Not so many moons ago I mentioned Google Sitemaps which may help with indexing your site. Google are now providing a handly list of plugins, produced by 3rd parties, that hook into their API. For bloggers there is a plugin for Wordpress, while there are others for popular applications such as oscommerce, vbulletin, phpbb and plone (to mention but a few) I've noticed some fellow … [Read more...] about Google Sitemaps – funky addons
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DRM – Upgrade your monitor!
David pointed out a very disturbing piece of tech news. It looks like DRM (digital rights management) is moving towards adding restrictions based on your monitor. Worrying? I would think so. … [Read more...] about DRM – Upgrade your monitor!
Adsense notifier updated
The recent changes to adsense naturally broke a number of applications that were interfacing with it, including the Allen G Hollman's Adsense notifier for firefox. Fortunately a new version has already been released that resolves any issues. Thank you! … [Read more...] about Adsense notifier updated
How many installs of WordPress?
According to the Wordpress download counter close to 400,000 downloads have been recorded of the 1.5* release. So how many installs are there? If you take into consideration the number of blogging platforms based on WP or MU the number grows exponentially and this is without even considering the number of hosting providers offering it preinstalled. … [Read more...] about How many installs of WordPress?
The death of phpbb?
According to Netcraft a number of hosting companies are banning the use of phpbb. Considering the number of security issues that the open source bulletin board software has had in the last 8 months, this move is not particularly surprising. However, as a spokesperson for the developers rightly pointed out: While phpBB has and no doubt will continue to suffer from exploits (show … [Read more...] about The death of phpbb?