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Is WordPress Dead?

seangw — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:16:21 +0000

I just ran across WordPress has left the building, by Kevinjohn Gallagher. From his post: … I love WordPress. With it, I have felt a genuine affinity for a product the likes of which is matched only by my Commodore64. It will be exceptionally strange for me to no longer recommend WordPress. The reality is [...]

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How to enable Mod_Rewrite in Apache2 on Ubuntu

seangw — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:53:53 +0000

Was just doing this, and thought it’d be a nice guide to write up. I’m assuming you already have Apache2 installed on your machine. If not, check how to install Apache 2 on Ubuntu. Mod_rewrite is a module that allows runtime modification of the URL structure. Typically this is to allow .htaccess directives to implement [...]

How to enable Mod_Rewrite in Apache2 on Ubuntu is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Help: WordPress broke after 3.3 Upgrade

seangw — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:07:56 +0000

I just ran into a client who’s WordPress installation broke due to the 3.3 upgrade. The symptom was the WYSIWYG editor didn’t load (which was just a big Javascript error loading supporting scripts). This could manifest itself in any Javascript functionality (admin bar, popup menus, etc) not working. The Fix The fix is easy, you [...]

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Help: I only have SFTP/SSH access, How can I update my WordPress plugins?

seangw — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:49:25 +0000

Ran into this one today. A site with only SFTP/SSH access, and the server required the “FTP” method of updating plugins/WordPress. Remember FTPS is not SFTP. FTPS runs over HTTPS/SSL, while SFTP runs over SSH. Confusing? Fortunately there’s a nice little plugin called, SSH SFTP Updater Support. You must download it, then upload the contents [...]

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WordPress 3.3 Released

seangw — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:04:12 +0000

I just updated, and you can too! WordPress 3.3, “Sonny” (in honor of Sonny Stitt) – is available for download, or update inside your WordPress. You can see some of the features listed in my WordPress 3.3 Release Candidate 2 post: New toolbar (was the admin bar in 3.2) Accordingly, there are some Admin Bar [...]

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WordPress 3.3 Release Candidate 2

seangw — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:02:52 +0000

Yesterday, WordPress 3.3 Release Candidate 2 was released. Sounds like we’re getting close to the real deal. My bet is next week. If you haven’t been following it, here are some new things in WordPress 3.3: New toolbar (was the admin bar in 3.2) Accordingly, there are some Admin Bar API changes ($wp_admin_bar->menu no longer [...]

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WordPress: Story of a Hack with WSO

seangw — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:07:02 +0000

WordPress is great, but the more people that use it, the more “criminals” out there that will target it’s vulnerabilities. Alex has a detailed write up covering his site being hacked, in My website was hacked – yours could be too! You won’t know until it’s too late. From the article (read the whole thing): Yesterday [...]

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How to Hide all the WordPress in WordPress

seangw — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:05:52 +0000

I’ve been working on writing an article on Purpose Built WordPress templates. This morning I ran across a post by Ben Word, at benword.com — How to Hide The Fact That You’re Using WordPress. WordPress tends to add a LOT of “stuff” in both the final HTML, and all the layers that build it. This [...]

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WordPress: Marketing your Blog by Chris Penn

seangw — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:19:40 +0000

This talk at WordCamp Boston covers a handful of techniques for marketing your blog. WordPress: Marketing your Blog by Chris Penn is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

WordPress: Marketing your Blog by Chris Penn is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

WordPress: Custom Post Types with K. Adam White

seangw — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:16:54 +0000

K. Adam White does an excellent job reviewing many aspects of Custom Post Types in WordPress in his talk at WordCamp Boston last month. Included in the review: Taxonomies Slugs Plugins useful with Custom Post Types Cost/Benefit of Custom Post Types Why you would use Custom Post Types How to build a Custom Post Type [...]

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