Supermicro X10SDV-7TP4F Heatsink Swap

After assembling my new home server, I ran into a bit of a heat issue. The Xeon-D SOC would get quite hot under load (80C), and was a little warmer than desired while idling (40C). Attempting to cool itself off, the motherboard kept the chassis fans spinning fast enough to be annoyingly loud. Since the heatsink installed on the motherboard was designed for 1U compatibility, and the case I’m using is 2U tall, it was not getting the airflow it was designed for.

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Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic 1.1.4

Announcing the immediate availability of Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic 1.1.4. This version fixes a bug relating to menu items with null or blank types. Previously, an error message was displayed when such a menu item was encountered. With version 1.1.4, Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic ignores these items.

Users with valid and activated license keys should receive an update notification within the WordPress dashboard and be able to use the update mechanism to update (just like with any plugin in the WordPress.org repository).

-John Havlik

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Breadcrumb NavXT Attributes 1.0.0

Introducing Breadcrumb NavXT Attributes. This plugin adds support for attribute based breadcrumb trails to Breadcrumb NavXT. Commonly seen on product pages, attribute breadcrumb trails show all of the taxonomy hierarchies used to classify a post. With Breadcrumb NavXT Attributes, a breadcrumb trail generated is for each term hierarchy of the post in question.

Features

  • Automatically generates every breadcrumb trail to a resource belonging to multiple term hierarchies
  • Ability to restrict generate breadcrumb trails to a specific taxonomy
  • Shortcode for embedding breadcrumbs into posts
  • Integration into Breadcrumb NavXT’s widget
    • Note, this method does not have ability to restrict to a specific taxonomy or to enable the display of the current item

-John Havlik

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Update 3 to Breadcrumb NavXT Premium Extensions

The current crop of five premium extensions received a minor update today. With this update, all of the premium extensions now use a new API for license and update management. Additionally, an incorrect string in the settings page for Menu Magic was fixed.

Users with valid and activated license keys should receive an update notification within the WordPress dashboard and be able to use the update mechanism to update (just like with any plugin in the WordPress.org repository).

Visit the Breadcrumb NavXT Premium Extension Store to check out all of the updated premium extensions.

-John Havlik

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Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic 1.1.2

Announcing the immediate availability of Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic 1.1.2. This version fixes two bugs. The cause of a PHP warning on taxonomy term archives when the current item is linked is fixed in this version. Additionally, unlinked menu items (items with a link of #) will once again grab the appropriate unlinked breadcrumb template.

Users with valid and activated license keys should receive an update notification within the WordPress dashboard and be able to use the update mechanism to update (just like with any plugin in the WordPress.org repository).

-John Havlik

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