Vodafone Unblocks WordPress in Mumbai After Twitter Outcry
Mobile network Vodafone briefly placed a blanked block on both Blogspot and WordPress free-hosted domains, but lifted the WordPress block after an uproar erupted on Twitter. Users of the 2G and 3G mobile networks in Mumbai were prevented from accessing WordPress.com domains. The block allegedly goes back a couple of…
Hijacked CMS Systems Spread “Scareware”
The SANS Internet Storm Center has issued a warning stating that numerous open source CMS systems, including WordPress and Joomla sites, have been compromised and hijacked in order to spread malicious applications known as “scareware”. Scareware is a relatively new term used to describe software which tricks users into believing…
Big Updating Coming for WordPress for Windows Phone
Version 1.81 of WordPress for Windows Phone has just been released, and the developers are already making plans for Version 1.9! The Version 1.81 update is a relatively minor one, including a couple of layout improvements and some stability updates. The changelog for the new version listed ten crash and/or…
Joomla! Reaches 36 Million Downloads
Popular open source CMS, Joomla, has just reached a staggering 36 million downloads. This news should inspire web development companies working on other platforms. The popularity of the CMS has not gone un-noticed. The system is set to make an appearance in the graduate-level content management course offered by the…
WordPress Taking Payment in Bitcoins
WordPress has just announced that it will now accept bitcoins, the online distributed currency, as a form of payment for services on the blogging platform. WordPress is a free and open source blogging platform, but Automattic, the company of web develops and web programmers, offers paid-for features including hosted versions…
WordPress Now Supports Windows Phone 8
WordPress have been making many improvements to their blogging tool over the last few months, with new features, stability improvements, and tweaks being released for both the Android and the iOS versions. This latest update is big news, however. The new version of the app adds support for Windows Phone…
Magento Live Conference Update
MagentoLive took place last week in London, England. The conference offered web developers and entrepreneurs a chance to learn about the platform, and also find out where the company is heading and what their plans are for the next couple of years. Magento is an eCommerce solutions provider. They attracted…
Zendesk Partners With Magento
Ecommerce company Zendesk has partnered with Magento, to offer users of their cloud-based eCommerce suite better integration. The agreement, which was announced at the MagentoLive conference in the UK, means that Zendesk’s customers will be able to take advantage of the company’s customer service channels via any Magento-powered site. Setting…
Solodev Remodels the CMS Landscape
Solodev is attempting to change the CMS landscape by creating an all-in-one content management system that can be used for far more than just websites. While most CMS web developers focus on either blogs, online magazines, or enterprise websites, Solodev wants to also allow users to build and manage social…
Featured Image Support Added to WordPress for iOS
Is it really important to have Magento store at a mobile? While we’re thinking, WordPress for iOS has just received a major update. Version 3.2 of the iOS native App adds one of the most commonly requested features – the ability to upload Featured Images for posts from directly inside…
Joomla Makes Way for Mobile
Joomla 3.0 was released at the end of last month. The release marks a major milestone for the popular content management system, which recently celebrated its seventh anniversary. Not only did the release add several new features and enhancements to the CMS in general, it also positioned Joomla in a…
Bloggers Rejoice As Tumblr Returns From Outage
Bloggers, social media experts, and amateur photographers rejoiced on Friday afternoon, after Tumblr returned from a six hour outage. The outage struck at 8:40 AM Eastern Time on Friday, and saw Twitter flooded with complaints from users around the world. Tumblr’s demographics skew younger than many of the other social…
Test Joomla 3.0 Beta Today!
Joomla 3.0 is due out in a few days, but you, as a web developer, don’t have to wait to check it out. If you’re a big fan of Joomla, a developer, or an advanced user, then you can download Joomla 3.0 Beta version today. The beta version boasts several…
Joomla! Day Comes to New York City
Few weeks ago, Microsoft held Joomla! Day 2012 in New York City. The even saw hundreds of people from the international Joomla community converge on New York City to check out a preview of Joomla 3.0. Paul Orwig, the president of Open Source matters, was present to give a keynote…
WordPress for Android Boasts New Stats
While Magento developers are focusing on the Magento Extensions, WordPress got a nice update earlier this week, in the form of WordPress for Android 2.2, an updated version of the mobile application that allows blog owners to manage their sites on the go. The new version of the app includes…
WordPress Considering Ditching Blog Rolls
WordPress is said to be considering removing blogrolls from the newest version of their blogging platform. The proposal is that as of WordPress 3.5, blogrolls will be a plugin, rather than a basic feature. So, if a blogger wants to include links, for example in the sidebar, they will have…
Import/Export Orders
This extension is designed to import/export all orders and related customer information. Such information may consist of billing and shipping , email address and method of payment. The extension will work with already registered customers as well as the ones that are logged in as guests. Features • Import/export any…
Google Releases New Web Development Tools
Google has just released two new internally developed tools that aim to make life a lot easier for web developers. One of the tools is designed to help developers spot memory leaks in JavaScript code, while the other is a library written in Dart, which is used to help developers…
Reuters May Still Be Running Outdated WordPress
The popular online news service Reuters is still running an outdated version of WordPress, in spite of having recently been the target of a hacking attack. Last week, Reuters saw their blogging platform attacked, and compromised websites had fake blog posts put up on them, including a supposed interview with…
Drupal Camp Sponsored by ForeSite
ForeSite technologies has announced that they will be sponsoring Drupal Camp CT once again this year. ForeSite Technologies is an IT Support and Web Development firm. This will be the second time that they have sponsored the camp. Drupal Camp CT is a free day-long conference that takes place once…