases out.</p>\n<p>As soon Geoffrey and I have time to work out more of the details, weâ€™ll be sure to let you know.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I currently use the <strong><a href=\"http://simplepie.org/wiki/plugins/wordpress/simplepie_plugin_for_wordpress\" title=\"Visit plugin homepage\">SimplePie Plugin for WordPress</a> </strong> which provides WordPress bloggers the ability to syndicate RSS and Atom feeds to your blog. It works wonderfully well and is the plugin that powers my link blog. I really hope development continues for SimplePie as it would be a real downer if the project were to disappear.</p>\n<p>Do you use SimplePie? If so, be sure to let me know your thoughts on the plugin.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:00:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2555:\"<p><a href=\"http://gsnedders.com/\" title=\"http://gsnedders.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Geoffrey Sneddon</a>, one of the developers behind the popular syndication plugin called SimplePie has announced that he will be discontinuing his role as an active developer. In a blog post published on the official <a href=\"http://simplepie.org/blog/2007/12/28/byepie/\">SimplePie dev blog </a>, Geoffrey explains why it&#8217;s time for him to move on. Schoolwork, lack of available time for the project and what free time he has is spent on the HTML 5 specification and Tolerant HTTP Parsing specification. However, a couple of the modules that deal with the SimplePie API will be maintained.</p>\n<p>Despite Geoffrey leaving his development duties, he has left himself open to take more of a consulting role with the 1.x SP code base.</p>\n<p>The good news? Ryan, the other developer for SimplePie has responded by stating:</p>\n<blockquote><p>1) SimplePie is NOT stopping development. I have big plans for where I want to take SimplePie, and those canâ€™t happen if SimplePie is dead. In posts over the past few months, Iâ€™ve talked about where I want SimplePie to go, and that is still the plan, although it may take a little longer.</p>\n<p>2) Over the past 3.5 years, SimplePie and itâ€™s community have grown larger than Geoffrey and I could properly handle. Itâ€™s certainly larger than I alone can handle. Geoffrey and I will be looking for people in the SimplePie community to get involved with development, support, and other various aspects of the project.</p>\n<p>3) Iâ€™m expecting to release SimplePie 1.1 in a matter of days. We also have a MySQL-capable branch that was likely to be 1.2, and will now definitely be 1.2. SimplePie 1.5/2.0 are no longer on any kind of timeline, as we need to get new people involved and up to speed first before we really plan those releases out.</p>\n<p>As soon Geoffrey and I have time to work out more of the details, weâ€™ll be sure to let you know.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I currently use the <strong><a href=\"http://simplepie.org/wiki/plugins/wordpress/simplepie_plugin_for_wordpress\" title=\"Visit plugin homepage\">SimplePie Plugin for WordPress</a> </strong> which provides WordPress bloggers the ability to syndicate RSS and Atom feeds to your blog. It works wonderfully well and is the plugin that powers my link blog. I really hope development continues for SimplePie as it would be a real downer if the project were to disappear.</p>\n<p>Do you use SimplePie? If so, be sure to let me know your thoughts on the plugin.</p>\";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Matt: Hoosgot Lazyweb 2.0\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/31/hoosgot-lazyweb-20/\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/31/hoosgot-lazyweb-20/\";s:11:\"description\";s:136:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/2007/12/announcing_hoos.html\">Hoosgot: Resurrecting the Lazyweb</a>. <em>Cool!</em></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:11:07 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:136:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/2007/12/announcing_hoos.html\">Hoosgot: Resurrecting the Lazyweb</a>. <em>Cool!</em></p>\";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:29:\"Gravatar: Gravatars on Rails!\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/31/gravatars-on-rails/\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/31/gravatars-on-rails/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1729:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Mike wrote in with a link to one of his blog posts describing <a href=\"http://overhrd.com/?p=28\">how he integrated gravatars into one of his Ruby on Rails projects</a>.  As always we appreciate the community coming together to fill in the gaps, and help each other.  The blogging community can sometimes be a truly inspiring example of generosity and thoughtfulness!  Thanks Mike!</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=40&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:21:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"apokalyptik\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1729:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Mike wrote in with a link to one of his blog posts describing <a href=\"http://overhrd.com/?p=28\">how he integrated gravatars into one of his Ruby on Rails projects</a>.  As always we appreciate the community coming together to fill in the gaps, and help each other.  The blogging community can sometimes be a truly inspiring example of generosity and thoughtfulness!  Thanks Mike!</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/40/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=40&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:84:\"Lorelle on WP: Adding Avatars and Gravatars to Your WordPress and WordPress.com Blog\";s:4:\"guid\";s:109:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/adding-avatars-and-gravatars-to-your-wordpress-and-wordpresscom-blog/\";s:4:\"link\";s:109:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/adding-avatars-and-gravatars-to-your-wordpress-and-wordpresscom-blog/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4502:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Avatars, or the well known <a href=\"http://gravatar.com/\" title=\"Gravatar\">Gravatars</a>, are tiny images, often called your <em>online identity</em>, picture, badge, logo, or graphic image which represent you and/or your blog. Some use photographs of their face or body, or a body part like an eye, nose, or hand. Others use pictures of animals, flowers, scenics, or graphic images. Many professional bloggers use their logo.</p>\n<p>Many people like to see these graphic representatives of their blog next to their comments, or now, with the new <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/12/21/avatars-in-dashboard/\" title=\"Avatars in Dashboard\">addition of avatars and Gravatars to WordPress.com</a>, in their WordPress Administration Dashboard listing of the top posts, My Comments comment follow panel, and on the Comments Panel, as well as within the comments of many WordPress Themes.</p>\n<h3>Adding Gravatars to WordPress and WordPress.com Blogs</h3>\n<p>When <a href=\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/\" title=\"Automattic Gravatar\">Automattic bought Gravatar</a>, they updated the infrastructure to speed things up and updated the <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/site/implement#section_2_2\" title=\"Gravatar already provides a simple WordPress plugin\">Gravatar WordPress Plugin</a>. </p>\n<p>Then <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/12/06/gravatars-everywhere/\" title=\"Gravatars Everywhere\">Gravatars support was enabled for all WordPress.com users</a>. Those with a Gravatar attached to their email will see their Gravatar image appearing on all WordPress.com blogs, as soon as they finish enabling all WordPress.com Themes.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/avatarwordpresscom.png\" alt=\"WordPress.com User, Your Profile Panel Avatar upload\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\" title=\"WordPress.com\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress.com</a> bloggers can add an avatar image to their blog by going to the <strong>Users &gt; Your Profile</strong> panel. In a box currently on the left side is where to upload your image. The image should be <em>no bigger than 128 pixels</em>, though 80 pixels square is the standard. The image must withstand &#8220;shrinkage&#8221; down to 16 pixels, the size that appears on the Administration Panels Dashboard. </p>\n<p>If you would like to add Gravatars to your blog, begin by registering a Gravatar image on the <a href=\"http://gravatar.com/\" title=\"Gravatar\">Gravatars</a> site by <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/signup\" title=\"Signup\">signing up</a> and submitting an image. Then follow the <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/site/implement\" title=\"Gravatar Implementation Documentation\">user&#8217;s guide</a> which includes how to enable Gravatars on your blogging platform or program.<br />\n <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/adding-avatars-and-gravatars-to-your-wordpress-and-wordpresscom-blog/#more-2263\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)</a></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2263&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:27:36 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4502:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Avatars, or the well known <a href=\"http://gravatar.com/\" title=\"Gravatar\">Gravatars</a>, are tiny images, often called your <em>online identity</em>, picture, badge, logo, or graphic image which represent you and/or your blog. Some use photographs of their face or body, or a body part like an eye, nose, or hand. Others use pictures of animals, flowers, scenics, or graphic images. Many professional bloggers use their logo.</p>\n<p>Many people like to see these graphic representatives of their blog next to their comments, or now, with the new <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/12/21/avatars-in-dashboard/\" title=\"Avatars in Dashboard\">addition of avatars and Gravatars to WordPress.com</a>, in their WordPress Administration Dashboard listing of the top posts, My Comments comment follow panel, and on the Comments Panel, as well as within the comments of many WordPress Themes.</p>\n<h3>Adding Gravatars to WordPress and WordPress.com Blogs</h3>\n<p>When <a href=\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/\" title=\"Automattic Gravatar\">Automattic bought Gravatar</a>, they updated the infrastructure to speed things up and updated the <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/site/implement#section_2_2\" title=\"Gravatar already provides a simple WordPress plugin\">Gravatar WordPress Plugin</a>. </p>\n<p>Then <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/12/06/gravatars-everywhere/\" title=\"Gravatars Everywhere\">Gravatars support was enabled for all WordPress.com users</a>. Those with a Gravatar attached to their email will see their Gravatar image appearing on all WordPress.com blogs, as soon as they finish enabling all WordPress.com Themes.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/avatarwordpresscom.png\" alt=\"WordPress.com User, Your Profile Panel Avatar upload\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\" title=\"WordPress.com\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress.com</a> bloggers can add an avatar image to their blog by going to the <strong>Users &gt; Your Profile</strong> panel. In a box currently on the left side is where to upload your image. The image should be <em>no bigger than 128 pixels</em>, though 80 pixels square is the standard. The image must withstand &#8220;shrinkage&#8221; down to 16 pixels, the size that appears on the Administration Panels Dashboard. </p>\n<p>If you would like to add Gravatars to your blog, begin by registering a Gravatar image on the <a href=\"http://gravatar.com/\" title=\"Gravatar\">Gravatars</a> site by <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/signup\" title=\"Signup\">signing up</a> and submitting an image. Then follow the <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/site/implement\" title=\"Gravatar Implementation Documentation\">user&#8217;s guide</a> which includes how to enable Gravatars on your blogging platform or program.