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 [...]
18 Oct 2009 at 17:09 by Andy Towler
UPDATED 15 NOVEMBER 2009 – VERSION 2.1
Ever wanted to show your tweets in a widget on your WordPress sidebar (as on this site)? Now you can.
This widget used on this site is one that I developed myself, based loosely on other plugins and tutorials (including some borrowed code duly acknowledged in comments), [...]
06 Oct 2009 at 18:44 by Andy Towler
When designing and building websites, any professional will tell you that you should test in as many browsers as possible. In the real world, the number you can actually test in may be quite small, depending on your operating system and how many computers you have access to, but you can still set up a [...]