WordPress 2.3.3

WordPress 2.3.3 has been released and this release includes a security fix (xmlrpc.php) and 3 minor bug fixes.
3 bug fixes as follows (Ctrl C + Ctrl V from WordPress Trac):

  • gettext fails to determine byteorder on 64bit systems with php5.2.1
  • some registration emails fail in 2.3.1 b/c of “callout verification”
  • maybe_create_table call to config.php issue

5 files changed (Thanks to whooami):

  • /wp-admin/install-helper.php
  • /wp-includes/gettext.php
  • /wp-includes/pluggable.php
  • /wp-includes/version.php
  • /xmlrpc.php

Get WordPress 2.3.3 now.

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WP-DBManager 2.11 RC1

I needed help in testing WP-DBManager 2.11 automatic backup feature. This feature works on this site but it can’t email a backup database to my email address because simply the backup file is too big (around 10MB). For those users which have a smaller database, I need help from you guys in testing this particular feature of the automatic backup.

Here is the changelog for WP-DBManager 2.11:
Version 2.11 (01-06-2007)

  • NEW: Sort Database Backup Files By Date In Descending Order
  • NEW: Added Repair Database Feature
  • NEW: Automatic Scheduling Of Backing Up And Optimizing Of Database

If you found and bugs, please do post it in the support forums. Thank you.

UPDATE
» Download WP-DBManager 2.11

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Pretty Quiet Over Here

Pretty quiet over here recently because I have not been doing any development to any of my plugins because I am so so busy with my projects and exams. Even though my last paper is on the 4th December 2007, I doubt I got time to spend coding the updates to all my plugins as I got a tight schedule lining up for me in December.

Nevertheless, I am still aiming to release updates to my plugins a few days after WordPress 2.4 comes out of the door. Keeping my finger cross.

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Without WWW

I have finally took some time off to redirect http://www.lesterchan.net/wordpress to https://lesterchan.net/wordpress and update my links to reflect this change.

As for my links in my WordPress plugins, I will update it when I release updates for all of them after WordPress 2.3 is released (sometime in September 2007).

For all those that linked me, it would be good if you can change my url from http://www.lesterchan.net/wordpress to https://lesterchan.net/wordpress. If you find it too troublesome to do so, you can just leave it as .htaccess will take care of it.

But most importantly, a big thank you for linking me.

Why is .www deprecated?

By default, all popular Web browsers assume the HTTP protocol. In doing so, the software prepends the ‘http://’ onto the requested URL and automatically connect to the HTTP server on port 80. Why then do many servers require their websites to communicate through the www subdomain? Mail servers do not require you to send emails to recipient@mail.domain.com. Likewise, web servers should allow access to their pages though the main domain unless a particular subdomain is required.

Succinctly, use of the www subdomain is redundant and time consuming to communicate. The internet, media, and society are all better off without it.

By: www. is deprecated.

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