<br />\n <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/adding-avatars-and-gravatars-to-your-wordpress-and-wordpresscom-blog/#more-2263\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)</a></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2263/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2263&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:57:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Install WordPress Locally 1 Of 2\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5631:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/wampserverlogo.png\" alt=\"Wamp Server Logo\" /></p>\n<p>Welcome to part one of a two part series of articles that will guide you through the process of installing a fresh copy of WordPress or your public WordPress blog to your local machine. The first part of this series will guide you through the installation and configuration of a piece of software called WampServer. Why would you want to do this you ask? Having your WordPress blog installed on your local machine not only acts as a backup, but it gives you the option of really digging into the inner workings of your blog without having to worry about it breaking and therefor, rendering the thing useless to the public. Not only that, but it&#8217;s much faster to play with things on your local machine than it is with a LIVE site on the internet.</p>\n<p>For this article, I am using <strong>Windows XP Service Pack 2 </strong>and something called <strong>WampServer</strong>. WampServer is a piece of software that installs everything you need to turn your PC into a webserver. This includes <strong>Apache, MySQL, PHP, SQLitemanager and PHPMyAdmin.</strong> Before we get started, head on over to the official <a href=\"http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php\" title=\"http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php\" target=\"_blank\">WampServer download</a> page and grab a copy of WampServer 2.</p>\n<h2>WampServer Installation:</h2>\n<p>The installation process is pretty simple. After accepting the license agreement and specifying where the WampServer files will be installed to, the installation file will be unpacked, doing all of the heavy work for you. Using a software application such as WampServer to install all of your webserver needs for you automatically, is the easiest way to turn your machine, into a web server. Once the installation is finished, you&#8217;ll be prompted to locate your default browser executable file. In my case, I had to direct the install to my FireFox executable file which is usually within the Mozilla folder.</p>\n<p>One of the first things you&#8217;ll have to configure is the PHP mail parameters. For <strong>SMTP</strong>, the default value of localhost is correct. As for the email address, you can choose to type one in, or not. This can always be changed later. Once this setting is configured, you&#8217;ll be greeted with a confirmation box that tells you the installation of WampServer has been completed. Leave the option &#8220;<strong>Launch WampServer 2 now</strong>&#8221; check marked and click the finish button.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/installcomplete.png\" alt=\"Installation Is Completed\" /></p>\n<h2>Configuring WampServer Files:</h2>\n<p>One important piece of information I have to mention. The webserver acts on port 80 which is the port responsible for HTTP traffic. If you are running Skype with it&#8217;s default configuration, you&#8217;ll notice that your Webserver is offline once you start the program. This is because by default, Skype uses port <strong>80 and 443</strong> for incoming connections. You can either change the port that Skype uses or you can close, then re open Skype after your Webserver is online, forcing Skype to use a different port. In essence, make sure port 80 is clear before you launch WampServer or else the Apache web service will not run.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also been informed by <strong>ayusli</strong> that will you also need to disable IIS if that is running on your system. If you don&#8217;t, you may not be able to access localhost.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/phpinifile.png\" alt=\"Accessing PHP.ini\" /></p>\n<p>Once your WampServer is online, you&#8217;ll need to edit a few files to change the configuration to allow for larger databases to be imported. These changes will take place within the PHP.ini file. The PHP.ini file is a text file that contains the configuration for the PHP programming language. The first thing you&#8217;ll need to change is the <strong>upload_max_filesize </strong>attribute. By default, this is set to 2Megabytes. This is too small of a value, so increase this to 50 or 100megs. It doesn&#8217;t need to have a specific value so long as it is larger than the size of the database file you will be importing later on in this guide. The other setting you&#8217;ll need to change is <strong>post_max_size</strong>. By default this is set to 8Megabytes. Change this to the same value as the upload_max_filesize limit. After you make this change, left click on the WampServer icon and restart all of the services. This will ensure the changes you made to the php.ini file take effect.</p>\n<h2>End Of Part 1:</h2>\n<p>If you plan on doing a fresh install of WordPress, you won&#8217;t have to worry about making any changes to the PHP.ini file after you install WampServer. However, if you plan on taking a copy of your public blog and transferring it to your local machine, the changes described above need to happen or else you will likely run into problems such as your database file being too large to import.</p>\n<p>Part 2 of this series will go into details on how to install a fresh copy of WordPress as well as how to transfer your existing WordPress blog on the internet onto your local machine. It&#8217;s not as easy as transferring the database and then extracting a backup of files into a folder. There are a few more required tricks that need to be performed before a public blog can be successfully transferred. Look for these tips in part two which should be published in the next few days.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:15:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5631:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/wampserverlogo.png\" alt=\"Wamp Server Logo\" /></p>\n<p>Welcome to part one of a two part series of articles that will guide you through the process of installing a fresh copy of WordPress or your public WordPress blog to your local machine. The first part of this series will guide you through the installation and configuration of a piece of software called WampServer. Why would you want to do this you ask? Having your WordPress blog installed on your local machine not only acts as a backup, but it gives you the option of really digging into the inner workings of your blog without having to worry about it breaking and therefor, rendering the thing useless to the public. Not only that, but it&#8217;s much faster to play with things on your local machine than it is with a LIVE site on the internet.</p>\n<p>For this article, I am using <strong>Windows XP Service Pack 2 </strong>and something called <strong>WampServer</strong>. WampServer is a piece of software that installs everything you need to turn your PC into a webserver. This includes <strong>Apache, MySQL, PHP, SQLitemanager and PHPMyAdmin.</strong> Before we get started, head on over to the official <a href=\"http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php\" title=\"http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php\" target=\"_blank\">WampServer download</a> page and grab a copy of WampServer 2.</p>\n<h2>WampServer Installation:</h2>\n<p>The installation process is pretty simple. After accepting the license agreement and specifying where the WampServer files will be installed to, the installation file will be unpacked, doing all of the heavy work for you. Using a software application such as WampServer to install all of your webserver needs for you automatically, is the easiest way to turn your machine, into a web server. Once the installation is finished, you&#8217;ll be prompted to locate your default browser executable file. In my case, I had to direct the install to my FireFox executable file which is usually within the Mozilla folder.</p>\n<p>One of the first things you&#8217;ll have to configure is the PHP mail parameters. For <strong>SMTP</strong>, the default value of localhost is correct. As for the email address, you can choose to type one in, or not. This can always be changed later. Once this setting is configured, you&#8217;ll be greeted with a confirmation box that tells you the installation of WampServer has been completed. Leave the option &#8220;<strong>Launch WampServer 2 now</strong>&#8221; check marked and click the finish button.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/installcomplete.png\" alt=\"Installation Is Completed\" /></p>\n<h2>Configuring WampServer Files:</h2>\n<p>One important piece of information I have to mention. The webserver acts on port 80 which is the port responsible for HTTP traffic. If you are running Skype with it&#8217;s default configuration, you&#8217;ll notice that your Webserver is offline once you start the program. This is because by default, Skype uses port <strong>80 and 443</strong> for incoming connections. You can either change the port that Skype uses or you can close, then re open Skype after your Webserver is online, forcing Skype to use a different port. In essence, make sure port 80 is clear before you launch WampServer or else the Apache web service will not run.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also been informed by <strong>ayusli</strong> that will you also need to disable IIS if that is running on your system. If you don&#8217;t, you may not be able to access localhost.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/phpinifile.png\" alt=\"Accessing PHP.ini\" /></p>\n<p>Once your WampServer is online, you&#8217;ll need to edit a few files to change the configuration to allow for larger databases to be imported. These changes will take place within the PHP.ini file. The PHP.ini file is a text file that contains the configuration for the PHP programming language. The first thing you&#8217;ll need to change is the <strong>upload_max_filesize </strong>attribute. By default, this is set to 2Megabytes. This is too small of a value, so increase this to 50 or 100megs. It doesn&#8217;t need to have a specific value so long as it is larger than the size of the database file you will be importing later on in this guide. The other setting you&#8217;ll need to change is <strong>post_max_size</strong>. By default this is set to 8Megabytes. Change this to the same value as the upload_max_filesize limit. After you make this change, left click on the WampServer icon and restart all of the services. This will ensure the changes you made to the php.ini file take effect.</p>\n<h2>End Of Part 1:</h2>\n<p>If you plan on doing a fresh install of WordPress, you won&#8217;t have to worry about making any changes to the PHP.ini file after you install WampServer. However, if you plan on taking a copy of your public blog and transferring it to your local machine, the changes described above need to happen or else you will likely run into problems such as your database file being too large to import.</p>\n<p>Part 2 of this series will go into details on how to install a fresh copy of WordPress as well as how to transfer your existing WordPress blog on the internet onto your local machine. It&#8217;s not as easy as transferring the database and then extracting a backup of files into a folder. There are a few more required tricks that need to be performed before a public blog can be successfully transferred. Look for these tips in part two which should be published in the next few days.</p>\";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:12:\"Matt: Notcot\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/30/notcot/\";s:4:\"link\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/30/notcot/\";s:11:\"description\";s:185:\"<p>The Notcot group of sites, like <a href=\"http://www.notcot.org/\">NOTCOT.ORG</a>, display information in an interesting way. Very compelling and well done. Not new, but new to me.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:22:31 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:185:\"<p>The Notcot group of sites, like <a href=\"http://www.notcot.org/\">NOTCOT.ORG</a>, display information in an interesting way. Very compelling and well done. Not new, but new to me.</p>\";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:41:\"Peter Westwood: WordPress 2.3.2 in detail\";s:4:\"guid\";s:62:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/wordpress-232-in-detail/\";s:4:\"link\";s:62:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/wordpress-232-in-detail/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3960:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\">WordPress 2.3.2 has been released</a> and includes a number of changes including one security fix, here is a list of most of the changes in detail:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Performance improvements for post sanitization when raw content is required (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5325\">#5325</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>is_admin()</code> to ensure that it is only true for admin pages thereby protecting against exposing draft posts. (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\">#5487</a>).