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  • The joy of /feed/

    RSS is a bit of the web’s plumbing that often is reported as dead or dying. It won’t go anywhere soon though because it’s just too useful. In short, RSS (usually read to stand for ‘really simple syndication’ although holy wars have been fought over this) provides a way of delivering the latest content from…

  • The award winning MyTVH

    We’re stoked to hear that MyTVH won Digital Innovation of the Year at HouseParty yesterday. We’ve been working with Jayne Hilditch and the team at Thames Valley Housing Association over the past year to create a user-centered customer service platform for TVH’s residents. “MyTVH is Thames Valley’s online customer services platform. It’s not a big vendor out…

  • Scheduling a post in WordPress

    A simple one this, but something that quite a few people using WordPress have missed. Sometimes you want to schedule a post to be published at a time other than right now. There are a few reasons for that: You can probably think of a few others yourself. So, how to get around this problem?…

  • Timthumb raises its ugly head, once again

    A new vulnerability has been announced in TimThumb, a library that many WordPress sites use to manipulate and display images. This vulnerability makes sites with a particular configuration of TimThumb vulnerable to arbitrary code execution attacks. These attacks are pretty serious, allowing the attacker to force your server to run any command they like. Usually, it’s…

  • Weekly roundup 20/6/14

    Here is what your friendly dxwers have been reading and sharing this week.

  • The dxw WordPress security plugin

    Following up on recent posts by Duncan and myself on WordPress security, it’s probably about time I told you about the dxw WordPress security plugin. This plugin pulls in the data from the dxw WordPress plugin security reviews site, and embeds them in your site, right in the plugins page in your dashboard. This provides…