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AJAX attacks and how to mitigate against them

Excellent post on The Register entitled Reduce your exposure to AJAX threats, which talks about three pieces of advice you need to keep in mind when developing AJAX applications. There’s nothing new in terms of security principles, just an application to the fact that a… Read more »

My WordPress Plugins

Just wanted to take a few minutes to draw the attention of my readers to some of the more popular WordPress plugins I’ve written over the last couple of years. They would be of interest to you if you run your own blog on WordPress…. Read more »

Theming WPAuctions

One of the great things about working with Hyder is that he’s a brilliant designer. I’m happy messing around with code and databases, and have no idea how to make front-ends look pretty, but he’s just star when it comes to CSS and graphic design…. Read more »

UTW Import -> Solved!

I’ve managed to get to the bottom of why my Ultimate Tag Warrior tags were failing to get imported into WordPress. The code was getting as far as “Adding Tags to Posts”, and just stopping there with no warnings, no errors, nothing. Turns out that… Read more »

Forays into AJAX

I’ve recently had the opportunity to learn more about AJAX. For those unfamiliar with the term, it’s a web technique whereby web pages can make asynchronous calls to backend services to present functionality to the user without having to refresh the page all the time…. Read more »

Technical Evening

Wow, it’s been a pretty busy evening; I’ve been getting my hands dirty with a whole range of different things. My Fonera arrived! It’s a great way to share your WiFi connection in a controlled fashion, so that you have control over what bandwidth you… Read more »

PHP – Want to create a graph?

Last night I wanted to create a WordPress widget for my brother in law, Randolph who has decided to ask people who ask him what he wants for Xmas to donate cash towards his new laptop. It’s a bit rough as I can’t really dedicate… Read more »