</li>\n<li>Suppression of database errors unless <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/wordpress-weekly-digest-24th-september-to-30th-september-2007/\">WP_DEBUG</a> is true (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">#5473</a>).</li>\n<li>Check for valid database connection information during install and display and error if the install fails due to database rights (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5495\">#5495</a>).</li>\n<li>Support for a custom database down page to be displayed on database connection errors (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5500\">#5500</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to make sure we are more selective in what we make clickable, this introduces different rules for different uri types (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6450\">[6450]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>wp-mail.php</code> to escape the error messages when displaying them to avoid a possible XSS attack (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5484\">#5484</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to ensure that the post password is only exposed by the xmlrpc method <code>metaWeblog.getRecentPosts</code> to users with rights to edit a post (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5535\">#5535</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the information exposed the <code>wp.getAuthors</code> xmlrpc method to reduce the information exposed and add a capabilites check (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5534\">#5534</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to xmlrpc methods (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6504\">[6504]</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to APP server (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6508\">[6508]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>validate_file()</code> to improve its traversal attempt detection when running on windows (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6521\">[6521]</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For a complete list of all the changes you can read this section of the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/2.3?action=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=6527&amp;stop_rev=6322&amp;mode=stop_on_copy\">branches/2.3 log</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=22&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:09:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Peter Westwood\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3960:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\">WordPress 2.3.2 has been released</a> and includes a number of changes including one security fix, here is a list of most of the changes in detail:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Performance improvements for post sanitization when raw content is required (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5325\">#5325</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>is_admin()</code> to ensure that it is only true for admin pages thereby protecting against exposing draft posts. (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\">#5487</a>).</li>\n<li>Suppression of database errors unless <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/wordpress-weekly-digest-24th-september-to-30th-september-2007/\">WP_DEBUG</a> is true (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">#5473</a>).</li>\n<li>Check for valid database connection information during install and display and error if the install fails due to database rights (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5495\">#5495</a>).</li>\n<li>Support for a custom database down page to be displayed on database connection errors (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5500\">#5500</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to make sure we are more selective in what we make clickable, this introduces different rules for different uri types (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6450\">[6450]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>wp-mail.php</code> to escape the error messages when displaying them to avoid a possible XSS attack (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5484\">#5484</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to ensure that the post password is only exposed by the xmlrpc method <code>metaWeblog.getRecentPosts</code> to users with rights to edit a post (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5535\">#5535</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the information exposed the <code>wp.getAuthors</code> xmlrpc method to reduce the information exposed and add a capabilites check (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5534\">#5534</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to xmlrpc methods (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6504\">[6504]</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of extra capabilites checks to APP server (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6508\">[6508]</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>validate_file()</code> to improve its traversal attempt detection when running on windows (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6521\">[6521]</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For a complete list of all the changes you can read this section of the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/2.3?action=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=6527&amp;stop_rev=6322&amp;mode=stop_on_copy\">branches/2.3 log</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/22/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/22/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=22&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Matt: Airport Security Follies\";s:4:\"guid\";s:57:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/29/airport-security-follies/\";s:4:\"link\";s:57:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/29/airport-security-follies/\";s:11:\"description\";s:308:\"<p><a href=\"http://jetlagged.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/the-airport-security-follies/index.html\">The Airport Security Follies</a>. &#8220;And rather than rethink our policies, the best weâ€™ve come up with is a way to skirt them â€” for a fee, naturally â€” via schemes like Registered Traveler.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:09:08 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:308:\"<p><a href=\"http://jetlagged.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/the-airport-security-follies/index.html\">The Airport Security Follies</a>. &#8220;And rather than rethink our policies, the best weâ€™ve come up with is a way to skirt them â€” for a fee, naturally â€” via schemes like Registered Traveler.&#8221;</p>\";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Dev Blog: WordPress 2.3.2\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1242:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\">expose your draft posts</a>.  2.3.2 also <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">suppresses some error messages</a> that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">Get 2.3.2 now</a> to protect your blog from these disclosures.</p>\n<p>As a little bonus,  2.3.2 allows you to define a custom DB error page. Place your custom template at wp-content/db-error.php.   If WP has a problem connecting to your database, this page will displayed rather than the default error message.</p>\n<p>For more detail on what&#8217;s new in 2.3.2, view the list of <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.2&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">fixed bugs</a> and see the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.3.1&amp;old=6528&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.3.2&amp;new=6528\">changes</a> between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2.</p>\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"http://www.buayacorp.com/\">Alex Concha</a> for his help on this release.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:44:09 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1242:\"<p>WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487\">expose your draft posts</a>.  2.3.2 also <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">suppresses some error messages</a> that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/\">Get 2.3.2 now</a> to protect your blog from these disclosures.</p>\n<p>As a little bonus,  2.3.2 allows you to define a custom DB error page. Place your custom template at wp-content/db-error.php.   If WP has a problem connecting to your database, this page will displayed rather than the default error message.</p>\n<p>For more detail on what&#8217;s new in 2.3.2, view the list of <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.3.2&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">fixed bugs</a> and see the <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.3.1&amp;old=6528&amp;new_path=tags%2F2.3.2&amp;new=6528\">changes</a> between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2.</p>\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"http://www.buayacorp.com/\">Alex Concha</a> for his help on this release.</p>\";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:24:\"Matt: Kindle Easter Eggs\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/29/kindle-easter-eggs/\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/29/kindle-easter-eggs/\";s:11:\"description\";s:231:\"<p><a href=\"http://interface.puhala.com/2007/12/28/kindle-easter-eggs-we-have-gps/\">Kindle Easter Eggs: We have GPS</a>. (Sort of.) I&#8217;ve been using my Kindle heavily for a few weeks now and have a mini-review forthcoming.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:47:58 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:231:\"<p><a href=\"http://interface.puhala.com/2007/12/28/kindle-easter-eggs-we-have-gps/\">Kindle Easter Eggs: We have GPS</a>. (Sort of.) I&#8217;ve been using my Kindle heavily for a few weeks now and have a mini-review forthcoming.</p>\";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:37:\"Dev Blog: Stay Warm, WordPress Hoodie\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-hoodie/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-hoodie/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1058:\"<p>A least for those of your in the Northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s been a little chilly recently. If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;WordPress keeps my servers running hot, couldn&#8217;t it warm me too?&#8221;</p>\n<p>Yes, it can.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\"><img src=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/images/sku/WP5495NVY/WP5495NVY-A3.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress Hoodies\" /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\">You can now buy hip WordPress hoodies in our store</a> so when you&#8217;re not blogging you can loiter around the neighborhood like the people in the picture above. As before, we ship locally and internationally.</p>\n<p>If you find you&#8217;re still in the Open Source Hoodie mood afterward, you can <a href=\"http://store.mozilla.org/product.php?code=MZ14015&#038;catid=11\">check out this cool Firefox one from our friends at Mozilla</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Hint:</strong> Buy the hoodie a size larger than you normally would, they run small. They&#8217;ll begin processing the orders on January 2<sup>nd</sup>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:39:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1058:\"<p>A least for those of your in the Northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s been a little chilly recently. If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;WordPress keeps my servers running hot, couldn&#8217;t it warm me too?&#8221;</p>\n<p>Yes, it can.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\"><img src=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/images/sku/WP5495NVY/WP5495NVY-A3.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress Hoodies\" /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://shop.wordpress.net/\">You can now buy hip WordPress hoodies in our store</a> so when you&#8217;re not blogging you can loiter around the neighborhood like the people in the picture above. As before, we ship locally and internationally.