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WordPress 2.3.2 is a Security Bug Fix

Not sure if I am reading too much into this, but just yesterday a WP daily builds tester complained of his site being Cracked and partly hijacked using SQL injection, and today, less than a month before the 2.4 version release, a security bug fix! Here’s the message posted on the docs.
WordPress 2.3.2 is [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Awareness, Bug Fix, Design, New Release, Oddities, WP, blog, how to, resources, techniques, technology, wandering thoughts, wordpress // 12.29.2007 at 5:36 pm // 1 Comment »

We are a Richmond, VA based Web Design Company

Why this sudden proclamation? Well, we have been in business for over a year now and we have had the pleasure of serving folks from across the globe, but ironically, none from Richmond VA, a.k.a ‘our backyard’ per say. The reason is simple, it’s a SEO thing.
If you opened Google and typed in “Web Design”, [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Business, Design, Geography, Google, Richmond, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, US, Virginia, WP, Web Design, blog, geographic location, headsetoptions, how to, internet marketing, mandarinmusing, news, resources, social networking, tips, wordpress // 12.25.2007 at 1:21 pm // 2 Comments »

Fellow Designer gets Hacked- Site Stolen

DavidAirey.com was recently hacked and completely hijacked. David is pursuing legal channels to restore his site, in the meantime he continues his work and services at http://www.davidairey.co.uk/. This incident should serve as a somber reminder to everyone to frequently change your passwords and keep them secure.

// Tagged Announcements, Awareness, Blogger, David Airey, Oddities, Un, blog, internet, technology, web sites // 12.23.2007 at 2:16 pm // 3 Comments »

SEO Adsense Ready WordPress Version of Profilo Theme

Profilo is an advanced 2-column Google Adsense ready WordPress theme designed and search engine optimized by MandarinMusing and Headsetoptions. The theme was originally designed for GETM based on Profilo, a Textpattern theme. This theme includes many advanced functions like an options page to edit the theme style without touching a line of code, intelligent conditional [...]

// Tagged 2 column, Adsense ready, Advanced WordPress Theme, Design, GETM, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Theme, WP, WP Theme Viewer, Web, Web Design, Widget, free css templates, free wp theme, internet, mandarinmusing, premium templates, professional quality, resources, theme viewer, web sites, wordpress skins, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 12.13.2007 at 10:35 pm // 19 Comments »

Yahoo! Shortcuts Plugin Test Drive

Blogs about Yahoo! Shortcuts plugin is even muffling news about Movable Type OS. Is the plugin that good or is it a hype? To find out, I have activated a beta version of the plugin and thought I will give it a try. This post was one such test. To keep things simple, I decided [...]

// Tagged Blogging Tips, MTOS, Media, Movable Type, New Release, Oddities, Un, WP, Widget, Yahoo, asides, blog, internet, resources, technology, tips // 12.13.2007 at 3:02 pm // 1 Comment »

Chavez’s Wall Clock Beats Internal Body Clock

Researchers say they have identified the chemical switch that controls the genetic mechanism regulating people’s internal body clocks. Coincidentally, President Hugo Chavez came up with an alternative way of regulating the internal body clocks of his citizens, i.e. by creating Venezuela’s own unique time zone by putting the clock back half-an-hour on a permanent basis [...]

// Tagged Geography, History, Hugo Chavez, Humor, International, Politics, Stupid, Un, asides, blog, funny, geographic location, news, science blog, socio-political // 12.12.2007 at 6:47 pm // Have your say »

Business Search Engine, Business Directory and Business Resources

As a novice in online business or blogging, it’s often difficult to get started. Visibility of a site is very important in terms of both search engine optimization and in terms of advertising. Advertising in multiple places could not only seem endlessly time-consuming and expensive, but out of reach for some. However, there is good [...]

// Tagged Business, bizfive.com, blogging, business articles, business blog, business directory, business resources, business solutions, web directories // 12.12.2007 at 5:26 pm // 4 Comments »

The First Year of IE7 Gone Bad

The IE7 development team thought it would make for good PR to pat themselves on the back. Turns out the readers are mostly frustrated users/designers trying to “fix” their otherwise (CSS) standards based work by means of IE hacks. Just skip the content of the blog and dive straight into the comments; that’s the fun [...]

// Tagged IE, Microsoft, Oddities, Stupid, Un, Windows, Windows Vista, asides, blog, funny, hacks, internet, socio-political // 12.11.2007 at 5:21 pm // Have your say »

Is 1024px the new 800px for Web Design?

Once the reboot was through, I got mixed response from our users; so I went back to figure out once and for all if designing around 800px made sense anymore. As with ALA 4.0, most sites now support 1024px format or higher, no one talks or cares about 800px anymore.
I didn’t have to look too [...]

// Tagged CSS, Design, Web Design, blog, resources, technology, websites // 12.11.2007 at 10:05 am // 6 Comments »

Weekend Reboot - New Design Based on Gluttony by Small Potato

If you are a frequent visitor, you will notice that the site was rebooted over the weekend using a fabulous design by WP Designer.
For the sake of comparison, I have included an image (linked to demo) of the original theme Gluttony along with a screenshot of the current version.

Of course the design is more than [...]

// Tagged Announcements, CSS, Code, Design, Grid, Reboot, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Theme, WP, blog, hacks, mandarinmusing, news, resources, site validation, style, wordpress, wordpress themes, wpSnap // 12.09.2007 at 12:12 pm // 10 Comments »