Archive for the ‘WordPress’ Category

We’ve discovered a number of WordPress sites that have had their wp-blog-header.php file hacked. In these instances the hacker inserts links for a number of Arabic language sites in what looks like the footer but isn’t. The text reads ??? ??? ??????? ??? ??? ??? ???? ????? ??? ???????? ??? ????? and the sites are mentioned in the title. It appears to us that they’ve managed these attacks through servers and not individuals’ computers. The temporary solution is easy, simply reupload the wp-blog-header which is in the root directory of your wordpress install. Longer term you need to have a conversation with your host.

Hope this helps.

Since Wednesday there have been a rash or reports on WordPress.com about Firefox crashing when WordPress users try to upload images via WordPress image uploader. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an example of how WordPress can work as a content managment system to simplify your life.  Read the rest of this entry »

The team over at Instinct has been working away on the latest public release of WP e-Commerce and they set WP e-Commerce 2.6.10 free on Thursday.  I was booked up on Thursday, skied Friday and so I am just now getting around to writing about it.  Here are my thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for WordPress themes that are designed specifically to be used with WP e-Commerce you’ve come to the right place.  We’ll be creating many themes over the next several weeks that are optimized for use with WP e-C0mmerce. Read the rest of this entry »

Okay Dear Readers – here’s a great contest for all you WordPress theme developers.  Dan and the gang over at Instinct are gearing up for a WordPress Themes contest.  They’re making the top prize $1500.00 for the best WP e-Commerce theme and an iPod for the second place theme.

I’ve also offered to contribute to the prize kitty for a search engine optimized theme.  If Dan says “yes,” I’ll update this post.

Even if you’re not a WordPress theme developer I encourage you to leave comments for theme developers on what you think would make the best WP e-Commerce compatiable theme.   I am in not part of Instinct so I have no sway but if you want to see what I think makes sense, see my WP e-commerce Friendly Themes post.

If you’re WordPress theme isn’t displaying the way it should in Internet Explorer 8 there may be a simple fix which is Read the rest of this entry »