</p>\n<p>If you find you&#8217;re still in the Open Source Hoodie mood afterward, you can <a href=\"http://store.mozilla.org/product.php?code=MZ14015&#038;catid=11\">check out this cool Firefox one from our friends at Mozilla</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Hint:</strong> Buy the hoodie a size larger than you normally would, they run small. They&#8217;ll begin processing the orders on January 2<sup>nd</sup>.</p>\";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"Weblog Tools Collection: 9 WordPress Admin Themes\";s:4:\"guid\";s:78:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/28/9-wordpress-admin-themes/\";s:4:\"link\";s:78:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/28/9-wordpress-admin-themes/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1548:\"<p><a href=\"http://welovewp.com/blog/wordpress-admin-themes/\">9 WordPress admin themes</a>: There aren&#8217;t a lot of developers and designers working on admin themes for WordPress and I was really pleasantly surprised to find this list on welovewp.com. This posts lists nine themes for the administration back end of WordPress. Some of them I had seen before such as Tiger and Spotmilk, but there were a few that were new to me. Josh (I am assuming that Josh wrote the above post, this is why an about page is so important and posts should list authors) has included thumbnails and small reviews for each of them.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://orderedlist.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-tiger-administration/\">WP Tiger</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://ceprix.net/projects/spotmilk/\">Spotmilk</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://jsbox.net/283\">JS Spotmilk</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sevban.com/wordpress/planet-x7-wordpress-admin-theme/#english\">Planet X7</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://aenonfiredesign.com/blog/afd-wordpress2-admin-theme\">afd WordPress2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/niceadmin/\">WordPress NiceAdmin</a></li>\n<li>WordTunes2</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.brokenkode.com/shuttle\">Shuttle</a></li>\n<li>Digg</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://barunsingh.com/software/wp-barunio-administration/\">Barunio</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, two of the admin themes, Digg and WordTunes2 are MIA but I did manage to dig up one more that should be mentioned. If I missed a couple, please leave a comment and I will add it to the list.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:00:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1548:\"<p><a href=\"http://welovewp.com/blog/wordpress-admin-themes/\">9 WordPress admin themes</a>: There aren&#8217;t a lot of developers and designers working on admin themes for WordPress and I was really pleasantly surprised to find this list on welovewp.com. This posts lists nine themes for the administration back end of WordPress. Some of them I had seen before such as Tiger and Spotmilk, but there were a few that were new to me. Josh (I am assuming that Josh wrote the above post, this is why an about page is so important and posts should list authors) has included thumbnails and small reviews for each of them.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://orderedlist.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-tiger-administration/\">WP Tiger</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://ceprix.net/projects/spotmilk/\">Spotmilk</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://jsbox.net/283\">JS Spotmilk</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sevban.com/wordpress/planet-x7-wordpress-admin-theme/#english\">Planet X7</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://aenonfiredesign.com/blog/afd-wordpress2-admin-theme\">afd WordPress2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/niceadmin/\">WordPress NiceAdmin</a></li>\n<li>WordTunes2</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.brokenkode.com/shuttle\">Shuttle</a></li>\n<li>Digg</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://barunsingh.com/software/wp-barunio-administration/\">Barunio</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, two of the admin themes, Digg and WordTunes2 are MIA but I did manage to dig up one more that should be mentioned. If I missed a couple, please leave a comment and I will add it to the list.</p>\";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:39:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Howdy Stranger\";s:4:\"guid\";s:68:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/28/howdy-stranger/\";s:4:\"link\";s:68:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/28/howdy-stranger/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1890:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/howdy.png\" alt=\"Just Saying Howdy\" /></p>\n<p>It seems as though the word Howdy, is not liked by many people in many places. I&#8217;ve been monitoring an ongoing discussion taking place in the WordPress hackers mailing-list about the subject of the word Howdy being used in all instances of WordPress, despite the locality of the end user. The discussions have ranged from &#8220;Not everyone greets each other by saying Howdy&#8221; to &#8220;Whats the big deal about the word Howdy anyways, it&#8217;s not like it breaks WordPress&#8221;. The good news is, because WordPress is open source, there is generally someone out there who has the skill and know how to put together a solution for even the most mundane problems.</p>\n<p>This brings me to the &#8220;<a href=\"http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/no-howdy-a-plugin-for-wordpress/\" title=\"No Howdy\" target=\"_blank\">No Howdy Plugin</a>&#8221; created by <a href=\"http://planetozh.com/blog/\" title=\"Ozh\" target=\"_blank\">Ozh</a>. No Howdy provides you with the opportunity to change the text in that area of the WordPress administration panel, or you can completely remove the text from appearing in the first place.</p>\n<p>To use this plugin, copy the text from the link above and paste it into Notepad or your favorite code editor such as Dreamweaver. Save the file as <strong>no_howdy_plugin.php </strong>and then upload the file to your plugins directory. Activate the plugin from within your administration panel and you&#8217;re all set. In order to customize the plugin, edit the plugin file by changing the word <strong>(Bonjour)</strong> to the text that you would like to have displayed.</p>\n<p><strong>Addendum from Ozh</strong>: the word &#8220;howdy&#8221; <em>is</em> localized, so for instance in the fr_FR translation it becomes &#8220;Bienvenue&#8221;.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:15:06 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1890:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/howdy.png\" alt=\"Just Saying Howdy\" /></p>\n<p>It seems as though the word Howdy, is not liked by many people in many places. I&#8217;ve been monitoring an ongoing discussion taking place in the WordPress hackers mailing-list about the subject of the word Howdy being used in all instances of WordPress, despite the locality of the end user. The discussions have ranged from &#8220;Not everyone greets each other by saying Howdy&#8221; to &#8220;Whats the big deal about the word Howdy anyways, it&#8217;s not like it breaks WordPress&#8221;. The good news is, because WordPress is open source, there is generally someone out there who has the skill and know how to put together a solution for even the most mundane problems.</p>\n<p>This brings me to the &#8220;<a href=\"http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/no-howdy-a-plugin-for-wordpress/\" title=\"No Howdy\" target=\"_blank\">No Howdy Plugin</a>&#8221; created by <a href=\"http://planetozh.com/blog/\" title=\"Ozh\" target=\"_blank\">Ozh</a>. No Howdy provides you with the opportunity to change the text in that area of the WordPress administration panel, or you can completely remove the text from appearing in the first place.</p>\n<p>To use this plugin, copy the text from the link above and paste it into Notepad or your favorite code editor such as Dreamweaver. Save the file as <strong>no_howdy_plugin.php </strong>and then upload the file to your plugins directory. Activate the plugin from within your administration panel and you&#8217;re all set. In order to customize the plugin, edit the plugin file by changing the word <strong>(Bonjour)</strong> to the text that you would like to have displayed.</p>\n<p><strong>Addendum from Ozh</strong>: the word &#8220;howdy&#8221; <em>is</em> localized, so for instance in the fr_FR translation it becomes &#8220;Bienvenue&#8221;.</p>\";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:29:\"Matt: Feeds in Search Results\";s:4:\"guid\";s:56:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/27/feeds-in-search-results/\";s:4:\"link\";s:56:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/27/feeds-in-search-results/\";s:11:\"description\";s:492:\"<p>WordPress produces a bajillion different feeds for every post, category, search, basically anything you can imagine. For a long time now some of these have shown up in search results next to regular pages, which I imagine was very confusing for people clicking from a search result to a bunch of XML. No longer! From the Webmaster blog: <a href=\"http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/taking-feeds-out-of-our-web-search.html\">Taking feeds out of our web search results</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:17:23 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:492:\"<p>WordPress produces a bajillion different feeds for every post, category, search, basically anything you can imagine. For a long time now some of these have shown up in search results next to regular pages, which I imagine was very confusing for people clicking from a search result to a bunch of XML. No longer! From the Webmaster blog: <a href=\"http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/taking-feeds-out-of-our-web-search.html\">Taking feeds out of our web search results</a>.</p>\";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:64:\"Gravatar: Your gravatar: itâ€™s not just for web pages any more!\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/27/your-gravatar-its-not-just-for-web-pages-any-more/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/27/your-gravatar-its-not-just-for-web-pages-any-more/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1979:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://5xm.org/avatars\">Simon Menke wrote a Mac OSX 10.5 plugin for the address book</a> which brings gravatars off the web site and into your contacts.  Simon intuitively grasped something that we were planning on highlighting after doing some more work with the gravatar site and processes: gravatars are something that can be used almost anywhere.  Sure the most common place you&#8217;ll see them now is on blog comments, but the sky truly is the limit.  Way to go Simon!</p>\n<div><a href=\"http://5xm.org/avatars\"><img src=\"http://gravatar.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/address_book.jpg\" alt=\"address_book.jpg\" /></a></div>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=39&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:54:08 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"apokalyptik\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1979:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://5xm.org/avatars\">Simon Menke wrote a Mac OSX 10.5 plugin for the address book</a> which brings gravatars off the web site and into your contacts.  Simon intuitively grasped something that we were planning on highlighting after doing some more work with the gravatar site and processes: gravatars are something that can be used almost anywhere.  Sure the most common place you&#8217;ll see them now is on blog comments, but the sky truly is the limit.  Way to go Simon!</p>\n<div><a href=\"http://5xm.org/avatars\"><img src=\"http://gravatar.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/address_book.jpg\" alt=\"address_book.jpg\" /></a></div>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/39/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=39&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Matt: Infinitely Extensible\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/27/infinitely-extensible/\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/27/infinitely-extensible/\";s:11:\"description\";s:232:\"<p><a href=\"http://tekartist.org/blog/2007/12/27/wordpress-is-infinitely-extensible/\">WordPress is Infinitely Extensible</a>. &#8220;And thatâ€™s coming from a guy whoâ€™s usually happy to start his projects from scratch.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:28:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:232:\"<p><a href=\"http://tekartist.org/blog/2007/12/27/wordpress-is-infinitely-extensible/\">WordPress is Infinitely Extensible</a>. &#8220;And thatâ€™s coming from a guy whoâ€™s usually happy to start his projects from scratch.