Yeah, yeah… I know. I missed the January 2007 Newsletter. But it’s not my fault. Honest. It’s Stella’s fault. Stella Artois. Far too many pints of Stella Artois. But… to massacre a cliche: “When in Canada, do what the Canadians do.”

Now, some of you may get picky and point out that I’m late with the newsletter for this month, too. Nope. I planned it this way (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!). You see, today is the Feast of St. Blaise. So, to celebrate, I’m writing the newsletter.

So… anyway… It’s now February (Happy New Year!) and things have been going well here at Geek Niche. While there hasn’t been anything huge or “flashy” going on, there have been some tweaks and adjustments and minor upgrades behind the scenes. Most notably, we’ve upgraded Plesk again. Included in this version were some changes to the Application Vault. There have been some upgrades and additions to the applications in there, so you may want to take a peek and see if there’s anything new or interesting.

A couple random points:

• I got a question from one of our clients recently regarding a letter he received telling him it was time to renew his domain. Being fairly sure that I hadn’t done any somnambulist mailings, I checked it out. It was, as I suspected, a ploy by another company to steal his business away from us (and charge him twice as much for it!). Geek Niche uses GoDaddy as it’s registrar. If you’ve registered through us, the only notices you should pay attention to will come from Geek Niche or GoDaddy.
• Many of you us WordPress on your sites. Over the past year, the WordPress team has been working very hard to improve their product, and they’ve released a number of updates. The latest “stable” release (meaning it’s passed all the testing stages) is 2.1 (Ella). To find the current version of your installation, log into your Dashboard and scroll down to the bottom of the page. It should say something like “2.0.2 — 0.13 seconds”. The first part of that is your version number. If it’s less than 2.1, I recommend upgrading. If it’s less than 2.0, I strongly recommend upgrading. To upgrade, all you need is the ability to FTP to your account. Just download the new version and follow the instructions that are included. It’s easy to do and will make your blog more secure. If you have any questions, just e-mail me.
• As always, if you’re looking to do something special with your site, Geek Niche has designers and programmers for hire. Whether it’s a custom WordPress theme or plug-in, an e-mail submission form, or an online database, drop us a line and we’ll find someone who can handle you project.

That’s all for this month.

–
M Blaze Miskulin
President
Geek Niche, Inc.