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Data-driven websites powered by XML and CSV files can now easily be built on WordPress, with the improved WordPress plugin WP All Import version 3, developed by Soflyy.

(PRWEB) March 07, 2013

With the rise of both WooCommerce and industry-specific themes on ThemeForest such as Automotiv and OpenHouse, the demand to build data-driven websites on WordPress is taking off. The main challenge of building a data-driven website, whether it is a WooCommerce-powered online store, or a website for an auto dealership powered by a theme like Automotiv, is getting all of the data into the website in the first place.

An online retailer will have a database of thousands of products, an auto dealership will have a database of all of the vehicles on their lot, and a real estate agency will have a database of all of their property listings.

Now site owners can quickly and efficiently import databases like these to WordPress using WP All Import v3. Used by affiliate marketers, e-commerce sites, real estate agencies, auto dealerships and more, WP All Import is quickly becoming the industry standard for building data-driven websites with WordPress.

In comments on the improved plugin posted on WordPress.org, WP All Import user J. Vandevorst writes, This plugin saved me a mountain of code importing a RETS feed. Support [] is excellent.

We received extremely positive feedback during our beta period, says Soflyy CEO Louis Reingold. WP All Import has been vastly improved, giving our customers the capability to import even larger XML and CSV files. He briefly outlines the plugins improved capabilities and changes that have taken place with the release of version 3 below:

Support for extremely large files100Mb or larger, with 10,000+ records, on shared hosting

Vastly improved user interface and experience, making the plugin much easier to use.

Support for Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, and Custom Taxonomies

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VATICAN CITY (KABC) -- The American cardinals in Rome for the conclave to elect the next pope canceled their daily press briefings on Wednesday after word of possible leaks.

The decision comes after some details of the secret proceedings under way ahead of the election were purportedly revealed to Italian newspapers.

The Vatican denied putting any pressure on the American cardinals to keep quiet. However, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said the Holy See considered this week's pre-conclave meetings, in which cardinals are discussing the problems of the church, to be secret and part of a solemn process to choose a pope.

"The College (of Cardinals) as a whole has decided to maintain a line of an increasing degree of reserve," Lombardi said.

Sister Mary Ann Walsh, the spokeswoman for the American cardinals, said Wednesday's briefing was canceled after other cardinals expressed concern in the morning "about leaks of confidential proceedings reported in Italian newspapers."

Walsh said all interviews had been canceled as a precaution. The Vatican has asked the cardinals to stop talking to the media.

She told the Associated Press that Italy's La Stampa newspaper had on Monday and Tuesday reported details of comments individual cardinals made in the closed-door meetings that were cited as a violation of their oath of secrecy. That prompted the decision to observe a media blackout.

She dismissed speculation that the Vatican and cardinals from other countries simply didn't appreciate the openness of the Americans, saying, "I don't think anyone was angry at the Americans. They were angry at La Stampa." She added that the Americans had been assured that the Vatican was pleased with their briefings.

However, Italian media speculated that Vatican-based cardinals were displeased with the popular American briefings and the U.S. openness about wanting to delay the start date of the conclave.

At Tuesday's briefing, Cardinals Daniel DiNardo of Texas and Sean O'Malley of Boston said they liked taking their time for pre-conclave discussions so they can gather information about possible problems of the Vatican bureaucracy and discern who among them should be pope.

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Nexcess, a US-based provider of Magento, WordPress, and ExpressionEngine hosting, will be expanding to offer services in Brisbane, Australia effective this month.

Nexcess provides services that range from shared (standard) web hosting to enterprise-grade server clusters for high-demand enterprise applications. Founded over a decade ago, Nexcess has grown rapidly, acquiring two wholly owned data centres in the US and a considerable UK-based web hosting operation. Nexcess' expertise in eCommerce hosting, dedication to customer support, and close partnerships with Magento and EllisLab (creators of ExpressionEngine), has helped position Nexcess as a leader in the hosting industry, no doubt contributing to the company's inclusion in the Inc. 5000 list of fast growing businesses for three consecutive years.

"This is a huge expansion for us," commented Chris Wells, President and CEO of Nexcess, "We decided to base ourselves in Australia because it's a booming market full of innovation, and there is huge potential to bring more purpose built hosting solutions to the region at lower latencies."

Nexcess' expansion into the Australian market will bring with it the company's full range of managed hosting options along for the ride. This includes industry-leading expertise in Magento, ExpressionEngine and WordPress hosting that's performance-optimized, reliable, and secure.