&#8221;</p>\";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:42:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Seasons Greetings\";s:4:\"guid\";s:71:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/26/seasons-greetings/\";s:4:\"link\";s:71:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/26/seasons-greetings/\";s:11:\"description\";s:257:\"<p>A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! We hope everyone had a safe and fun time with family and friends.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/va0120135.jpg\" title=\"Seasons Greetings\" alt=\"Seasons Greetings\" /></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:45:06 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:257:\"<p>A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! We hope everyone had a safe and fun time with family and friends.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2007/12/va0120135.jpg\" title=\"Seasons Greetings\" alt=\"Seasons Greetings\" /></p>\";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:19:\"Matt: Google Enigma\";s:4:\"guid\";s:46:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/25/google-enigma/\";s:4:\"link\";s:46:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/25/google-enigma/\";s:11:\"description\";s:116:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.strategy-business.com/press/freearticle/07404?pg=all\">The Google Enigma</a> by Nick Carr.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:53:34 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:116:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.strategy-business.com/press/freearticle/07404?pg=all\">The Google Enigma</a> by Nick Carr.</p>\";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:26:\"Gravatar: Peak Performance\";s:4:\"guid\";s:53:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/25/peak-performance/\";s:4:\"link\";s:53:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/25/peak-performance/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2803:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Every year the folks at <a href=\"http://24ways.org/\">24 Ways do an advent calendar of web awesomeness</a>, with great articles that basically cover the state of the art for developing on the web in that year.</p>\n<p>I was delighted to see in their final article this year called <a href=\"http://24ways.org/2007/performance-on-a-shoe-string\">Performance on a Shoe String</a> they mention Gravatar:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Youâ€™ll have noticed the pattern by now â€“ get rid of as much traffic as possible. When an article has a lot of comments and each of those comments has an avatar along with it, a great many requests are needed to fetch each of those images. In 2006 we started using <a href=\"http://gravatar.com/\">Gravatar</a> for avatars, but their servers were slow and were holding up page loads. To get around this we started caching the images on our server, but along with that came the burden of furnishing all the image requests.</p>\n<p>Earlier this year Gravatar changed hands and is now run by the same team behind <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a>. Those guys clearly know what theyâ€™re doing when it comes to high performance, so this year we went back to serving avatars directly from them.</p>\n<p>If your site uses avatars, it really makes sense to use a service like Gravatar where your users probably already have an account, and where the image requests are going to be dealt with for you.</p></blockquote>\n<p>W00t!</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=38&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:15:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Matt Mullenweg\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2803:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Every year the folks at <a href=\"http://24ways.org/\">24 Ways do an advent calendar of web awesomeness</a>, with great articles that basically cover the state of the art for developing on the web in that year.</p>\n<p>I was delighted to see in their final article this year called <a href=\"http://24ways.org/2007/performance-on-a-shoe-string\">Performance on a Shoe String</a> they mention Gravatar:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Youâ€™ll have noticed the pattern by now â€“ get rid of as much traffic as possible. When an article has a lot of comments and each of those comments has an avatar along with it, a great many requests are needed to fetch each of those images. In 2006 we started using <a href=\"http://gravatar.com/\">Gravatar</a> for avatars, but their servers were slow and were holding up page loads. To get around this we started caching the images on our server, but along with that came the burden of furnishing all the image requests.</p>\n<p>Earlier this year Gravatar changed hands and is now run by the same team behind <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a>. Those guys clearly know what theyâ€™re doing when it comes to high performance, so this year we went back to serving avatars directly from them.</p>\n<p>If your site uses avatars, it really makes sense to use a service like Gravatar where your users probably already have an account, and where the image requests are going to be dealt with for you.</p></blockquote>\n<p>W00t!</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/38/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=38&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Matt: Giving Away Your Code\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/24/giving-away-your-code/\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/24/giving-away-your-code/\";s:11:\"description\";s:144:\"<p><a href=\"http://ifacethoughts.net/2007/12/01/why-giving-away-your-code-is-not-dangerous/\">Why Giving Away Your Code Is Not Dangerous</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:00:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:144:\"<p><a href=\"http://ifacethoughts.net/2007/12/01/why-giving-away-your-code-is-not-dangerous/\">Why Giving Away Your Code Is Not Dangerous</a>.</p>\";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Matt: May I ask for your vote?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:56:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/24/may-i-ask-for-your-vote/\";s:4:\"link\";s:56:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/24/may-i-ask-for-your-vote/\";s:11:\"description\";s:120:\"<p>Toni says: <a href=\"http://toni.schneidersf.com/2007/12/22/may-i-ask-for-your-vote/\">May I ask for your vote?</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:33:17 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:120:\"<p>Toni says: <a href=\"http://toni.schneidersf.com/2007/12/22/may-i-ask-for-your-vote/\">May I ask for your vote?</a></p>\";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:71:\"Lorelle on WP: The Sharing and Caring of the WordPress Community Shines\";s:4:\"guid\";s:97:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-sharing-and-caring-of-the-wordpress-community-shines/\";s:4:\"link\";s:97:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-sharing-and-caring-of-the-wordpress-community-shines/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4333:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>In <a href=\"http://ifacethoughts.net/2007/12/01/why-giving-away-your-code-is-not-dangerous/\" title=\"Why Giving Away Your Code is Not Dangerous\">Why Giving Away Your Code is Not Dangerous</a>, Abhijit Nadgouda of ifacethoughts looks at the issue of &#8220;sharing&#8221; and Open Source from an interesting perspective:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Imagine you run a transport service, ferrying passengers to destinations they want. A part of your job is to follow maps, find out new routes and build your knowledge about them so that you can take your passengers to the right destination. Now, if someone asks you for directions for going from one place to another, would you hesitate? In fact you would only be helping that person out by giving out the directions. Someone else comes too for them, and so you just make them available to everyone. Would that be a problem? It will hardly be, since your job is to enable your passengers to reach their destination, which is more than just directions&#8230;</p>\n<p>There are other businesses, like the ones that sell maps or your competitors which might use directions given by you for themselves. But that should hardly matter, because directions is just one ingredient of the entire solution you offer. On the other hand, you giving out directions can only help you. It will create goodwill about you and also prove your dedication towards maintaining a record of your directions. Others who have to come to know of a better route might inform you about it or update the directions in your record. Or they might inform you about temporary impediments in the route. All this is going to help you in your own business.</p></blockquote>\n<p>One of the great joys of working with WordPress is the Open Source and WordPress Community, a group of people who volunteer their time not only to help out on the various support forums, mailing lists, chats, and <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users\">WordPress Codex</a>, the online manual for WordPress Users, but also who publish and share their code solutions and tips. By helping each other, everyone benefits. </p>\n<p>Each week on my <a href=\"http://wwww.blogherald.com/?s=wordpress+wednesday\" title=\"Articles on WordPress Wednesday\">WordPress Wednesday</a> report on the <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\" title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\">Blog Herald</a>, I highlight articles from those who share their WordPress tips and techniques. </p>\n<p>Here are some recently highlighted articles to remind you of the sharing and caring that makes the WordPress Community so very special.<br />\n <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-sharing-and-caring-of-the-wordpress-community-shines/#more-2252\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)</a></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2252&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:30:03 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4333:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>In <a href=\"http://ifacethoughts.net/2007/12/01/why-giving-away-your-code-is-not-dangerous/\" title=\"Why Giving Away Your Code is Not Dangerous\">Why Giving Away Your Code is Not Dangerous</a>, Abhijit Nadgouda of ifacethoughts looks at the issue of &#8220;sharing&#8221; and Open Source from an interesting perspective:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Imagine you run a transport service, ferrying passengers to destinations they want. A part of your job is to follow maps, find out new routes and build your knowledge about them so that you can take your passengers to the right destination. Now, if someone asks you for directions for going from one place to another, would you hesitate? In fact you would only be helping that person out by giving out the directions. Someone else comes too for them, and so you just make them available to everyone. Would that be a problem? It will hardly be, since your job is to enable your passengers to reach their destination, which is more than just directions&#8230;</p>\n<p>There are other businesses, like the ones that sell maps or your competitors which might use directions given by you for themselves. But that should hardly matter, because directions is just one ingredient of the entire solution you offer. On the other hand, you giving out directions can only help you. It will create goodwill about you and also prove your dedication towards maintaining a record of your directions. Others who have to come to know of a better route might inform you about it or update the directions in your record. Or they might inform you about temporary impediments in the route. All this is going to help you in your own business.</p></blockquote>\n<p>One of the great joys of working with WordPress is the Open Source and WordPress Community, a group of people who volunteer their time not only to help out on the various support forums, mailing lists, chats, and <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users\">WordPress Codex</a>, the online manual for WordPress Users, but also who publish and share their code solutions and tips. By helping each other, everyone benefits. </p>\n<p>Each week on my <a href=\"http://wwww.blogherald.com/?s=wordpress+wednesday\" title=\"Articles on WordPress Wednesday\">WordPress Wednesday</a> report on the <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\" title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\">Blog Herald</a>, I highlight articles from those who share their WordPress tips and techniques. </p>\n<p>Here are some recently highlighted articles to remind you of the sharing and caring that makes the WordPress Community so very special.