Delays, Delays
Sometimes during a coding project you can discover that you are at a point where you may need to backtrack. I’m possibly at that point with the new release of AWSOM Pixgallery. I may have to redo a major part of the work I’ve been doing to go in a different direction with the new features I’m adding. The workflow for the user is not what I was hoping it would be, and as a result I think the process I was using is now incorrect. What I plan on doing though is to bundle up the features that are not a problem and release a new version soon, but scaled back from what I was hoping to have in the next release. Since I’m in the redevelopment phase of things I’m not sure when this will be, but it will certainly be sooner than what would have been the regular release.
Just wanted to keep you guys up on what’s going on.
Very Useful Plugins: Subscribe to Comments
WordPress’s comment system is very basic. After someone comments they really have to either sign up to your comments RSS or come back often to see if anyone has replied to their comment. A very useful plugin that helps make your comments area more useful is the Subscribe to Comments plugin from txfx.net. This simple plugin adds a checkbox to the comment entry area that allows users to subscribe to that page/post’s comment list and receive an email whenever someone adds a new comment to that post. Considering that this is such an easy thing to add in, and usually requires no editing or code changes to work, it’s a no-brainer as a required addon for most WordPress sites.
WordPress 2.3.1 now available
WordPress 2.3.1 is now available for download from the WordPress.org website. This release fixes a number of bugs and security issues. I would strongly suggest all current 2.3 version users download and update their version of WordPress.
Webcomics plugin StripShow 1.5 Final released
The “final” version of the StripShow WordPress plugin has been released. This plugin has a boatload of features that would help out any new webcomic site being developed in WordPress (comic nav arrows, RSS feed integration, file uploading, etc.). In many ways it looks like it’s compiling up many other previous plugins into one uberplugin. The developers are talking about strongly supporting this plugin so go check it out and add to the feature wishlist.
First WordPress 2.3 vulnerability found, same for earlier versions
The first WordPress 2.3 security issue has been found. It is in regard to the blogroll function in WordPress and results in unlimited spam entries being injected into your blogroll. This vulnerability is already being exploited by spammers. An explanation and a fixed file can be found here until a new point release of WordPress is available. This issue apparently also affects older versions of WordPress as well as the newest version, so pretty much anyone using the blogroll on their site should immediately address this issue.