As I usually do, I switched this blog from WordPress 2.9.2 to the current 3.0 beta. I always run the beta versions and I have not yet gotten myself into a hole. It also helps that I have very good backups for the last 30 days. I re-ran my overnight backup job one more time [...]
I’ve been interested in switching to a theme framework and after looking at both Hybrid and Thematic, I’ve begun plugging into Hybrid with the child theme WP Full Site. It’s a fun little exercise and Hybrid has lots of places to make changes just using a child theme. The WP Full Site function.php file has [...]
I have been running my blog on the URL wp.dembowski.net for years. If you are familiar with WordPress then that’s an OK URL to use but most people are more comfortable with a generic name. I did not want to use www.dembowski.net (already used for a place holder) and did not want to put move [...]
I just got home from Christmas shopping and my SVN pull down of the trunk was 3.0-alpha. Which told me 2.9 is released and I should switch to the 2.9 branch. As always it’s just And that’s it. I’m now on the 2.9 branch. I’ve been using the 2.9 beta for a few weeks now [...]
For traffic logs, I use Clicky Web Analytics and take a look from time to time. See that flat dark blue line? Around noon on December 3rd my blog stopped serving web pages and it was not until about 5 hours later that I noticed it. I don’t get a lot of traffic but I [...]
Jane Wells wrote a nice thank you to the WordPress support volunteers. I’m listed among the “Generally active volunteers“. Coool. Intimidating that Whooami has been involved in (a little arithmetic here…) 10,417 threads!
I svn’ed the latest 2.9 beta on my blog, so far so good. It’s visually the same as 2.8 so I think user acceptance will be good.
WordPress 2.8.6 is out and it’s a security release so update now. I’m expecting the usual complaints on the support forum but so far it’s been pretty sedate. I’ve been using WordPress since version 1.5.2 and I’ve never had a bad upgrade. Of course, I have a good idea what I’m doing and have never [...]
That’s a catchy title. Keeping up with the versions of any software that you have installed is almost always a good thing. If you have any WordPress version pre-<insert-latest-version-here> then you should upgrade. To me, open source software is best if only for one reason: vulnerabilities get discussed openly and often fixed very quickly. Open [...]
With every release of WordPress there are always people who have problems. That not unusual since change can bring unexpected issues. Most of the WordPress forum users are just looking for help and are in above their heads. Those users I can respect, asking for help should be encouraged. Providing help can be satisfying and [...]
