I see it all the time.  People always talk about how their web browser crashed because they had 30+ tabs open at once.

I don’t have this problem, but that’s only because I hand-coded my own dashboard to handle everything I need to accomplish on the web.  Almost like a “virtual browser” which helps keep me from being tied to one computer.  I work in the cloud baby!

Anyways, on average how many tabs do you have open at once in your browser window?  I’d also love to hear why so many tabs are left open.  Is it things you plan on getting back to?

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According to the Wordpress development team:

“Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.”

The Wordpress team fixed this problem last night and have been testing the fixes and looking for other problems since then.

Download The Specific Files

If you’re running Wordpress 2.7 or later, then you can simply use your automatic upgrade function built right into your version to make the upgrade, but if you’re running an earlier version or like me you sometimes have problems with the automatic upgrade utility, there is a separate file you can download and install manually that contains only the modified wordpress files.

You can download only the files modified straight from Wordpress.org by clicking here.

What are your thoughts on how often Wordpress releases upgrades? Security releases are unquestionable, but what about release that simply change look and functionality? Do you think they release new version too often?

A recent article I did on writing timeless posts included the idea of removing the date from your posts.  My reasoning was that removing it helped give your content a sense of timelessness.

Search engine visitors who happened upon a post from a year or two ago wouldn’t get the impression that your blog and it’s content was outdated if the date was removed.

If you write timeless content, you don’t want the first impressions of a visitor to affect their opinion before they even get a chance to see what an expert you just may be on a particular subject.

So what are your thoughts?  Do you think it matters?  Does the post date affect your opinion of the content? Please vote and maybe offer a further explanation in the comments.

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iConnect Social Media Bar Plugin

The iConnect social media bar plugin orginated as a custom addition to my own blog because of my interest to better connect with my blog community through all of my social media profiles.

I was asked by several of my friends if they could get the same thing for their blogs but with added features like custom images and urls. This lead me to contact my good friend Owen Cutajar (master plugin creator) to get my social media bar converted into a plugin with these additional features.

He did an awesome job, including the addition to make the links nofollow and open in a new window.

The bar is attached to the top of the blog page and remains in view even when your readers scroll.

Now here it is. For all the world to use.

Installation

1. Upload the iContent folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate iContent through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Change your setting by clicking Settings in your wordpress menu and iConnect.

If the iConnect Social Media Bar covers up part of the top of your blog, you’ll need to make some changes to your theme’s stylesheet.

To do so, add the following line of code to stylesheet.php:

body {margin-top:30px;}

If you already have a body style tag in your stylesheet, simply add the information within the braces to your existing body style tag.

If you have any questions or problems when installing this plugin, please contact me.

Screenshots

Getting The Plugin

This plugin is available for purchase for only $9.95.

All upgrades are free for life with purchase of the plugin.

What are your thoughts on the plugin? Any future upgrades or additions you’d be interested in seeing?