And don’t look for it in WP Plugins repo, you won’t find it there

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/*
Plugin Name: Top Visitors Flag
Plugin URI: http://www.marvinmarcelo.com/
Description: This plugin displays visitors on sidebar as widget dependent on <a href="http://dadabase.de/weblog/archives/2006/05/23/wordpress-geotrack-plugin">WP/GEO-Track plugin</a>.
Author: Marvin Marcelo
Author URI: http://www.marvinmarcelo.com/
Version: 1.0.0
*/
function tvf_get_topvisits()
{
  global $wpdb, $table_prefix;
  $sql = "select count(*) as `rows` , `country` , `flagname` from `".$table_prefix."geotrack` group by `country` order by `rows` desc limit 0 , 12";
  $flagstats = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
 
  $html = "<li id='top-country-flags'><h2>Top Visiting Countries</h2><div>\n"; /*  id string */
  foreach ($flagstats as $cf)
  {
    $cf->rows = number_format($cf->rows, 0, "", ",");
    $html .= "<img src=\"". GEOTRACK_URL . "flags/" . $cf-/>flagname . ".png\" alt=\"Flag of $cf->country with $cf->rows visits\" title=\"$cf->country with $cf->rows visits\" />\n";
  }
  $html .= "</div></li>";
  echo $html;
}
 
function init_tvf_init(){
	register_sidebar_widget("Top Visitors Flags", "tvf_get_topvisits");
}
 
if (defined('GT_NOT_INSTALLED'))
{
  echo "<!-- You need \"http://dadabase.de/weblog/archives/2006/05/23/wordpress-geotrack-plugin\" installed first-->";
}
else
{
  add_action("plugins_loaded", "init_tvf_init");
}

Also, you have to forgive the function, constants, and variables names, we all struggle for a better and sensible one Happy coding!

WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release
Posted August 12, 2009 by Matt. Filed under Releases, Security.

Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

We fixed this problem last night and have been testing the fixes and looking for other problems since then. Version 2.8.4 which fixes all known problems is now available for download and is highly recommended for all users of WordPress.

Source: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/

blueprint-sf

I retain the random quotes below the header, that’s what I had in Ice theme.

(Email)
I’ve had a play with 2.6 it still isn’t an advance on the current live versions that we’re currently using

(IM)
i’m shockled how much i hate the new version

What?!!! When did any given group of developers or software companies created a new version of their product that is worse than the previous one? Especially WordPress, having a great attention these days.

Simply compare the two versions “Create New Post” page

So I’m planning to keep up with it on my free time. It isn’t too much, in exchange for a traffic. Check it out yourself.

To keep this from duplicating, which I’m not sure if having two versions of these metas is good or bad, I added condition in my header template to disable the static metas from my current theme.

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<?php
if (!class_exists("All_in_One_SEO_Pack")) 
{ # move these metas here 
?>
<meta name="keywords" content="......" />
<meta name="description" content="......"/>
<?php
} 
?>

And if you deactivate the plugin, these hardcoded metas from your plugin will work instead.