A v1.0.1 update to the recently released v1.0 of bbPress, an open source forum software created with simplicity and speed in mind, has just been released. The update fixes a user registration issue that allows the use of a single email address by multiple users.

You can download the updated version of bbPress from the here.

I’ve been cleaning up the code of the Web Directory WordPress plugin I’ve created so that I can make it available for download. I decided to start creating this plugin by using the existing core bookmarking code available in WordPress to make it easier for people that have WordPress sites to add a web directory into their blog.

My plan is to create an initial usable version that focuses on simplicity and ease of installation plus optimizing it for search engines thru the use of permalinks. I’ve also added some code so that the page title and description for the categories are properly initialized. This should add more plus points when the web directory gets crawled by the search engines.

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You can find some of the coding projects that I am sharing on this page. Most of the code stuff are on Wordpress plugins and themes using PHP. Check out the list below. You can subscribe to Code Stuff for updates and changes to this list.

WordPress Plugins

• Kih is_mobile a WordPress plugin for detecting mobile devices. You can use the plugin’s provided is_mobile() function to detect a mobile browser inside your web site template. For example, you can check if the visitor to your web site is using a mobile phone and if so load a different stylesheet. Go to the Kih is_mobile project page to find out more information.
• Kih WordPress Auto Correct a WordPress plugin for automatically correcting the spelling of WordPress. WordPress should be spelled with a capital “W” and a capital “P”. Go to the Kih WordPress Auto Correct project page to find out more information.
• Kih Web Directory is a WordPress plugin that you can use to add a web directory on your blog with as simple and no frills as possible. Just use your existing WordPress bookmarks and easily convert them to a web directory by just creating a page and inserting a shortcode.

WordPress Themes

• Simplicio WordPress Theme (coming soon) – A simple WordPress theme based on the world famous Kubrick theme with a little twist. I’ve made the header shorter plus placed an “RSS Subscribe link” with the header.
• Shapeshifter WordPress theme (under heavy development) – A WordPress theme that is customizable. It allows users to make use of  the default look and feel. But it also allows WordPress site developers like me to make changes more easily by having a base set of features that are re-usable. More on this later.

Sites that use the Shapeshifter WordPress theme

• Connected Phone – a WordPress blog about mobile phones. Focuses on the current trend of mobile phones becoming more and more like computers that fit in our pockets.
• JavaMidlet – A site that provides information about mobile Java software applications and games that run on a wind variety of mobile phones like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Android, Blackberry, Samsung, LG, HTC …
• Code Stuff – and of course my very own developer site.

In an effort to improve private torrent trackers the Project Gazelle team has created a reliable, lightweight and secure codebase. It was designed from the ground up to be secure against SQL and XSS injection attacks and at the same time be able to handle thousands of users.

The source code, which is currently undergoing beta, is available via the Project Gazelle SVN. The source code comes with a C++ based tracker, PHP frontend and complete administration panel.

You can find more info at the Project Gazelle web site.