This FRAUD ACT has been committed by Jabin Kadel (a senior programmer at MaxBlogpress). Jabin Kadel is now NO MORE an employee of MaxBlogPress. He’s been FIRED.We no longer have any relation with him, so we aren’t responsible for any communication/transaction done with him from now on.

Jabin Kadel is responsible for software, database, company’s files, source codes, ideas theft in the company which he used for his personal benefits while he was still an employee and taking salary for his mis-deeds.

He theft the source codes, database, ideas etc… and used them for creating the illegal clone of our softwares and websites. He even theft our software which was in beta test and wasn’t released publicly and tried to launch it (with different name) before us (in a stealth mode).

Not only that, he and his colleague (Hemanta Maharjan) used fake names and profiles to ruin company’s reputation by creating a misconception to our visitors and customers (in our community as well as in other blogs) for bringing their clone solution (which was developed by stealing the ideas, source codes etc.. from the company) forward.

Their fake names are countless.  For example: Orlando, Bruce Allen, Haundry Hall, Zack etc… They are not different people. They are same people with different fake names.

WHAT DID WE DO?

We took a legal action on them (Jabin Kadel and his colleague, Hemanta Maharjan) – they were in prison for 2 days (they accepted all their ACTS). We’ve already shut down the illegal websites that they created by stealing most of our proprietary files, database, softwares and source codes.

SAFETY MEASURES AND ALERTS:

Jabin Kadel is NOT a part of MaxBlogPress ANYMORE.

• We won’t be liable for losses and damages if Jabin Kadel uses MaxBlogPress name to start communicating with you and harm you in any way. He is no more a part of MaxBlogPress.
• If you want to do any business or monetary transaction with him, it’s on your own RISK. MaxBlogPress won’t be any responsible for the LOSS.
• If somehow, you’re already doing any business with him and have given your login details or your personal ideas or files and if he use them for his personal benefits without asking for any permission from you then MaxBlogPress won’t be responsible for that.
• We have found that he has been claiming that he has developed MaxBlogPress products like subscribers magnet, ninja affiliate, ping optimizer, max banner ads etc… INDIVIDUALLY for getting freelance works. Truth is, he hasn’t developed any of our MaxBlogPress products from the scratch. He’s just contributed on bug fixes and feature additions in few of our products.

It’s our responsibility to protect our subscribers and customers. This blog post is to ALERT our subscribers and customers about his ACT and to protect MaxBlogPress from the people who might use the name “MaxBlogPress” for their personal benefits.

This FRAUD ACT has been committed by Jabin Kadel (a senior programmer at MaxBlogpress). Jabin Kadel is now NO MORE an employee of MaxBlogPress. He’s been FIRED.We no longer have any relation with him, so we aren’t responsible for any communication/transaction done with him from now on.

Jabin Kadel is responsible for software, database, company’s files, source codes, ideas theft in the company which he used for his personal benefits while he was still an employee and taking salary for his mis-deeds.

He theft the source codes, database, ideas etc… and used them for creating the illegal clone of our softwares and websites. He even theft our software which was in beta test and wasn’t released publicly and tried to launch it (with different name) before us (in a stealth mode).

Not only that, he and his colleague (Hemanta Maharjan) used fake names and profiles to ruin company’s reputation by creating a misconception to our visitors and customers (in our community as well as in other blogs) for bringing their clone solution (which was developed by stealing the ideas, source codes etc.. from the company) forward.

Their fake names are countless.  For example: Orlando, Bruce Allen, Haundry Hall, Zack etc… They are not different people. They are same people with different fake names.

What did we do?

We took a legal action on them (Jabin Kadel and his colleague, Hemanta Maharjan) – they were in prison for 2 days. We’ve already shut down the illegal websites that they created by stealing most of our proprietary files, database, softwares and source codes.

SAFETY MEASURES and ALERTS:

Jabin Kadel is NOT a part of MaxBlogPress ANYMORE.

