November 18th, 2010

Breadcrumb NavXT 3.7.0 Preview

Posted by John Havlik in WordPress > Plugins

What will become Breadcrumb NavXT 3.7.0 has been released for translation to the translation team. With the upcoming holiday next week in the US, the official release is planned for Monday, November 29th. While the translators update their translations, there is plenty of time for interested users to try out the new version, play with the new features, and look for bugs.

There has been a ton of code change in regards to settings installs and upgrades. Support for multi sites has been added, and I definitely need feedback on the current implementation. Changes were made to how custom post types are supported, and a root page akin to the “page on front” and “posts page” settings in WordPress were added for each custom post type. Breadcrumb trails for attachments should display the full hierarchy once again. I accidentally broke that in the 3.6.0 release.

I will be performing several regression tests, on top of what has already been done, over the next week. Hopefully, this will be the smoothest release to date.

Grab the Breadcrumb NavXT SVN Trunk version to try out 3.7.0 before it is released.

-John Havlik

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November 17th, 2010

BlogPress SEO is in Defence Mode

Posted by John Havlik in Enemy of the Spammers

Looks like Joost is getting to the BlogPress SEO folks. In the latest blog post by BlogPress SEO’s creator, we receive this nugget of comedy:

Why don’t big guys like BlogPress SEO?

I would come up with a very small and sweet explanation on why big Sites and Big guys don’t like BlogPress SEO?

The simple reason – they are scared!

Explanation: How many times it has happened with you write an original article and a site which has copied your article ranks on top of your site on Google? Well this is the power of backlinks and site authority. So its just a matter or backlinks – trust me. Now if you can over come that you can easily beat the **** out of Google’s algorithm… -Saurabh Nagar

Well, he couldn’t be talking about me, I don’t consider myself to be part of the supposed “big Sites and Big guys”. I do know why Joost does not like this plugin, and I agree with his justification. Let’s just say I am not trembling with fear of this plugin. Likewise, I’m sure Joost is not scared. I have no reason to be afraid of a plugin that will get you blacklisted from Google’s index and hands your blog over to Saurabh on a silver platter.

Due to the actions of the BlogPress SEO team, I can never, and will never recommend that plugin. It is malware, written by people who clearly have malicious intents. Their lack of explanation or admitting to writing the backdoor demonstrates this. Instead, they spin, spin, spin more than a politician.

November 15th, 2010

BlogPress SEO is at it Again

Posted by John Havlik in Enemy of the Spammers

The fine folks that brought you BlogPress SEO are offering subscriptions for their product, or something along those lines. They are charging $97.00 a month for a single site subscription, and $597.00 a month for a 100 domain subscription. So now they are charging you and installing a backdoor in your site. But wait, there’s more. Who ever updated the page neglected to remove the download link or API key generator.

November 15th, 2010

WordCamp MSP 2010 Picture Recap

Posted by John Havlik in Events > WordCamp

Just a quick set of pictures I took at WordCamp MSP, there were far fewer than I had intended to take. That probably had something to do with my camera being in my backpack rather than in my pocket or hand. Looking forward to WordCamp MSP 2011, and I promise I will take more pictures next year.

-John Havlik

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November 14th, 2010

WordCamp MSP 2010 Slides

Posted by John Havlik in Events > WordCamp

For those of you look for slides and notes from my presentations at WordCamp MSP 2010, you’ve come to the right place. Below I have my slides from my first presentation of the day, “How to: Reporting Issues”. You should also be able to download the .pptx file off of slideshare, if you so choose.

How to: Reporting Issues

-John Havlik

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