http://wpjunkie.net WordPress news for beginners and developers Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:50:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to Donncha O Caoimh a new version of WP Super Cache is available. This release addresses some issues large or busy sites had with deleting expired cache files. Some sites generated so many cache files that there were two [sic] many files generated, even when those files were cleared out ... http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/12/wp-super-cache-087/ According to Mark Jaquith: Subscribe to Comments puts a checkbox in your comments form that, if checked when leaving a comment, will e-mail that commenter all followup comments on that post. This is great news for those using WordPress.com. It should help increase the number of comments, and increase discussion because of ... http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/09/subscribe-to-comments-plugin-now-available-on-wordpresscom/ Although this is not a direct WordPress vulnerability, it is a severe vulnerability that webmasters should be aware. A new paper out this week details the exploit of MD5 and Certificate Athorities (CA). What makes this such a scary and threatening attack is the use of MD5 to secure a website ... http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/03/md5-vulnerability/ [caption id="attachment_55" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="WordCamp Whistler"][/caption] WordCamp Whistler is coming January  24th, 2009 in Whistler BC, Canada. It will be held at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Speakers for this event include: Lorelle VanFossen Andy Peatling And More... Subscribe to their RSS feed here Follow @WCWhistler on Twitter for updates http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/01/wordcamp-whistler/ [caption id="attachment_51" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="WordCamp Indonesia"][/caption] Following the success story of WordCamp Philippines 2008 at last September 6, 2008 as the first WordCamp in SouthEast Asia, and now It’s time for Indonesia’s first WordCamp. will be held on January 17th-18th, 2009 at Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta WordCamp is a 2-day conference for WordPress users and developers. ... http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/01/wordcamp-indonesia/ [caption id="attachment_47" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="WordCamp: Las Vegas"][/caption] WordCamp Las Vegas is coming this month in just a few days. If you haven't signed up yet, please do so now. It will be held at Palace Station Hotel & Casino, January 10th and 11th. Some of the speakers to this WordCamp include: Matt Mullenweg Joseph ... http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/01/wordcamp-las-vegas/ [caption id="attachment_67" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="WordPress Hacker"][/caption] I have recently come across a series of posts regarding the elusive task of securing a WordPress installation. I was curious about how this works, and wondered why this would be needed since the WordPress development community does a fantastic job of release security updates ... http://wpjunkie.net/2009/01/01/secure-wordpress-scam/ [caption id="attachment_77" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="John Coltrane"][/caption] Just one day after 2.7 RC 2 was released, the real deal, WordPress 2.7 "Coltrane" has hit the servers and is a major change in not only the admin panel, but a lot of core changes as well. There have been plenty of updates concerning what ... http://wpjunkie.net/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-coltrane/ http://wpjunkie.net/2008/12/05/wordpress-27-easter-egg-video/ New Orleans WordCamp coming in March of 2009. WordCamp.org has it listed as being March 18 - 19. [caption id="attachment_44" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Hacked Notification for WordCamp NOLA"][/caption] Unfortunately, I went to the site and was greeted by an old-school "This page was hacked by..." type thing. I really hope they get this fixed ... http://wpjunkie.net/2008/12/05/wordcamp-nola/