• We won’t be liable for losses and damages if Jabin Kadel uses MaxBlogPress name to start communicating with you and harm you in any way. He is no more a part of MaxBlogPress.
• If you want to do any business or monetary transaction with him, it’s on your own RISK. MaxBlogPress won’t be any responsible for the LOSS.
• If somehow, you’re already doing any business with him and have given your login details or your personal ideas or files and if he use them for his personal benefits without asking for any permission from youthen MaxBlogPress won’t be responsible for that.
• We have found that he has been claiming that he has developed MaxBlogPress products like subscribers magnet, ninja affiliate, ping optimizer, max banner ads etc… INDIVIDUALLY for getting freelance works. Truth is, he hasn’t developed any of our MaxBlogPress products from the scratch. He’s just contributed on bug fixes and feature additions in few of our products.

It’s our responsibility to protect our subscribers and customers. This blog post is to ALERT our subscribers and customers about his ACT and to protect MaxBlogPress from the people who might use the name “MaxBlogPress” for their personal benefits.

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That’s not other than building a subscribers list.

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Each Subscriber is precious, isn’t it?

But Frankly..I get puzzled whenever I see lots of bloggers not taking it seriously at all.

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Presenter: Bill Dentinger, Senior Director Business Development and Solution Architectures, Spirent
Duration: 60 minutes

Date and Time

When: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m.

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You may have heard about the transition to IPv6 as the Next Generation Internet Protocol. In Singapore, the successful adoption of IPv6 with enhanced security features and routing capability is even more crucial as the government forges ahead to develop Next Generation Network infrastructure to support emerging Next Generation Services.

In this joint seminar with Nanyang Polytechnic, Alan Way from Spirent will address the technologies, trends and implementation challenges related to the deployment of IPv6 in service provider and enterprise networks.

Spirent's Complimentary Seminar Will Cover

The Beginning of IPv6 and IPv4
Why IPv6
Where is IPv6? Technology adoption around the world
The scale of change IPv6 vs. IPv4

IPv6 Protocol details:
Addressing
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QoS
Header Extensions

IPv6 Protocol Mechanics
Neighbor Discovery
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IPv6 Tunneling Methods
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IPv6 in IPv6
Tunnel Broker
DS-Lite
6rd
ISATAP
Teredo
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Basic protcol format
AES & Diffie-Hellman

IPv6 Revolution or Evolution, challenges of deployment
Examples of IPv6 Evolution

The seminar will also give a brief overview of how the Spirent TestCenter can be used to test this complex array of new technologies.

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• SVN49 anomaly simulation
• Integrated GPS/inertial testing (FOUO Session)
• M-code simulation (FOUO Session)
• CRPA testing (FOUO Session)
• Multi-GNSS constellation testing

View the 2010 Preliminary Agenda.

The conference fee of only $250 includes conference materials, breakfast and lunch for two days, parking, and an evening social with dinner on the first night of each conference.

Seats are limited, so register NOW!

Visit us at booth #2070.

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Visit Spirent on booth number E3 to discus our solutions for DataCenter Virtualization and Convergence.

With demand for pressure to build market share through technology continues. Telecom companies across APAC are grappling with convergence, integration and managing people in chaotic times.  CTO and CIO level management are at the nexus of innovation, transformation and organization.

The NGT APAC Summit 2009 will serve as an arena for senior level executives to engage in clear and focused dialogue with their peers to examine their technology and management objectives in a relaxed and vibrant environment.

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LTE World Summit 2010 looks set to build upon 2009’s hugely successful event which attracted top operators from across the World. In attendance will be ALL the major LTE players, including all major operators, vendors, industry associations, industry press and bloggers and more!

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Thanks all of you for being thoughtful and taking the time for making it fun and successful one.

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First and most immediate is the creation of a new “component” in Trac for graphic design. We’ll use this component label to create tickets for things like making graphic buttons, such as making a new version of the favorites menu graphic or WordPress mark that looks better with the blue admin theme. In some cases graphic design tasks will overlap with CSS tasks, so designers interested in contributing can search for open tickets with either component label. In cases where a base PSD file is needed as a starting point, we will attach it to the ticket.

In this vein, if you notice a graphic that needs fixing (like the aforementioned favorites menu button needing a blue version), please use the graphic design component label to report it in Trac. Please don’t create tickets for graphic you just don’t like… keep it to things that look broken or overlooked.

