As most of us are aware, WordPress 3.3 was recently released. Should we be upgrading our WordPress platforms? The short answer is yes – But not just yet. Personally I’ve found there are some compatibility issues with plugins (particularly jQuery related). As well as some reported, slow performance issues, in the following benchmark tests, completed on DevPress. Some people have already upgraded – But I don’t recommend...

For all of you whom I’ve installed WordPress based sites, I’ve noticed a large increase of mobile traffic to network servers. This is a good trend, as it indicates most of us are  keeping current with consumer and visitor trends (analysts have indicated, in various technical posts, that mobile browsing will surpass desktop browsing within a couple of years; for our market).Some of us have already ensured mobile and desktop enable...

Many WordPress themes have used a popular image script named Timthumb. The script is used by a large volume of sites and is extremely popular within the WordPress community. The popularity raises out of the benefit that users do not have to manually resize images, instead, simply upload them, and the script will automatically resize and create thumbnails, etc. as needed by the WordPress them driving your site. A vulnerability in some versions of...

To make it a bit easier for others, you can do the following to enable the installation of the WordPress plugin “Popularity Contest“. Access phpMyAdmin for the hosting account (domain) you’ve installed you WordPress. Select the correct database for your specific WordPress installation. Select the “SQL” tab in the top navigation. Back up your database first (in case something goes wrong!) In the text box entitled,...

I received an email message from a client asking me if I had any solutions for an eNewsletter system that could be run under their own domain name. Some of the features suggested were: Automated subscription management (subscribe/unsubscribe). Statistics/Click through rate. Ability to send in both text and html (at the same time). No installation of software on their PC. Automated server transmission of email. Automated server management of...