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Most Content Management Systems, such as MovableType and ExpressionEngine, come with a hefty price tag attached to them. One of the biggest pros and reasons most people use WordPress, is because, well, that price tag is no where to be seen. But what if WordPress.com started charging a monthly fee for hosting with them and using their app? Or what if WordPress.org started charging for personal and commercial licenses? Would you continue using WordPress and support them for their outstanding hard work? Read more…

WordPress 2.6.5 has just been released and has been labeled as a recommended upgrade. This release fixes a security issue and three other small bugs.

The following are the fixes in detail:

• Added a check for the correct post_type to blogger.editPost and blogger.deletePost.
• Updates to update_post_meta() and delete_post_meta() to ensure they work correctly with post revisions and don’t create the meta on the revision instead of the post.
• Protection for a very difficult to exploit XSS issue.
• Fix for an XSS issue with the Atom and RSS feeds on some hosting setups.

You may have noticed that version 2.6.4 has been skipped, due to a fake 2.6.4 release that had gone around the blogosphere.

On a side note, I personally won’t be upgrading anymore of my sites until 2.7 is released. I want 2.7, and I want it now!

Well, with Beta 3 just being released, it looks like WordPress is making their way very nicely with 2.7. If you have Beta 1 or 2, make sure to update via Tools -> Update menu, because there’s over 160 changes. Here are a few:

• Numerous style improvements and refinements.
• All admin notices now go under the page title.
• PHP Notice fixes.
• Dashboard widget options now properly save.
• Menu fixes.
• New design for Quick Edit.
• Canonical feed URL fixes.
• Walker fixes.
• An update for Hello Dolly.
• Plugin installer updates.
• Numerous font updates.
• Updated login logo.
• Switch position of “Save Draft” and “Preview” buttons in publish module.
• File upload support for MS Office 2007+ file formats.
• Media upload buttons won’t show if the user doesn’t have the upload capability.
• Canonical redirects only do yes-www or no-www redirection for domains.
• Shift-click checkbox range selection improvement.
• Add New User page now separate.
• Tag suggest only suggests tags (not other taxonomy terms).
• QuickPress shows “Submit for Review” if user cannot publish.
• Private posts/pages, and password-protected posts/pages are rolled into new “Visibility” section of publish module.

Click here to download WordPress Beta 3.

Recently, with the WordPress developers making their way on WordPress 2.7 (Crazyhorse), they’ve decided to post a couple of surveys (WordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey and WordPress 2.7 UI Survey #2) for the WordPress community, allowing them to add their opinion on certain design elements of the new Dashboard and Admin Panel. The surveys cover the following:

• Navigation sections and labels
• Where to put the search box
• Where to put the Add New Post button/favorites menu
• How to label the Future Publish/Edit Timestamp function

I’m actually pretty excited to have my say on the upcoming version of WordPress, specifically the admin panel. It allows for the community to have a say on the product they use, which is pretty cool! I don’t know many products that take direct input from their users and put it to good use - yet another way we’re experiencing the greatness of open-source software. The first survey has already been closed, but the second one is still open, so make sure you participate!

What do you think? Will this allow the new WordPress 2.7 admin panel to be shaped in a positive way? Or will this community collaboration actually have a negative influence?

A few weeks ago I published an article entitled ‘Does WordPress Scare Your Clients?’. In this article, I discussed difficulties I’ve experienced when using WordPress with clients, both as blogging software and as a tool for managing site content on a regular basis. With over 30 comments, I read many stories and suggestions about how other developers have tried to make their clients more comfortable with WordPress. Here’s a wrap-up of the best and most common suggestions I found. Read more…

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems web developers use with clients. Devlounge recently published a great article with some things to consider when using WordPress as a CMS. One of the biggest deciding points is functionality - will WordPress be able to do everything you need it to for your client’s site? And if not, are there plugins that will make it work? In most cases, the answer is yes, and that’s why WordPress is so great. But is it too complex? Read more…

The feature list of the next milestone release of WordPress, currently scheduled for early November of this year, was released a few days ago, and several blogs have already covered the announcement. One thing that caught my attention was its focus on comments. Comments on weblogs has always been one of the best ways to create a discussion and receive feedback on your writings. With WordPress 2.7, we might see more attention paid to comments than ever before. Read more…

It’s been a while since I’ve written a post due to my lack of internet access while away on vacation. What’s a vacation without sitting back, putting your feet up on a random coffee table somewhere, and browsing the web using Wifi? Pfft, not a vacation at all. Anyways, as soon as I got back (and bought a new 85-watt MacBook charger since I somehow misplaced my other one) I checked my RSS feeds and was overloaded with tons of new WordPress news! Here’s a wrap-up of what’s going on in the WordPress Community these days.

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