Graphic design tasks will follow the same protocol as development tasks in that volunteer work will be overseen/curated by the core team. Both Matt Thomas (who provided the art direction for 2.7) and I will work with the core development team to identify design tasks and review submissions (i.e., we’ll make sure things look awesome before they’re committed). We’ve been trying this process with an early volunteer, and it seems to be working well. In addition to creating individual Trac tickets, if a project arises that requires many graphic elements to be created, we will post about it here on the dev blog to give potential contributors a heads up.

The second opportunity for graphic design contributions will be less about discrete tasks and more about contributing to the evolving visual design of WordPress. When there are larger design tasks in the works, such as creating an admin theme or designing the new media upload process, there will be opportunities for screen design. In these situations, potential contributors will be given access to materials such as wireframes or specifications and will be able to submit comps of design approaches. In the event that we receive multiple good submissions for a screen design, we will use a community vote to influence the final selection, as we did with the icon design contest.

Since 2.8 is wrapping up currently, there aren’t many design tasks waiting to be completed right now, but when we roll into 2.9 development, there will be more opportunities for graphic designers to get involved.

Be like Billy.

Billy: Oh, I dunno. I’ll probably work on my blog or something.

Dad: You need more direction! That blog is just your generation’s answer to comic books.

Billy: On the contrary, Dad, working on my blog utilizes my skills in programming, design, writing, critical thinking, and all sorts of other liberal artsy things that you’re paying those professors to teach me.

Dad: If only there were a more practical application for those skills, one that could lead you to fame and fortune!

Billy: Where’ve you been living, Dad? My skills are totally in demand in today’s questionable economy. An awesome WordPress developer is worth his/her weight in gold. Lead, even.

Dad: What is this WordPress?

Billy: Only the greatest open source publishing platform ever created. It’s what runs my blog. I like to fiddle around with the code and come up with cool hacks that make mine better than the average College Joe’s.

Dad: I had no idea you were that capable.

Billy: Duh, Dad. I’ve been using WordPress for a couple of years now. I could practically teach a course on it, though there are definitely things I could learn from the lead devs. They are like kings.

Dad: Hm. That kind of ability ought to be worth something. Seems like there would be programs in place for kids like you to utilize your skills while being nurtured  by people like these lead kings.

Billy: Lead devs, Dad. Not lead kings.

Dad: Maybe you could apply for an internship or something, earn a little money this summer instead of just spending mine.

Billy: Well, there is this one thing like that.

Dad perks up.

Billy: The Google Summer of Code lets college students work with lead developers on a bunch of open source projects, you can get college credit for it, and if you do a good job, you can earn up to forty-five hundred bucks over the summer. And WordPress is one of the participating projects.

Dad: !!

Billy: But it’s pretty competitive. My friend Joe applied last year and didn’t make the cut. I can improve my skills just by fiddling around on my own this summer without the rejection, thanks.

Dad: Don’t be lame! You said yourself you’re awesome. And that you could learn from the kings. And that you could earn over FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. Life is full of rejection, kid. Best way to get over that is to make yourself so awesome that no one wants to reject you. And know that even if they do reject you, there’s always next time.

Billy: I dunno, Dad.

Dad: Tell you what, if you apply, I’ll give you $500 toward that car you’ve been wanting, whether you’re accepted into the program or not. And if you get in and complete it successfully, I’ll match that $4500. I’d be so proud of you. And the bragging rights at work! My kid, a Google engineer!

Billy: I wouldn’t actually be a Google engineer, Dad.

Dad: Oh be quiet. Do you think Harold in shipping knows the difference?

Billy: Okay, Dad, I’ll do it!

Dad: That’s my boy.

…………………….

College students! Don’t wait for your parents to bribe you; apply to the Google Summer of Code program now! For the third year in a row, WordPress is participating, and this year we’ve got project suggestions ranging from core functionality to plugins and BuddyPress development. You name it, we want you to propose it. It’s true, competition is fierce, but hey, if you’re already hacking WordPress, you’re ahead of the pack as far as we’re concerned. Applications are being accepted as of today, and the deadline is on April 3, 2009. For more information, check out the WordPress Codex GSoC2009 page, where we suggest some projects and let you know who our kingly mentors will be this year. The GSoC FAQ is also a good place to get an overview of the program. To apply, head to the Google Summer of Code application site. Remember, we want *you* to work on WordPress this summer! And College Janes, this isn’t just for College Joes. Female applicants encouraged to apply!

