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Blogs With Flash at Risk: Update Adobe Flash Player
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Jan 20 2010 at 7:17 pm | No Comments »
Adobe Shockwave Flash Player has been found to have several security vulnerabilities. Many blogs feature flash content, as do many multimedia sites. We discuss the issues and
Firefox 3.6: Power Bloggers Rejoice
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Jan 13 2010 at 1:00 pm | 3 Comments »
Firefox 3.6 is expected in the next couple weeks and brings with it powerful improvements and new features for power bloggers, designers and developers. WordPress Theme designers and Plugin authors will benefit from the new features and support for CSS 3, HTML 5, and the new video HTML tag. Get the scoop on all the new bells and whistles in the newest version of Firefox, what some call the “blogger’s browser.”
Joost de Valk Announces Quix, a “Command Line for Your Browser”
By Dave Moyer, posted Jan 13 2010 at 8:00 am | No Comments »
Today, Joost de Valk of Yoast fame announced a side project he’s been working on called Quix, billed as “your bookmarklets on steroids”, allowing you to enter commands and perform different web-related actions, similar to Quicksilver for Mac OS X or Ubiquity for Firefox.
Special Deal on the Problogger Workbook
By Dave Moyer, posted Jan 12 2010 at 9:00 am | No Comments »
Darren Rowse, arguably one of the most famous and successful bloggers on the internet, has announced that, to help bloggers get a kickstart in growing their blogs in 2010, he’s going to offer three different “new year’s bonuses” to those who purchase his ebook, 31 Days to Building a Better Blog.
Akismet Spam Protection Pro Blogger API Keys Available on GoDaddy
By Dave Moyer, posted Jan 11 2010 at 1:00 am | No Comments »
Because it comes included as a plugin in a standard distribution of WordPress.org, it makes sense that the vast majority of WordPress bloggers (and even bloggers on other platforms) use the extremely powerful Akismet to protect their sites from the constantly growing enemy of comment spam, many purchasing commercial licenses for their larger traffic sites. Today Automattic made it even easier for GoDaddy.com customers to purchase these keys.