I released a new plugin for all that fixes a nagging problem: specifically, the WordPress nagging message when a new version comes out. What it does is very simple - it moves the nag message away a bit, so it doesn’t take up as much space on your page. Still nagging, but a little more discreet and out of the way (a chiding message, perhaps?). In any case, I got tired of losing a 1/2...

I just received an unsolicited testimonial that I got a real kick out of: Holy cow-and-a-half, David - I joined yesterday as a platinum member and was absolutely blown away by the amount of information, plugins, etc., that are in there. I’ve been wanting to trick-out my blogs for a while now, and now you’ve given me the tools and resources to do that. Thanks very much! - Mike McBride I’ve talked about the importance...

I received this question recently: you’re transferring your site from one hosting plan to another - is there a problem in search engine rankings? In my experience, the biggest SEO issue I’ve ever encountered in transferring web hosts is changing the URL of posts - either by changing the blog’s permalink, or the blog’s root address. I once moved a blog from a \blog\ directory to a root directory - and watched my links disappear...

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According to Ryan Boren’s blog, 2.6.1 is well on it’s way, and due around mid-August. And the good news? He doesn’t feel it’s a vital upgrade, but a good one if the new features of 2.6 haven’t been working right for you. With about 50 bug fixes so far, it has the potential to make a few people happy. I’ve been testing ABTheme, and the current v4.06 is no problem whatsoever (and in fact, aside...

Another feature of WordPress 2.6 is that the XML-RPC is turned OFF by default. Now, you have to turn XML-RPC or Atom ON for it to work (in WordPress 2.6, go to Admin’s Settings; Writing; Remote Publishing and check the protocols for ‘Atom’, ‘XML-RPC’, or both). I’m of a mixed mind of this. On the one hand, a default ‘off’ is a great way to reduce abuses - most people don’t need it, so leaving...