Press Release: Xavisys Acquires Attackr.com – Web Development News Blogs

Xavisys, a WordPress development company specializing in web design, custom module programming, WordPress themes, and ecommerce solutions, has recently acquired the website Attackr.com. Aaron Campbell, founder and lead developer for the company, has stated that he wants to continue and expand the great community already present on the site in the future. “I want to stress that I plan on making it the same great resource that Sean did,” he said. “Xavisys now has two such sites (Attackr & Web Dev News) and is committed to benefiting the community with them.” In making the announcement, Xavisys also has unveiled some changes to the site that should make it easier for bloggers to use and attract more traffic to the site through search results.

The first major change is an upgrade to WordPress 2.6, which will give the bloggers a more powerful and intuitive interface to work with when writing their posts. Plans are already in place to upgrade the site to WordPress 2.7 next month when the new release is made public, and Attackr will undergo constant improvements to keep it at the leading edge of WordPress design. Xavisys is also focusing effort on SEO, and the site will continue to be a good place for developers to link to their design sites in order to build Page Rank. Attackr bloggers are encouraged to cross-post their articles and links on Web Dev News, and it is hoped that more sharing of information and resources between the two sites will build greater community and business to business networking opportunities among Open Source developers.

Other improvements to the site include new support for tags on content posts. All of the old articles on Attackr.com have been tagged with the categories that they were listed in originally, and authors can log in and update the settings with new tags that they feel are appropriate. For readers browsing the site, the tags should assist with easily finding related content, as the tags will now be listed at the bottom of every blog post. “Article Contributor” links will now appear automatically in the sidebar for authors with more than three articles on the site. However, these links will disappear within one month unless the author posts another article. This is to encourage and reward regular contributors to Attackr, and will hopefully lead to a more active community on the site.

The advantage of the sidebar “Article Contributor” links comes through SEO, and the display name can be customized in the control panel of the user profile section. The display name can be a personal name, user ID, or business, and the link can be directly to a member’s home page or business site. Ads have been adjusted on Attackr.com to not display for regular users. If a member logs in frequently, the ads will disappear. This will hopefully increase the enjoyment of the site for community bloggers creating content, while retaining the revenue possibilities on the site that cover its operational costs. In any case, Attackr will strive to retain its clean and simple design ethic while avoiding the overloading of content with advertisements for readers in order to provide information and resources in a user-friendly manner for all visitors.

Community members can now follow Attackr on Twitter, as well as streams from Web Dev News using the “WordPress Twitter Widget Pro Plugin” designed by Xavisys. Users can also follow new posts on both sites via RSS feeds. To subscribe, simply bookmark the following addresses in your reader:

Attackr: http://www.attackr.com/feed/

Web Dev News: http://webdevnews.net/feed/

Both sites now include “Share This” buttons to simplify the process of submitting user articles to social bookmarking sites like Digg, del.icio.us, Technorati, Reddit, mySpace, Facebook, and others. Altogether, there is one click submission of articles to over forty social networking and bookmarking sites, as well as the ability to email or IM blog posts to friends. This should allow for contributing authors to easily network their articles on Attackr and Web Dev News online, and draw more attention to the information on the site.

Xavisys is also requesting user feedback and suggestions on how to make Attackr a better site in the future. Web developers and active contributors interested in collaboration and partnership on Attackr.com, or existing users with questions about the change-over and new features can contact the site admin through the Attackr.com contact form.

New users who blog about web development and web design issues can register for Attackr.com as well as register for Web Dev News.

To learn more about Xavisys, or to download their plugins and templates for WordPress, please visit http://xavisys.com/