<br />\n <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-sharing-and-caring-of-the-wordpress-community-shines/#more-2252\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)</a></p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2252/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2252&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:75:\"Peter Westwood: WordPress weekly digest 17th December to 23rd December 2007\";s:4:\"guid\";s:98:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/wordpress-weekly-digest-17th-december-to-23rd-december-2007/\";s:4:\"link\";s:98:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/wordpress-weekly-digest-17th-december-to-23rd-december-2007/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5547:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It has been a very busy week for WordPress 2.4, partly due to a mid week bug-hunt, the changes this week were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction of a <code>wp_set_password()</code> pluggable function to allow it to be overridden easily (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2394\">#2394</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>is_page()</code> to allow for an array of pages to be specified (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5430\">#5430</a>).</li>\n<li>Faster rewrite rules for pages for some permalink structures (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3614\">#3614</a>).</li>\n<li>Escaping added to the POP3 error messages to avoid XSS attacks (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5484\">#5484</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes to the valid element configuration of TinyMCE to allow for more valid combinations (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3826\">#3826</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes to the tag entry field to avoid erroneous blank tags (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5412\">#5412</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>sanitize_title()</code> to allow &#8216;0&#8242; to be a valid title (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5293\">#5293</a>).</li>\n<li>New <code>get_search_feed_link()</code> and <code>get_search_comments_feed_link()</code> template tags (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5442\">#5442</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the relative links provided in atom comments feeds (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5435\">#5435</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of an xmlrpc method for deleting categories (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4599\">#4599</a>).</li>\n<li>Custom field support for the xmlrpc interface (#<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5148\">5148</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of a password strength meter to the user profile page (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4470\">#4470</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the strings used where a different message text is displayed for plurals (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4865\">#4865</a>).</li>\n<li>Add a link to the relevant post to the comment editing screen (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4345\">#4345</a>).</li>\n<li>Documentation for <code>wp-settings.php</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5211\">#5211</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes for some of the NOTICE errors visible when <code>WP_DEBUG</code> is enabled (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6435\">[6345]</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6436\">[6346]</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the image metadata extraction functionality to ensure we only try and extra metadata from valid file types (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5397\">#5397</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to ensure that PNG transparency and alpha channels are preserved during thumbnail generation (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2805\">#2805</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of file level documentation to the third party libraries (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5443\">#5443</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the wpdb class to suppress database errors by default (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">#5473</a>).</li>\n<li>Support for a custom database down page (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5500\">#5500</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to <code>make_clickable()</code> to have different rules for different uri types (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6449\">[6449]</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the install process to check for valid database connection info (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5495\">#5495</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of pages to the things searched (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5149\">#5149</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of new actions <code>import_done</code> and <code>xmlrpc_call</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6472\">[6472]</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6473\">[6473]</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We have also seen the beginnings of the new admin design being checked in.  Hopefully next week I will be able to bring you some screenshots!</p>\n<p>For even more information on some of the other little changes that went in this week you can read the whole <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=12%2F23%2F07&amp;daysback=6&amp;changeset=on\">weekly trac timeline</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=21&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:38:34 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Peter Westwood\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5547:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>It has been a very busy week for WordPress 2.4, partly due to a mid week bug-hunt, the changes this week were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction of a <code>wp_set_password()</code> pluggable function to allow it to be overridden easily (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2394\">#2394</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>is_page()</code> to allow for an array of pages to be specified (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5430\">#5430</a>).</li>\n<li>Faster rewrite rules for pages for some permalink structures (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3614\">#3614</a>).</li>\n<li>Escaping added to the POP3 error messages to avoid XSS attacks (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5484\">#5484</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes to the valid element configuration of TinyMCE to allow for more valid combinations (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3826\">#3826</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes to the tag entry field to avoid erroneous blank tags (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5412\">#5412</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to <code>sanitize_title()</code> to allow &#8216;0&#8242; to be a valid title (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5293\">#5293</a>).</li>\n<li>New <code>get_search_feed_link()</code> and <code>get_search_comments_feed_link()</code> template tags (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5442\">#5442</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the relative links provided in atom comments feeds (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5435\">#5435</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of an xmlrpc method for deleting categories (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4599\">#4599</a>).</li>\n<li>Custom field support for the xmlrpc interface (#<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5148\">5148</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of a password strength meter to the user profile page (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4470\">#4470</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the strings used where a different message text is displayed for plurals (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4865\">#4865</a>).</li>\n<li>Add a link to the relevant post to the comment editing screen (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4345\">#4345</a>).</li>\n<li>Documentation for <code>wp-settings.php</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5211\">#5211</a>).</li>\n<li>Fixes for some of the NOTICE errors visible when <code>WP_DEBUG</code> is enabled (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6435\">[6345]</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6436\">[6346]</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the image metadata extraction functionality to ensure we only try and extra metadata from valid file types (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5397\">#5397</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to ensure that PNG transparency and alpha channels are preserved during thumbnail generation (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2805\">#2805</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of file level documentation to the third party libraries (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5443\">#5443</a>).</li>\n<li>Changes to the wpdb class to suppress database errors by default (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5473\">#5473</a>).</li>\n<li>Support for a custom database down page (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5500\">#5500</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to <code>make_clickable()</code> to have different rules for different uri types (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6449\">[6449]</a>).</li>\n<li>Improvements to the install process to check for valid database connection info (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5495\">#5495</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of pages to the things searched (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5149\">#5149</a>).</li>\n<li>Addition of new actions <code>import_done</code> and <code>xmlrpc_call</code> (<a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6472\">[6472]</a>, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6473\">[6473]</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We have also seen the beginnings of the new admin design being checked in.  Hopefully next week I will be able to bring you some screenshots!</p>\n<p>For even more information on some of the other little changes that went in this week you can read the whole <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=12%2F23%2F07&amp;daysback=6&amp;changeset=on\">weekly trac timeline</a>.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/21/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/21/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=21&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Matt: Starbucks Cheer Chain\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/23/starbucks-cheer-chain/\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/12/23/starbucks-cheer-chain/\";s:11:\"description\";s:449:\"<p><a href=\"http://storywelch.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/yes-virginia-it-was-a-pr-stunt/\">At Starbucks people have been starting &#8220;cheer chains&#8221; where they pay extra money</a> to pick up the coffee of the person behind them in the drive-thru. Some have gone 2 solid hours. The blogger is cynical, but some of the comments are from baristas that work at Starbucks. <a href=\"http://xfiles.wearehere.net/believe.htm\">I want to believe</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:28:54 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:449:\"<p><a href=\"http://storywelch.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/yes-virginia-it-was-a-pr-stunt/\">At Starbucks people have been starting &#8220;cheer chains&#8221; where they pay extra money</a> to pick up the coffee of the person behind them in the drive-thru. Some have gone 2 solid hours. The blogger is cynical, but some of the comments are from baristas that work at Starbucks. <a href=\"http://xfiles.wearehere.net/believe.htm\">I want to believe</a>.