Category Archives: Wordpress

My ‘happy’ adventures in WordPress.

DoFollow Spam and Other Comment Type Improvements

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Kirk M

Within the last several months there’s been a change in the comment spam that’s plagued bloggers ever since the dregs of society first found out how they could benefit from leaving their crap in the comment sections of posts. You … Continue reading →

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I wish WordPress could do this

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Kirk M

I have to admit that when it comes to browser bookmarklets, the WordPress “Press This” has evolved into a very usable, slimmed down, pinch hit publishing version of the TinyMCE editor that’s complete with all the basic features of the … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.8.1 fixes 2.8 auto upgrade bug

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Kirk M

WordPress 2.8 has a bug and a rather large one for those who have been unfortunate enough to have experienced it. And it has to do with the automatic (core) upgrade feature. Here’s an excerpt from Dougal Campbell’s recent post … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.8—up one blog and downed the other.

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Kirk M

I have two blogs to my name. This one and another that I’ve done absolutely nothing with for the past few months despite my best intentions. Both have well maintained databases and clean, dusted, well swept installs. Both use most … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.5 Plugin Keeps the Version out of Source.

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Kirk M

For anyone who has upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and above and likes to keep the WordPress version number out of the source code of your site when the source is viewed in a browser you could be in for a … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.5 Hits the Streets! FYI on 2 Plugins.

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Kirk M

Today’s the day folks. The long awaited WordPress 2.5 had the final stamp of approval slapped onto by Matt M. earlier this morning and the final release has just been let out into the daylight. I’m not going to try … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.5 RC2 Hits the Streets

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Kirk M

For those brave souls who have been running the "bleeding edge" builds or WordPress 2.5 RC1, WordPress RC2 has been released and is ready to be downloaded. I’m not going to provide a download link for those who haven’t already … Continue reading →

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Whoops!

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Kirk M

Forgot to throw the switch on the Maintenance Mode plugin when I updated to the latest 2.5 trunk build. It also pays not to try to login before the "wp-includes" folder is uploaded. Makes for all sorts of worrisome PHP … Continue reading →

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