Archive for 2009:

A Little Support?

{ Posted on Dec 01 2009 by Jane Wells }
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Categories : General, forums, support, volunteers
Thanksgiving was last week, and I thought about doing a post to thank the people who contribute to WordPress core, since this is a group of people I’m thankful for on a daily basis. I started a draft, and then ...Read More »

WordPress Wins CMS Award

{ Posted on Nov 18 2009 by Matt }
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Categories : General, award, cms, packt
I was very excited last week to learn that WordPress has been awarded the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. This is a landmark for us, as it is the first time we’ve ...Read More »

Core Contributors at WordCamp NYC

{ Posted on Nov 17 2009 by Jane Wells }
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WordCamp NYC was last weekend, and it was crazy awesome to have so many WordPress users and developers together in one place (final numbers to come, but looks like over 700). One of my favorite moments was right at the ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

{ Posted on Nov 13 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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Categories : Releases, Security
2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges.  If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended. The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This ...Read More »

Bug Hunt in Progress!

{ Posted on Nov 07 2009 by Jane Wells }
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Categories : Development
Just in case anyone forgot, the first of the November bug hunts for version 2.9 is now in progress, and will last another day. If you’ve got a dev environment set up, please consider pitching in to run some tests ...Read More »

Upcoming WordCamps

{ Posted on Nov 06 2009 by Jane Wells }
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Categories : WordCamp
There are six WordCamps coming up before the end of the year, and since I like to make sure people know about it when there’s a WordCamp near them, here’s the list, with some personal commentary thrown in. If you ...Read More »

Upcoming Bug Hunts!

{ Posted on Nov 01 2009 by Jane Wells }
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As we near completion of the 2.9 milestone, it’s that time of dev cycle again, when we ask all you community developers who’ve been putting off contributing to core to dust off your dev environments and help us get closer ...Read More »

Plugin Compatibility Beta

{ Posted on Oct 28 2009 by Mark Jaquith }
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Categories : Development
The number one reason people give us for not upgrading to the latest version of WordPress is fear that their plugins won’t be compatible. As part of our continuing efforts to make WordPress core, plugin, and theme upgrades as painless ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release

{ Posted on Oct 21 2009 by Peter Westwood }
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Categories : Releases, Security
As you know over the past couple of months we have been working on the new features for WordPress 2.9. We have also been working on trying to make WordPress as secure as possible and during this process we have ...Read More »

Getting involved with the 2.9 beta testing

{ Posted on Oct 13 2009 by Peter Westwood }
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Categories : 2.9, Development, beta, testing
We have been hard at work now for a few months on the new features that will be coming in WordPress 2.9, and we are near the time when the first beta version will be available. We’ll need your help ...Read More »
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Schedule
  • 0900-1000: Registration and Breakfast
  • 1000-1010: Opening by e27 Singapore
    Mohan Belani
  • 1010-1110: Keynote
    Scott Rafer
  • 1110-1210: Panel Discussion - Innovation in Asia and where is it heading
    Moderator - Benjamin Joffe
    Panelist 1 - Lu Gang
    Panelist 2 - Dr Lai Kok Fung
    Panelist 3 - Wong Hoong An
    Panelist 4 - R. Chandrashekar
  • 1210-1230: Talk by MDA
  • 1230-1400: Lunch
  • 1400-1440: Case Study 1
    Benjamin Joffe
  • 1400-1440: Case Study 2
    R. Chandrashekar
  • 1440-1600: Startup Pitches
    (8 - 10 Pitches)
    Panelist 1 - Reza Behnam
    Panelist 2 - Scott Rafer
    Panelist 3 - Dan Neary
    Panelist 3 - Tahn Joo Chin
  • 1600-1630: Tea Break
  • 1630-1730: Breakout Session 1: Content Management System with Django
    Kenny Shen
    Breakout Session 2: I did not know Flex can do this!
    Hu Shunjie Breakout Session 3: Trends on Online Social Networks in Asia: Where and when it is heading
    Bernard Leong Breakout Session 4: SiTF Mentorship Programmer (SMP)
    Mark Randolph
  • 1730-1830: Breakout Session 1: Working with the media as a start-up
    Chi-Loong
    Breakout Session 2: Robotics meet the Internet
    Thomas Tan Breakout Session 3: Effective Marketing
    Ryan Lim Breakout Session 4: Help IT people become admired and respected business presenters
    Andrew Lightheart
  • 1830-1930: Breakout Session 1: How to grow a global startup: The story of Skype
    Sten Tamkivi
    Breakout Session 2: Monkey to Monk - becoming a high performance developer
    Daniel Vaughan Breakout Session 3: Feed the Growing Appetite for the Digital Lifestyle
    Lee Poh Heng Breakout Session 4: Tools for innovators
    Shaun Martin
  • 1830 onwards: Post event networking
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