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WordPress 2.6 is the current stable version of the popular blogging software, although WordPress 2.6.1 beta 1 is available for download and testing.

Like with all tech development, plans must be made ahead of time for changes, whether it’s for a new operating system, new kernel in Linux/Unix, or changes to online software, such as WordPress or even a Webmail interface. With development, though, comes testing, trials, and of course, changes. Yes, I said that ominous word that many simply hate: change.

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After three days of email exchanges, Oliver sent me an alpha version of cForms 5.4. Alpha versions of development — pre-beta releases. Betas are basically “stable” products that are being considered for release. I’ve been alpha- and beta-testing for almost 20 years, so I backed up my database, installed and activated cForms 5.4 alpha, and went to work.

I’ve been running WP-DBManager 2.11 for a few months now, and for the most part, it sat in the background, doing, I suppose, what it was supposed to do on its own. Yes, like anyone who has been down the proverbial road of having to do backups, reinstalls, and disaster recovery, I know enough to check up on things, especially automated processes, such as WP-DBmanager, to be sure everything is working as it should. Each time I checked, it looked as though all systems were a GO!, as NASA would say.

When Sadish closed the competition, which he said drew more responses than he anticipated — 31 posts offering up 78 suggested names — was started on August 11, he said he would announce the winner today, Monday, August 21. He kept his word.

Are blogging packages, such as WordPress, TypeP…

The new release, which comes just over a month since the release of WordPress 2.2, brings mostly tweaks to the “2.2 series,” as Ryan Boren points out in the official announcement on the WordPress site.

Microsoft released its latest beta, version 1.0 (12.0.1183.516) of Windows Live Writer (WLW), on Monday, June 4, bringing with it a more Vista-like look, even for non-Vista users, I’ve been told by one user, Melody Quick, of TheHometownView.com, along with many other improvements under the hood, as well as on the front end, for the user.

In fact, the developers went so far as to explain that although not all downloads of [version] 2.1.1 were affected, we’re declaring the entire version dangerous.

When I began fiddling with the SanDisk Cruzer, I found it has this “desktop” software, so you can encrypt the contents of the drive. That’s a nice idea, but since I have no idea what’s behind that encryption, and didn’t take time to hack it, I decided to simply wipe the drive and use it how I use all keyfobs: using my own encryption source. I didn’t wipe everything off the drive, though, until I played with the stuff that came as bonus features.

If you’re in or around the city tomorrow, Saturday, January 20, 2007, be sure to check out the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup Saturday, Jan 20, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Tags: bloggers, Blogging, MeetUp, Philadelphia, WordPress

Cre8d has made the first of several posts giving tips and resources on designing a WordPress them.

I was taught early in life to be a Jack-of-all-…