WordPress 2.5.1, its time to update.
The creators of WordPress has released a very important security update for their blogging platform. Anyone running WordPress 2.5 must upgrade to this latest release.
Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
In addition to the security fix, WordPress 2.5.1 contains over 70 bug fixes. Here are some highlights.
- Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
- Better performance for those who have many categories
- Media Uploader fixes
- An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
- Widget Administration fixes
- Various usability improvements
- Layout fixes for IE
SQL 2005: Tracing… Not just for DBAs anymore
There has always been a gray fuzzy line on how much access does a DBA give to a developer working on a production database. Too little access and they developer can’t do their job without involving the DBA and too much access has it’s own set of problems and is just not a good security practice.
It is common practice for developers to want to trace a SQL process to troubleshoot a problem or error. In SQL 2000 you had a choice to either involve the SQL administrator each time you needed to run a trace, or have system administrator rights on the SQL server and do it your self. SQL 2005 changes this with its server level permissions. Using the following SQL command you can grant tracing permission to a SQL user.
GRANT ALTER TRACE TO username
Parking WordPress
So, you have a domain name that you are planning on doing something with. You are all excited when you register it. Then you realize you have to do something with it. It seems like most registrars will graciously let you park the domain and present all sorts of advertising on the page. You have already paid money for your domain, and now they get to benefit of advertisements on your site.
Enter the LaunchPad theme for WordPress by ThemeShaper. With this theme you are able to turn a useless advertising page into a visually appealing parking page to announce your new service. It integrates feedburner for RSS feeds and allows visitors to subscribe via e-mail.
I have personally used this to park a few domains I am working on. It is a simple visually appealing theme.