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After 3 years in development, the long awaited update to Drupal has recently been released. Taking it to version 7.0, with loads of new features and improvements

If you haven’t logged into your WordPress dashboard recently, you may have missed the release of the latest major update for WordPress which is now at version 3.0 and features loads of cool new features and fixes: Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have

WordPress is by far the most commonly asked about CMS with AUSWEB customers and an increasing number who’ve picked up smartphone devices such as BlackBerry’s, iPhone’s and HTC’s, are taking their web development mobile. By far the most useful tool we’ve seen is the official WordPress iPhone app, which will let you manage most of

WordPress developers have warned users their popular CMS is under attack from a ‘clever’ worm that automatically compromises unpatched versions of the WordPress system. The particularly nasty bug crawls the web for vulnerable WordPress installations, installing malware, deleting content, and generally wreaking havoc wherever it can on unpatched installations. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg eloquently implored

Here’s a roundup of some of the most popular open source content management system’s (CMS) available. As to be expected WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal round out the most popular, but there’s no shortage of options out there for managing your website content. There may even be a lesser known CMS which is better suited for

Joomla! has recently updated to 1.5.12 with a host of bug and security fixes. You can download the latest version and view the release notes at the link below: Joomla! 1.5.12 – As usual pay close attention to the upgrade instructions, especially if you are upgrading a live or heavily modified Joomla website!

Updates for Drupal versions 6.13 and 5.19 have been released this week with a host of maintenance fixes as well as some critical security vulnerabilities which have been fixed. As always, upgrading and keeping your installations up to date is highly recommended. As always follow the Drupal upgrading procedures with a current and tested backup

Here at AUSWEB we have a huge number of users running WordPress websites from personal blogs, to business oriented websites and even us here on the AUSWEB Blog! Thanks to the huge community of WordPress users there exists a huge pool of custom scripting, plugin and theme/design resources out there for you to add various