</p>\";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Akismet: Lice Broadway Show\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/12/23/lice-broadway-show/\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/12/23/lice-broadway-show/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1727:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Spammers say the darndest things:</p>\n<blockquote><p>I have a great idea for a Broadway show, My company is Lice**** the professional service for the removal of head lice. The anguish,helplessness, and then the relief of the Parents with children with head lice is a wonderfull setting for a Broadway hit. Please contact me at 917-***-****.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Tickets go on sale&#8230; never.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=89&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:13:56 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Matt Mullenweg\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1727:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Spammers say the darndest things:</p>\n<blockquote><p>I have a great idea for a Broadway show, My company is Lice**** the professional service for the removal of head lice. The anguish,helplessness, and then the relief of the Parents with children with head lice is a wonderfull setting for a Broadway hit. Please contact me at 917-***-****.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Tickets go on sale&#8230; never.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=89&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:29:\"Gravatar: How to Vote in 2008\";s:4:\"guid\";s:56:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/23/how-to-vote-in-2008/\";s:4:\"link\";s:56:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/12/23/how-to-vote-in-2008/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3114:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Those of you eligible to vote in the United States, or <a href=\"http://www.blackboxvoting.org/\">employees of the Diebold corporation</a>, have the opportunity to have a profound effect on the future of our country in the upcoming Presidential elections. As many of you know, I&#8217;m <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_candidacy#United_States\">not going to be able to run</a> until the year 2020 when I&#8217;m 36. In the meantime, we need to vote for other people but like tomato sauce in the supermarket there&#8217;s just too many choices &#8212; chunky? Italian? Clinton?</p>\n<p>Fortunately one candidate has made an important change to their platform that should make your decision much easier. I&#8217;ll let the words speak for themselves:</p>\n<blockquote><p>3. <b>Gravatar (Your Image)</b>: Have you noticed the unique and distinguished images that show up for some Rangers?Â  Well we have integrated a free service known as a globally recognized avatar (learn more at: <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"EC_moz-txt-link-freetext\">http://site.gravatar.com/</a>).Â  By simply creating your free Gravatar and placing any image or logo you want, you can then go to the dashboard and edit your profile, thereâ€™s an option to put the email you used to create your Gravatar.Â  <b><i>Make your mark on MikeHuckabee.com today!</i></b></p></blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://mychoice2008.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/ranger-roundup/\">Read more about it here</a>.</p>\n<p>Just in time for Iowa you can now make your mark on <a href=\"http://mikehuckabee.com/\">Mike Huckabee</a>, who now receives the Official Gravatar Endorsement for President of the United Statesâ„¢, at least until another candidate makes their stance on Gravatars known.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=36&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:35:44 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Matt Mullenweg\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3114:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Those of you eligible to vote in the United States, or <a href=\"http://www.blackboxvoting.org/\">employees of the Diebold corporation</a>, have the opportunity to have a profound effect on the future of our country in the upcoming Presidential elections. As many of you know, I&#8217;m <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_candidacy#United_States\">not going to be able to run</a> until the year 2020 when I&#8217;m 36. In the meantime, we need to vote for other people but like tomato sauce in the supermarket there&#8217;s just too many choices &#8212; chunky? Italian? Clinton?</p>\n<p>Fortunately one candidate has made an important change to their platform that should make your decision much easier. I&#8217;ll let the words speak for themselves:</p>\n<blockquote><p>3. <b>Gravatar (Your Image)</b>: Have you noticed the unique and distinguished images that show up for some Rangers?Â  Well we have integrated a free service known as a globally recognized avatar (learn more at: <a href=\"http://site.gravatar.com/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"EC_moz-txt-link-freetext\">http://site.gravatar.com/</a>).Â  By simply creating your free Gravatar and placing any image or logo you want, you can then go to the dashboard and edit your profile, thereâ€™s an option to put the email you used to create your Gravatar.Â  <b><i>Make your mark on MikeHuckabee.com today!</i></b></p></blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://mychoice2008.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/ranger-roundup/\">Read more about it here</a>.</p>\n<p>Just in time for Iowa you can now make your mark on <a href=\"http://mikehuckabee.com/\">Mike Huckabee</a>, who now receives the Official Gravatar Endorsement for President of the United Statesâ„¢, at least until another candidate makes their stance on Gravatars known.</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/36/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=36&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:46:\"Weblog Tools Collection: What Happened In 2007\";s:4:\"guid\";s:75:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/23/what-happened-in-2007/\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/23/what-happened-in-2007/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6081:\"<p>2007 has almost come to a close and it&#8217;s always a good time to reflect on the previous 365 days. In this case, I take a look back at the progress of WordPress during 2007 by documenting each release of WordPress. For the timeline, I used a free web service called <a href=\"http://xtimeline.com/\" title=\"http://xtimeline.com/\" target=\"_blank\">xtimeline</a>. This timeline showcases all of the major releases of WordPress during 2007. The timeline begins on January 5th, 2007 and ends on October 26th, 2007. The space in between the months at the bottom of the timeline represent the days. You can also hover your mouse cursor over each entry to see the date. If you click on an entry, the details for that entry will show up on the sidebar on the right.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>For those with Javascript disabled in their browser, here is the textual version of the timeline:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/\">Jan 5, 2007</a> - Wordpress 2.0.6 is released to the public. This release included an important security fix along with a few other goodies.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-207/\">Jan 15, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.0.7 was released because of a bug in certain versions of PHP which would cause a security vulnerability in a wordpress powered blog.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/\">Jan 22, 2007</a> - 2.1 was one of the major releases to take place during 2007. This release included a number of new features along with 550 bug fixes.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/02/new-releases/\">Feb 21, 2007</a> - February was a quiet time in WordPress land in terms of releases. 2.1.1 and 2.0.9 were mostly security fix releases with 2.1.1 containing 30 bug fixes.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/04/wordpress-213-and-2010/\">Apr 3, 2007</a> - Soon after the beginning of April 2007, WordPress released version 2.1.3 and 2.0.10. At this point, WordPress was still supporting both the 2.0 and 2.1 code branches with simultaneous releases.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/05/wordpress-22/\">May 16, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2 makes it&#8217;s debut in May of 2007. This release included Widget integration and over two hundred bug fixes. This was a big release at the time because WordPress Widgets were now included into the core code.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/06/wordpress-221/\">Jun 21, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2.1 was another bug fix release for the 2.2 branch of code. Most of the bug fixes in this release were annoying little things that when fixed, added polish to the code.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/08/wordpress-222-and-2011/\">Aug 5, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2.2 And 2.0.11 were security releases for both the 2.2 and 2.0 code branches.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/08/23-beta-1/\">Aug 28, 2007</a> - This was an exciting day for some as the first beta for WordPress 2.3 was released. One of the big features in this version was the canonical URLS or SEO-Friendly URL Redirection.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/\">Sep 8, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2.3 was another bug-fix release. Two of the security bugs in this release were of high priority, which explains why this version of WordPress was released shortly before 2.3</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/\">Sep 25, 2007</a> - What a day in the world of WordPress. September 25th marks the release date of 2.3. This release saw WordPress picking up native tagging support, seo friendly url redirection, automatic plugin update notifications and more.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/\">Oct 26, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.3.1 was a bug and security fix release for the 2.3 code branch. Over twenty bugs were fixed with this release.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\" title=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\" target=\"_blank\">Dec 29, 2007</a> -Â  Just before we reached the end of the year, WordPress went ahead and released version 2.3.2 which contained a big security fix that dealt with users being able to gain access to draft posts. As a bonus, 2.3.2 gives users the ability to create their own DB error page.</p>\n<p>After going through all of that in one year, what could possibly be next? Easy, WordPress 2.4 which is slated for release on January 24th, 2008. What can we look forward to in this version?<br />\n<strong><br />\nNew User Features</strong><br />\n*Admin redesign<br />\n* Widget-based dashboard<br />\n* You should be able to have any number of any widget<br />\n* Undo for comment editing<br />\n* Search for both posts and pages</p>\n<p><strong>  Developer</strong><br />\n* Use $wpdb-&gt;prepare everywhere<br />\n* Switch to expect unescaped data for internal functions<br />\n* XML-RPC refactor</p>\n<p>Of course, the date and the features for this release are not guaranteed. I can however tell you that, the admin redesign that a lot of folks are looking forward to has begun. The latest SVN build shows an un-styled dashboard that is now in one giant column. Those that have seen the color scheme haven&#8217;t expressed a large amount of joy over the colors being used. However, there are already reports that users may be able to over-ride the admin CSS style with their own. It will be interesting to see if the majority of bugs that are introduced with the new administration panel will be squashed before January 24th.</p>\n<p>WordPress has accomplished a lot during 2007. I&#8217;d like to take this time to thank the guys at Automattic for creating one hell of a piece of software. I also want to thank anyone and everyone who is involved with WordPress. Whether your a beta tester, bug squasher, theme developer, plugin developer, feature requester it doesn&#8217;t matter. Everyone involved has helped make WordPress what it is today.</p>\n<p><strong>Here is to a wonderful 2008!</strong></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:45:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jeffro2pt0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6081:\"<p>2007 has almost come to a close and it&#8217;s always a good time to reflect on the previous 365 days. In this case, I take a look back at the progress of WordPress during 2007 by documenting each release of WordPress. For the timeline, I used a free web service called <a href=\"http://xtimeline.com/\" title=\"http://xtimeline.com/\" target=\"_blank\">xtimeline</a>. This timeline showcases all of the major releases of WordPress during 2007. The timeline begins on January 5th, 2007 and ends on October 26th, 2007. The space in between the months at the bottom of the timeline represent the days. You can also hover your mouse cursor over each entry to see the date. If you click on an entry, the details for that entry will show up on the sidebar on the right.