ptvguy

I just tried 2.0b1 on a working WP 2.8 site and got the following errors:

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

Warning: Unknown: open(/var/lib/php/session/sess_2qv5cpn6m17l8qvij56ujk2rn5, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/lib/php/session) in Unknown on line 0

I wouldn’t give up on the Options theme just yet. I have it working just fine in WP 2.8. (http://www2.soptv.org/) Only the WP Security Scan plugin gave me trouble in the upgrade.

Same thing just happened to me. Resetting everything to default and then putting them back to my old settings and updating the options didn’t work at all. Search Categories seems to be the culprit. Once I removed that option, it works fine again.

Just wanted to thank you right quick for taking the time to post all that even though no one was answering you or seemed interested.

Unfortunately, version 2.9.5 is now adding a “sociableoff” variable (value “false” unless set to “true”) to the custom fields every single time a post is edited. It doesn’t test to see if the value is already set, it adds it again on every save. If you’re doing minor tweaks on a published page and save it over and over again with each change, you can quickly collect 20 or more instances of of this variable.

They’re social bookmarking sites meaning that real people bookmark what they like and share what they like. Your content doesn’t go to them automatically. The best way to get bookmarked a lot is to get your posts noticed by people who use those services. The best way to do that is to join, socialize, make friends, bookmark their stuff, etc. It takes time, good content, creativity, a little bit of link bait, a little schmoozing, etc. Some people write posts specifically taylored to catch the attention of prolific Diggers or Deliciouosos.

The main benefits are traffic, exposure, and backlinks. When your posts are Dugg, they get viewed by a lot of people who have the chance to Digg them again. The more Diggs, the more views, the more incoming traffic, etc.

A good 10 or 20 Diggs within a single day can bring quite a bit of traffic to your site. A very popular post that manages to get a few hundred (or even thousand) can bring so much incoming trafic that it’s been known to crash servers. I’m not trying to scare you with that; it’s an extremely good thing if you can manage it.

By the way, I recommend the Sociable plugin for that.

Glad it worked for you. Don’t forget your 301 redirects in the .htaccess file. You have incoming links to the old permalink addressing that are generating 404 errors now. Makes the search bots very unhappy.