20 Nov 2009 at 07:17 by Andy Towler
If you’re at all familiar with the WordPress content management / blogging system, you’ll be aware that WordPress sites are built around the WordPress application core (this provides the functionality) and a theme (this provides the design and, to some extent, the site structure), with plugins filling the gaps between what the core and theme [...]
09 Nov 2009 at 17:53 by Andy Towler
Bristol-based Sums Ltd is a leading UK provider of educational software for multiple platforms (including the web), specialising in fun, animated maths activities.
ZigPress has been working with Sums for around 3 years, though nothing has appeared on the Portfolio page until now, because the projects were password-protected sites used by schools who were given access.
Now, [...]
30 Oct 2009 at 08:34 by Andy Towler
I do a lot of surfing, looking for design inspiration, coding tips, or simply something to amuse me. I often start a surfing session using StumbleUpon or Wikipedia and then simply see where my interest leads me.
Sometimes, even in 2009, it leads me to a website that starts playing music or talking [...]
22 Oct 2009 at 11:28 by Andy Towler
Recent attacks have shown that keeping WordPress installations up-to-date is absolutely vital. If you have WordPress installations and they’re not yet running at least 2.8.4, ask yourself why not?
Self-hosted WordPress upgrades are supposed to be really easy, but the “one-click” upgrade process is flawed and only works on certain hosts, and these certain hosts [...]
21 Oct 2009 at 08:07 by Andy Towler
A new version of WordPress has been released. This isn’t the major, extra-improved 2.9 that all WordPress developers are waiting for, but rather a minor interim release to harden existing installations against recent attack methods.
From the WordPress site:-
The headline changes in this release are:
A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being [...]