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>For those with Javascript disabled in their browser, here is the textual version of the timeline:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/\">Jan 5, 2007</a> - Wordpress 2.0.6 is released to the public. This release included an important security fix along with a few other goodies.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-207/\">Jan 15, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.0.7 was released because of a bug in certain versions of PHP which would cause a security vulnerability in a wordpress powered blog.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/\">Jan 22, 2007</a> - 2.1 was one of the major releases to take place during 2007. This release included a number of new features along with 550 bug fixes.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/02/new-releases/\">Feb 21, 2007</a> - February was a quiet time in WordPress land in terms of releases. 2.1.1 and 2.0.9 were mostly security fix releases with 2.1.1 containing 30 bug fixes.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/04/wordpress-213-and-2010/\">Apr 3, 2007</a> - Soon after the beginning of April 2007, WordPress released version 2.1.3 and 2.0.10. At this point, WordPress was still supporting both the 2.0 and 2.1 code branches with simultaneous releases.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/05/wordpress-22/\">May 16, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2 makes it&#8217;s debut in May of 2007. This release included Widget integration and over two hundred bug fixes. This was a big release at the time because WordPress Widgets were now included into the core code.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/06/wordpress-221/\">Jun 21, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2.1 was another bug fix release for the 2.2 branch of code. Most of the bug fixes in this release were annoying little things that when fixed, added polish to the code.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/08/wordpress-222-and-2011/\">Aug 5, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2.2 And 2.0.11 were security releases for both the 2.2 and 2.0 code branches.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/08/23-beta-1/\">Aug 28, 2007</a> - This was an exciting day for some as the first beta for WordPress 2.3 was released. One of the big features in this version was the canonical URLS or SEO-Friendly URL Redirection.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/\">Sep 8, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.2.3 was another bug-fix release. Two of the security bugs in this release were of high priority, which explains why this version of WordPress was released shortly before 2.3</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/\">Sep 25, 2007</a> - What a day in the world of WordPress. September 25th marks the release date of 2.3. This release saw WordPress picking up native tagging support, seo friendly url redirection, automatic plugin update notifications and more.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/\">Oct 26, 2007</a> - WordPress 2.3.1 was a bug and security fix release for the 2.3 code branch. Over twenty bugs were fixed with this release.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\" title=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/12/wordpress-232/\" target=\"_blank\">Dec 29, 2007</a> -Â  Just before we reached the end of the year, WordPress went ahead and released version 2.3.2 which contained a big security fix that dealt with users being able to gain access to draft posts. As a bonus, 2.3.2 gives users the ability to create their own DB error page.</p>\n<p>After going through all of that in one year, what could possibly be next? Easy, WordPress 2.4 which is slated for release on January 24th, 2008. What can we look forward to in this version?<br />\n<strong><br />\nNew User Features</strong><br />\n*Admin redesign<br />\n* Widget-based dashboard<br />\n* You should be able to have any number of any widget<br />\n* Undo for comment editing<br />\n* Search for both posts and pages</p>\n<p><strong>  Developer</strong><br />\n* Use $wpdb-&gt;prepare everywhere<br />\n* Switch to expect unescaped data for internal functions<br />\n* XML-RPC refactor</p>\n<p>Of course, the date and the features for this release are not guaranteed. I can however tell you that, the admin redesign that a lot of folks are looking forward to has begun. The latest SVN build shows an un-styled dashboard that is now in one giant column. Those that have seen the color scheme haven&#8217;t expressed a large amount of joy over the colors being used. However, there are already reports that users may be able to over-ride the admin CSS style with their own. It will be interesting to see if the majority of bugs that are introduced with the new administration panel will be squashed before January 24th.</p>\n<p>WordPress has accomplished a lot during 2007. I&#8217;d like to take this time to thank the guys at Automattic for creating one hell of a piece of software. I also want to thank anyone and everyone who is involved with WordPress. Whether your a beta tester, bug squasher, theme developer, plugin developer, feature requester it doesn&#8217;t matter. Everyone involved has helped make WordPress what it is today.</p>\n<p><strong>Here is to a wonderful 2008!</strong></p>\";}}s:7:\"channel\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";s:16:\"WordPress Planet\";s:4:\"link\";s:28:\"http://planet.wordpress.org/\";s:8:\"language\";s:2:\"en\";s:11:\"description\";s:47:\"WordPress Planet - http://planet.wordpress.org/\";s:7:\"tagline\";s:47:\"WordPress Planet - http://planet.wordpress.org/\";}s:9:\"textinput\";a:0:{}s:5:\"image\";a:0:{}s:9:\"feed_type\";s:3:\"RSS\";s:12:\"feed_version\";s:3:\"2.0\";s:5:\"stack\";a:0:{}s:9:\"inchannel\";b:0;s:6:\"initem\";b:0;s:9:\"incontent\";b:0;s:11:\"intextinput\";b:0;s:7:\"inimage\";b:0;s:13:\"current_field\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"current_namespace\";b:0;s:19:\"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS\";a:6:{i:0;s:7:\"content\";i:1;s:7:\"summary\";i:2;s:4:\"info\";i:3;s:5:\"title\";i:4;s:7:\"tagline\";i:5;s:9:\"copyright\";}s:4:\"etag\";s:26:\"\"263ef-4783f5f5-1174596\"\r\n\";s:13:\"last_modified\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:15:17 GMT\r\n\";}',20,8,'',1,'no'),(74,0,'rss_867bd5c64f85878d03a060509cd2f92c_ts','Y',1,'1199831184',20,8,'',1,'no');
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_options` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_post2cat`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_post2cat`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_post2cat` (
  `rel_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `post_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `category_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`rel_id`),
  KEY `post_id` (`post_id`,`category_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_post2cat`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_post2cat` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_post2cat` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_post2cat` VALUES (1,1,1);
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_post2cat` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_postmeta`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_postmeta`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_postmeta` (
  `meta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `post_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `meta_key` varchar(255) default NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`meta_id`),
  KEY `post_id` (`post_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_postmeta`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_postmeta` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_postmeta` DISABLE KEYS */;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_postmeta` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_posts`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_posts`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_posts` (
  `ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `post_author` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `post_date` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `post_date_gmt` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `post_content` longtext NOT NULL,
  `post_title` text NOT NULL,
  `post_category` int(4) NOT NULL default '0',
  `post_excerpt` text NOT NULL,
  `post_status` enum('publish','draft','private','static','object','attachment','inherit','future') NOT NULL default 'publish',
  `comment_status` enum('open','closed','registered_only') NOT NULL default 'open',
  `ping_status` enum('open','closed') NOT NULL default 'open',
  `post_password` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  `post_name` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
  `to_ping` text NOT NULL,
  `pinged` text NOT NULL,
  `post_modified` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `post_modified_gmt` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `post_content_filtered` text NOT NULL,
  `post_parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `guid` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  `menu_order` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `post_type` varchar(20) NOT NULL default 'post',
  `post_mime_type` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
  `comment_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`ID`),
  KEY `post_name` (`post_name`),
  KEY `type_status_date` (`post_type`,`post_status`,`post_date`,`ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_posts`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_posts` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_posts` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1,1,'2008-01-07 16:56:54','2008-01-07 21:56:54','Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!','Hello world!',0,'','publish','open','open','','hello-world','','','2008-01-07 16:56:54','2008-01-07 21:56:54','',0,'',0,'post','',1),(2,1,'2008-01-07 16:56:54','2008-01-07 21:56:54','This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.','About',0,'','publish','open','open','','about','','','2008-01-07 16:56:54','2008-01-07 21:56:54','',0,'',0,'page','',0);
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_posts` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_usermeta`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_usermeta`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_usermeta` (
  `umeta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  `meta_key` varchar(255) default NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`umeta_id`),
  KEY `user_id` (`user_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_usermeta`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_usermeta` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_usermeta` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` VALUES (1,1,'nickname','admin'),(2,1,'rich_editing','true'),(3,1,'wp_capabilities','a:1:{s:13:\"administrator\";b:1;}');
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_usermeta` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_users`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_users`;
CREATE TABLE `wp_users` (
  `ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `user_login` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `user_pass` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
  `user_nicename` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
  `user_email` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
  `user_url` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
  `user_registered` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `user_activation_key` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `user_status` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `display_name` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`ID`),
  KEY `user_login_key` (`user_login`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `wp_users`
--

LOCK TABLES `wp_users` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_users` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `wp_users` VALUES (1,'EWEALTH','27863c8a291b938a151e21dca4634ce3','EWEALTH','ewealth@aol.com','','2008-01-07 21:56:54','',0,'EWEALTH');
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `wp_users` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;

/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40111 SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES */;

-- Dump completed on 2008-07-30 15:50:36