This (long) weekend, many WordPress users and developers (including half the core team) will be in Austin, TX for South by Southwest. Matt Mullenweg, Ryan Boren, Mark Jaquith and I will all be there, so say hello if you’re there, too. In the spirit of all this WordPress community connecting, I’ll be posting here every day during after SxSW with information about the new contribution opportunities we’re creating. Each post will cover one or more of the following:

• Development (of course)
• QA
• Documentation
• Ideas and Opinions
• User Experience
• Graphic Design
• Accessibility
• Usability Testing
• WordPress.tv
• Community Organizing

Since the first thing people think of when they think of contributing to WordPress is PHP development, we’ll start there.

The code (which is poetry) is the meat of the application, so it makes sense that the most opportunities to contribute will continue to fall in this area. Trac is always filled with tickets that need patches, patches that need testing, and issues that need some creative developer thinking/collaboration to find the right solution to a problem that has us going in circles.

If you are proficient in PHP, consider looking through the tickets (especially the ones marked “bug,” since they should get higher priority) and writing a patch for one of them. If you’ve got more advanced skills, consider writing a patch for one of the more complex tickets, or offering corrections to a patch submitted by someone else (if needed). If you don’t trust your coding skills but know your way around the application files, look for tickets tagged has-patch and test the patches in as many browsers as you can, posting your results afterward in the ticket thread.

If you find a bug in the course of your daily use of WordPress, report it. First, check Trac to see if the issue already has a ticket. You could also scan the archives of the wp-testers list to see if people have been talking about the bug, or email the list yourself to see if anyone has any information on the problem. If these actions don’t bear fruit, start a new ticket in Trac (you’ll need to create a login to do this). Be as detailed as you can about the issue, and don’t forget to make the proper selections from the metadata dropdown menus. Just in case anyone is unsure of how to make these selections…

Use the severity field with caution. Most bugs will be of normal severity. Marking a bug as high severity will not necessarily speed up development, and if it turns out that you’ve marked a bug’s severity incorrectly it may even slow down development.

Priority will usually be normal. Leave it to the more senior developers to change the status to a higher priority, as they are familiar with all the tickets and Trac and will be better able to assess the priority in relation to other tickets.

Ticket type. This is one of most misused fields, with many people marking tickets as defects that should not be. To address this, here’s a reminder of the ticket types and their intended uses. Your choices are: defect (bug), enhancement, feature request, and task (blessed).

• Defect (bug). Something is broken. You know how the feature is supposed to work (if you’re unsure, check the Codex or ask in the dev channel), but something has gone awry that needs to be fixed.
• Enhancement. Something is awkward or slow and could be designed or coded better without overhauling the function or screen design. Please don’t mark something as a defect (bug) if it is really an enhancement.
• Feature request. If there’s something that could be improved that would require significant restructuring of code or screen design, it should be marked as feature request rather than enhancement. Please note: this is not really the place to request features that are not currently in WordPress. Please continue to use the Ideas forum to suggest new features. The core developers will add new feature requests to Trac as they review the Ideas forum with each release cycle.
• Task (blessed). This type indicates approval from the core development team. Only core developers should use this selection. If you mark something as Task (blessed) yourself, you will have bad karma.

Bug Hunts*! If you have checked the Codex page for bug hunts lately, you’ll notice it’s been awhile since there was one. No more! Official bug hunts, sprints for finding and fixing bugs, will be brought back on a regular basis. The first one will be announced soon, possibly next week, to try and tackle the bug tickets related to widgets. (No need to wait, though, there are hundreds of open tickets in the 2.8 milestone just waiting for a kind developer to pay them some attention.)

As always, contributing developers can communicate with each other and with the core team in the #wordpress-dev IRC channel at irc.freenode.net, on the wp-hackers list, and in the ticket threads on Trac. Regular developer chats in IRC will be returning to Wednesdays at noon (Pacific time) starting next week.

[* - I used to love the bug hunt challenge in Space Cadet 3D Pinball back in the days of Windows 95]

Basically, the contest is to create a plugin, widget, mash up, hack, or other variety of web application that helps people find and share opportunities to take action. The grand prize is 50 benjis, and the best WordPress plugin will also be featured in the Plugin Directory. But the real prize is spreading a little more love in the world.

Click here for all the details.

