If you have not log in to Advertlets control panel for some time, you may not have noticed the Advertising Preferences. Login and you should see them in the dashboard.

Please update your preferences to ensure that advertising stays relevant on your blog, and to your taste of your blog audience. All these are set to be automatically off by default. However, please take some time to configure your display of ads.

Depending on what’s fine with you, simply select all options to start displaying ads ranging from politics to gambling to adult. After ticking every single options, I’ve noticed an increase of earnings from 20-30%

“Oh no.. not another minor upgrade!”

Did that thought cross your mind when you found out that Wordpress 2.5.1 was released? I know I did.. given that I have 6 blogs to attend to.

If you installed Wordpress using Cpanel/Fantastico, you can probably wait a few more days before doing a fuss-free upgrading (though some users have reported problems with this method).

You can also install the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin which, in Keith’s word, helps you to easily upgrade your wordpress installation to the latest version provided by wordpress, without having to download or upload any files. This plugin has proven useful for those who got it to work.

I promise myself to try out Keith’s plugin one day but for now, I’m still doing manual upgrading. I just feel more secure and in control

To shave time off the manual upgrade method, you can upload the changed files (98 files) instead of the whole 2.5.1 package (531 files). That should therotically save you 80% of your time. To download the changed files package, visit this link, scroll to the bottom and click on Zip Archive to start download. Happy upgrading!

Last July, I posted on missing my adsense checks for 3 consecutive months. I went ahead and spent USD24 to receive it via Secured Express Delivery. It finally arrived in a week’s time, which confirmed that my address is indeed correct. I switched back to normal delivery.

This round, after accumulating the earnings for a few months, I cash out again. And pleasantly discover that cheques are now sent via local mail in Singapore. Instead of 3 weeks, it arrived in just 5 days!

Payment processed: 25 March 2008
Cheque issued: 27 March 2008
Letter received: 29 March 2008

Local cheque in local currency sent via local cheque. What more can I ask? Well, more money perhaps.. my adsense income has plunged so much that I have dropped them from most of my blogs. At my current rate, I’ll be able to request my next cheque in 2 years time

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These plugins were tested ok on v2.5 beta. Without any major surprises, they should be working fine when v2.5 gold is released.

Announcement
- “Different message for different roles/users” feature fixed
- Removed TinyMCE (appears more troublesome than helpful based on feedback)

Pre-Publish Reminder
- Reminder List shows up in correct places
- Move to a folder structure

YouTube Comments
- Suppress errors/warnings; enable script to continue fetching comments instead of dieing