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This online generator will create your own unique WordPress Theme. Without need for any HTML, JS, PHP, or CSS knowledge.

This has some nice instant previews, lots of layout, color and gradient settings, custom header graphics and download of individual files as well as a neatly packaged zip. For all the new bloggers, here is one very good site to get your own themes rather than fighting your way with the code ..etc..

Based on the WordPress 2.1 with Yahoo! UI (Grids,Tabs & Fonts) to support all A-Grade browsers. Theme supports Widgets.

Happy WPing !! 

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After getting huge responses for his "Fire in I"  theme, Aseem has released it to the public. His work is commendable. The theme looks simply gorgeous.It makes you feel the Indian in you !. Making such themes takes lots of efforts,its nice to see a pure "Indian Theme". As far as i know its the first and only one, unique "Indian" based WordPress theme. Below is a screenshot of the " Fire in I" theme.

I liked the header the most , its fantastic ..great work ! The bullet looks cool !

The theme is licensed under Creative Commons.

We want more : this is a request to Aseem - try to include these in the next release.

- Full width theme option

- 3 column option

- change the edge chain on the right with something more elegant ! 

Go ahead ! Download it .Use it . flaunt it… Be an Indian ! A WordPress Indian

[ Demo here ]  [ Download here ]  [ Aseem's Blog ] [ About Aseem ]

Security update is released now and available for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches of WordPress now available for immediate download. This update is highly recommend for all users of both branches.

These releases include fixes for several publicly known minor XSS issues, one major XML-RPC issue, and a proactive full sweep of the WordPress codebase to protect against future problems. These security issues were reported by Sumit Siddharth and Alex Concha .

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If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.

From WordPress.org :

It was determined that a cracker had gained user-level access to one of the servers that powers wordpress.org, and had used that access to modify the download file. We have locked down that server for further forensics, but at this time it appears that the 2.1.1 download was the only thing touched by the attack. They modified two files in WP to include code that would allow for remote PHP execution.

 

Although not all downloads of 2.1.1 were affected, WordPress declaring the entire version dangerous,  have released a new version 2.1.2 that includes minor updates and entirely verified files

WordPress has also setup an exclusive email address for this , as its very critical. You can email them at  21securityfaq@wordpress.org and ask you questions

Suggestion to all WordPress users :

If your blog is running 2.1.1, please upgrade immediately and do a full overwrite of your old files, especially those in wp-includes. Check out your friends blogs and if any of them are running 2.1.1 drop them a note and, if you can, pitch in and help them with the upgrade.

For all detailed information click here : WordPress Official Site

Don’t call it a beta! This is the fourth version of the Blogger-to-WordPress blog migration tool. Does anyone else remember the original procedure with all of the settings and template changes? ufffff ..quite a job…

Thanks to the magic of Google APIs, the new importer works without modifying your New Blogger blog. If you haven’t upgraded your Blogger account yet, go for it!

Then you can copy your posts, comments and categories from Blogger into WordPress.

Where to Find it :

You’ll find it in the same old place: go to your dashboard, then click Manage, Import, Blogger. This new Blogger migration tool will also be included in the core WordPress package, most likely version 2.2 .

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