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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blocking access during upgradematt, that would block everyone, except him.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Made some changes!!!I don’t say this often. It might even be the first time. effing good work. You’ve taken a theme I didn’t like so much and made into one I would really really like Excellent work!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Problem with editing comments using WP 2.0.3so why is it I don’t need the plugin? I upgraded from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3. not getting the problems reported.
That confirmation editing a comment should have a flag in the options. Does that plugin do that? Or does it just disable it?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blocking access during upgradegood point moshu. I wrote thinking there were inbetween types out there.
The main point I wanted to make was that you could rename the directory, making your changes, and change it back. Should be able to that from most ftp clients. But even still, if you’re quick about it, I don’t really see it being a problem. wordpress doesn’t lollygag!
and btw, ftp should be banned from earth 😉 but that’s a whole other thread, and well, other forum too.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blocking access during upgradeThe way I upgrade is as follows:
The following assumes the blog is at location other than /wordpress, which I always do, just so I can do this upgrade method. And I use the shell in linux.
- mv blog wordpress
- wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
- tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz
- chown -R properuser:properuser wordpress
- mv wordpress blog
Then I poke the upgrade process, in 2.0.3, that’s logging in and clicking the upgrade link.
In English, the above means: change the name of the dir from blog to wordpress, which hides the blog from visitors, but it’s not for long; get the update; unpack it right on top of the old files; set proper owner and group, and do all subfolders etc.; change the name back to blog (or whatever).
Since it’s hidden from users, I don’t need to worry much about them posting comments while I’m replacing files. And then I immediately do the upgrade after changing the dir back to the normal one. It’s never been a problem for me, and I’ve done this at least 40 times, between various blogs and versions.
I never modify wordpress core files, which lets me just write on top of the old files without worry.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Keeping Line breaks – Is there a fix?!?!?Are you clicking the html button, and typing
? Then close it and save.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Roles & RSS FeedsHow are the posts restricted to logged in users only? Do you use a plugin?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Problem with editing comments using WP 2.0.3hmm, works properly for me. no problem with url’s or inserted backslashes. maybe a plugin conflict?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: RSS feeds for separate postsYes, you can have separate rss feeds for separate categories. The function is already there. Just take the feed url, and add “cat=1” at the end, changing the number to match your category.
Or if you have permalinks, just adding /feed will be the rss feed for that cat. In other words, like this “…blog/category/uncategorized/feed” (except match your permalinks structure).
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Why does it take so long for ‘admin’ to login?That plugin requires you modify a core wordpress file. The whole point of doing it as a plugin is so you don’t need to change the core files to add functions. This plugin breaks everytime you upgrade wordpress. I won’t be using it. I’ll continue to look for a plugin solution that doesn’t require modifications to the core files.
And I found one that replaces the dashboard without modifying a core file, http://ink.bur.st/wordpress-plugins#kqd
You can specify your own feeds, or leave it empty.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Is upgrading hard or easy? 1.5.x to 2.xI’ve upgraded like that several times, never a hiccup. Check your plugins first though, in case one you really need isn’t 2.x friendly. And even then, I’ve gambled a lot on my plugins, and many were fine despite not finding clarification ahead of time, but then, I upgraded the same day 2.0 came out.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Vulnerabilities in script? My host claims so.good stuff, let us know how it goes. don’t turn on any plugins at first (if you can). check out each plugin as thoroughly as you can before you trust it.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Vulnerabilities in script? My host claims so.find another host. wordpress itself is not likely the source of the problem. It’s possible a plugin is insecure, you could disable them as an option. However, once hacked (from whatever way in), consider the account, and possibly the entire server compromised. back up your data, and either have your service wipe the account and start fresh, or find a new home. there’s no point is fooling around, you’ll just pull your hair out.
IMNSHO
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Will my hosting provider host WordPress?mod_rewrites can live fine in a shared hosting environment. find another service.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Keeping Line breaks – Is there a fix?!?!?You’ve got the bumps, best see a doctor soon!
Well, html really doesn’t want you to do stuff like put blank lines between paragraphs and stuff. It really really wants you to do that in css nowadays.
If you want custom html, just turn off the visual rich editor for a user, and edit the posts with that user. That combined with editing the html source when I post satisifies most of my needs (which mainly involve not letting wordpress bust the odd bit of javascript I put in). Is this not sufficient for your needs?