“Writing a Plugin” in the WordPress Codex is where I got started when I needed to get hooked in to WordPress. Others might like to grab one of the over 4,000 open source WordPress plugins and tweak the source. If in need of a little help, the Plugins and Hacks forum is full of friends to assist you wrap your head around the code or debug a problem. Social Actions also has provided some developer resources.

Let’s show them how we change the web the WordPress way!

No longer.  We’re now using Sphinx (a “free open-source SQL full-text search engine”) to power search on the Plugins Directory both from the website and from within your blog’s admin (Plugins → Add New).

It works much better. There are a few oddities floating around (our fault not sphinx’s) that we’ll be cleaning up shortly, but we’re happy enough with it on the whole to start letting everyone else use it

Currently, the search only indexes the plugin’s title and description/installation/FAQ/etc. (from the plugin’s readme.txt file), but we’ll be adding things like authors and tags soon.

You may have noticed that we went much longer than usual to release this .1 update. We’re very proud of this fact because it’s a testament to the testing all of you contributed prior to the release of 2.7 which helped make it the most bug-free release we’ve had.

Consult the list of fixed tickets and the  full set of changes between 2.7 and 2.7.1 for details.

Finally partly due to the stability of the 2.7 we’ve decided to push back 2.8 a few more weeks so we can bring in a few more speed optimizations, taxonomy enhancements, and new theme features. We also need to figure out which jazz musician to name the release after.

I declare January 28th our official “Thank a Plugin Developer” day. To celebrate take a look at the plugins you use and love, visit the author’s site, find their contact form, and drop them a note thanking them. (Or Paypal!) Look for the links in the plugin directory to “author homepage” and also to donate directly if they’ve specified a Paypal address.

Thank you to everyone who has ever written a plugin for WordPress, and here’s to the next four thousand.

On WordPress.tv, you’ll find tutorials for both WordPress self-installs and WordPress.com to help you get blogging fast and hassle-free. We’ve kicked things off with the basics — now you can shape what comes next. Just drop us a line and let us know what you’d like to see added.

WordPress.tv is also now the place to find all that awesome WordCamp footage that was floating around the web without a home. See the presentations you missed and get a peek at behind-the-scenes action. We call it WordCampTV.

You’ll also find slideshows of presentations made by WordPress gurus, plus interviews I’ve done with the media and fellow bloggers.

I hope you’ll consider WordPress.tv not just a support resource, but also a place to hang out and keep up with all the geeky goodness going on in the WordPress community. Tune in regularly for fresh content and updates to the WordPress.tv blog. Lots more is on the way.

Right now, the lead developers are thinking the top priorities for 2.8 will be widget management, theme browser/installer and performance upgrades. The rest of the development time will be taken up with bug tickets and additional features/enhancements from a prioritized list. To that end, we’ve posted a new survey for you to help us prioritize features for 2.8. The list pulls from the developers’ “2.7 leftovers” list as well as the most popular features from the Ideas forum. Just rank each feature and tell us your top pick (up to three). You also have the option of adding comments or additional suggestions, but this is not mandatory. For your response to count, you must rank all of the features in the list. The survey has only one page.

Note that media features are not included in this list as we will be posting a separate survey for media-specific features soon.

Cast your votes any time this week, but as always the sooner the better. This survey will close at noon on December 31, 2008 UTC.

In the new year, we will be reviving scheduled IRC developer chats, where the lead developers will discuss the week’s progress on feature development, providing opportunities for people to ask questions or make suggestions. These will be held early in the day on Wednesdays (U.S. Wednesday), and the specific time will be posted here on the development blog once it’s been finalized.

As a related aside, we spent a significant amount of time during 2.7 development sifting through Trac tickets that really shouldn’t have been there. Feature ideas and requests do not belong in Trac, they belong in the Ideas forum. Please reserve Trac for reporting bugs and things that need fixing (typos, code enhancements, etc.). If you are asking for a new UI, a new feature, or a new approach to coding something, that’s not an enhancement, it’s a new feature. New features will be entered into Trac by developers once it has been determined that the feature should be included in core. To help speed up development, moving forward we will close Trac tickets that are actually feature requests, with the comment that they should be posted in the Ideas forum instead. Please help the developers maximize their time by following this guideline.

Thanks for your help!