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WordPress 2.1, code named, “Ella”, for the talented and famous jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, is now available. WordPress 2.1 is what we’re using here at WebMarket West to power our blogs and it’s just great. Matt and the team over at WordPress have done an outstanding job of adding new features and improvements to WordPress. If you’re already using the best blogging software available, click on over to wordpress.org and upgrade to WordPress 2.1 today. Or, join the thousands of satisfied bloggers already using WordPress and find out how you can install WordPress 2.1 on your web server. Change the look and features of your blog at the click of a button, it’s free!

A recently discovered bug in some versions of PHP may cause a security vulnerability in WordPress blogs. As usual, the team overseeing the WordPress project are on top of this and were able to work around it fairly easily. WordPress release 2.0.7 fixes the PHP security problem and the Feedburner issue in 2.0.6. It is recommended that everyone running WordPress 2.0.6 upgrade immediately to the newer verision.

Los Angeles, California — In response to numerous requests for the increasingly popular Linux OS, WebMarket West, a California based web hosting company focusing on professional services, announced today the immediate availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system on its line of pro class Internet servers.

The new line of servers combined with the venerable Linux operating system are expected to deliver the best of open source technology and the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. A rapidly growing favorite in the technical community, Linux running on Intel Xeon hardware is a powerful addition to the company’s standalone server offerings. The low monthly price for professional class Linux servers includes ongoing security updates, operating system patches, backup, recovery, and 24/7 hardware maintenance.

Happy Holidays from the Customer Support Team at WebMarket West.

This is the fifth and final posting in a five part series on creating your first Podcast. The introduction and index for this series can be found here: Creating Your First Podcast Feed

Step 5: Testing the RSS feed Link

To test the RSS feed link:

If you want you can test your new Podcast, you need a podcast aggregator. A podcast aggregator is a podcast client that interprets your podcasts.

The following is list contains some aggregator that support your new podcasts.

Note: You are not limited to the podcast aggregator listed. To find additional aggregator that support your computer’s operating system, search for “podcast readers”, “podcast players”, aggregator, and so on, in your browser search engine.

• iTunes (Version 4.9 or the latest version) - http://www.apple.com/jp/itunes/
• Juice (iPodder v2.0) - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php
• Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com/
• NetNewsWire (Version 2.0 or the latest version) - http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/

After the aggregator is installed, follow its instructions on using the podcast aggregator, and then test your podcasts.