Joe Hayes {dot} Org

I’ve been running a few WPMUinstalls and use them in a myriad of ways. From generic blog hosting to doing personal and custom setups for things like multi-blog multi-author setups and even using them to host a network of domains as to help ease the maintenance required to maintain dozens (or hundreds) of Wordpress installs.

Recently I have been working on a large project, BlogSavy, a free blog hosting service. Other than the typical stuff like updating the software to the lastest version of WPMU and getting all the plugins and templates playing nicely with each other, recently there was a forum installed for support. As such, posting updates on both the host’s homepage and in the forum cumbersome, as well as a time waster.

An urgent update for Wordpress was released yesterday, specifically to fix a flaw in the XML-RPC implementation that could potentially allow an unscrupulous user to edit other user’s posts. If you’re in a pinch and aren’t too worried with other fixes, you can download the patched xmlrpc.php from here and overwrite your existing file.

On the homepage, one of the more effective places to implement Google Adsense is after the first post (same for any other archive type page, like the categories). While the CTR (click through rate) won’t be as high as placing the code above the first post, or after the first post title, it’s much cleaner and will provide a ‘less spammy’ place to put the code. Remember, folks are here for your content - not your ads.