All services delivered from the new Brisbane data centre come with diverse fibre connectivity to other major Australian cities, New Zealand, and the growing tech economies of Southeast Asia. Cooling and power systems at Nexcess Brisbane are fully meshed and N+1 redundant for maximum uptime, with modern UPS and more than 1,000 liters of diesel fuel kept on-site for generator power in the unlikely event of a major power crisis.

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About Nexcess

Nexcess is a Southfield, Michigan-based managed hosting company founded in 2000, with wholly-owned data centres located in Dearborn, Michigan and Southfield, Michigan, and additional satellite operations in the U.K. and Australia. Nexcess offers a variety of hosting services ranging from entry-level packages to custom clustered/complex hosting configurations, with an emphasis on mission-critical hosting for high-profile eCommerce web sites. For more information, visit http://www.nexcess.net.

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LinkedHosts.com named BlueHost as the award winner of the best WordPress hosting 2013 for the cost effective WordPress hosting plan after reviewed more than 100 budget WordPress hosting plans since 2010.

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As introduced, BlueHost has devoted into shared web hosting designed for personal and small business since 1996, and BlueHost has been recommended as the best WordPress hosting provider by the WordPress official site WordPress.org since 2006. Today, BlueHost has an owned world-class data center in Provo, Utah invested with over 20 millions of USD, over 500 full-time employees, and over 8,000 powerful servers serving for more than 3 millions of customers and approximately 750,000 WordPress websites over the Internet.

The BlueHost WordPress hosting plan is starting at $6.95/mo originally, but now it's offering an exclusive 44% discount for $3.95/mo for all the visitors going through this BlueHost promotional link. Besides, BlueHost includes a new domain name, $100 Google AdWords credits, $50 Facebook advertising credits, and WordPress mobile enabled plug-ins for free with the plan.

Based on the LinkedHosts.com editors' real hosting experience, BlueHost WordPress hosting commits high performance that the WordPress loading times average less than 1 second/page, and the hosting uptime averages more than 99.9%. This is one of the fastest and most reliable WordPress hosting service in the comparison with all the budget WordPress hosts pricing under $10/mo that LinkedHosts.com had reviewed. The BlueHost WordPress hosting is built with the following latest cutting-edge technology,

1) Server Protection Technology - to prevent heavy users on over-consuming the server resource for slowness and un-reliability.

2) 5 separate nationwide fiber lines directly brought into the building with the bandwidth exceeding 150,000 Mbits totally.

3) PHP 5.3.19 (Run PHP as suPHP) with the PHP memory_limit configured to 128MB.

4) cPanel & SimpleScripts, 1-Click to setup and upgrade WordPress sites in 30 seconds.

5) 24/7 WordPress professional support, with the holding times that average less than 30 seconds.

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War is hell except for reality shows.

Americans may be exhausted by the real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But we unwind with no fewer than 17 reality shows with "wars" in their titles. They depict so-called wars waged over whiskers, parking spots and cupcakes.

The word has lost so much of its impact that the latest show with a "wars" title thought it needed punching up. "Battlefield: Rhino Wars," debuts Thursday on "Animal Planet."

"It's actually one of the reasons why we used 'Battleground' in the title for 'Rhino Wars,'" Animal Planet president Marjorie Kaplan told TheWrap. "It's a way of saying this isn't 'Parking Wars,' this isn't 'Storage Wars,' this isn't 'Cupcake Wars.' This is really a war, and terrible things are happening out there, and somebody needs to stand up and do something about it."

Animal Planet was near the forefront of the "wars" title trend: It debuted "Whale Wars" soon after A&E's "Parking Wars" in 2008.

Also read: 'Storage Wars' Lawsuit: A&E Strikes Back at Claims Show Is Fake

No one takes show titles lightly. Discovery, for example, which owns Animal Planet, bounces ideas off of an "influencer panel" of 15,000 viewers. Other networks combine research with discussions between producers and network executives.

Sometimes they opt for a new and unusual name, as in the case of A&E's hit "Duck Dynasty." But more often their titles include one of two reliable words: "War" or "wives." (Although there are more "war" shows than "wives" shows, it's close: Besides Bravo's many "Real Housewives," there are "Mob Wives," "Sister Wives," and "Prison Wives," among others.)

Kaplan says the word "war" belongs in the title of "Rhino Wars," because it depicts former U.S. soldiers trying to stop poachers from killing rhinos for their horns. More than 100 South African rangers have died in the conflict, she said.

But she is quick to acknowledge the death toll doesn't compare with the violence in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Reality 'Wars': A Look at TV's Most Overused Word