Tag: wordpres

  • Plugin Installation in WordPress 2.7

    In the coming WordPress 2.7, it’s not getting easier for users, but also for developers. There will be a page called “Install Plugins” (the name might change). Here, we have a page displaying many related sub-menus about plugins like: Search Plugins, Upload a Plugin, Featured Plugins, Popular Plugins, Newest Plugins, Recently Updated Plugins.

  • 24/7 Support from WordPress.com Team

    A good news from WordPress.com team. Now, they offer 24/7 support for WordPress.com. Not long ago, our team was online 9 a.m to 4 p.m. PDT to answer your questions and keep your blog running smoothly. Soon after, we brought it up to 24-hour support, five days and week, so those across the country and…

  • WordPress 2.6 Upgrades

    Today, WordPress 2.6 is available with code name “Tyner”. You can read what features shipped in this version at WordPress Development blog. I have been following WordPress 2.6 since the beta release from Sub Version, and it looks good. So, I upgraded my WordPress install right away. The upgrade process — from WP 2.5.1 —…

  • Remote Publishing Settings in WordPress 2.6

    If you’re using desktop blogging client to publish your content, and you’re using latest WordPress version (2.5.1), you should have no problems at all. But, if you upgrade to WordPress 2.6, you should adjust some settings. I tried to publish using a regular method (setting up a blog, pointing to XML-RPC gateway, inserting username and…

  • WordPress.com is Gears-enabled now

    If you’re using WordPress.com service, you probably notice that there is a new link in the upper right of dashboard navigation. It says “Turbo“. This is a new feature offered by WordPress.com, telling that WordPress.com is Google Gears-friendly website. In my other blog (using WordPress from SubVersion), I already enabled this. And, I can take…

  • How's your wp-config.php file?

    WordPress relies on wp-config.php file to connect to database. Here, there are some basic settings about our WordPress installation like database-related information and language interface. When we upgrade our WordPress installation to new release, we can have our WordPress blog running without problem, even without touching wp-config.php file. But, in some release, there are some…

  • Set the order of WordPress Pages

    Using WordPress, we can make non-post content easily. This non-post content is known as “Pages“. It is also easy to display the created pages, using wp_list_pages template tag. We can also manage the order of pages — when displayed in our blog — using sort_column argument inside wp_list_pages. For some people, it should be easy.…

  • XML Sitemaps and All in One SEO Pack for WordPress

    XML Sitemaps are available for WordPress.com-powered blogs. What all WordPress.com users need to do to get this feature? Well.. nothing. It’s already done automagically. (source) All in One SEO Pack is not dead. Right now, it is compatilble with the latest stable release of WordPress (WP 2.5.1). If you heard about the news that it…

  • WordPress 2.6 Features

    The coming WordPress 2.6 (scheduled to be released on August 7th, 2008, or July 7th, 2008) will have more features. Most of you probably heard that about the probably-most-well-known Post Revisions feature. But, there are some other features that should be highlighted. Here are some of them I find (using WordPress from SVN, revision 8094):…

  • WordPress Upgrade: 1.5.2 to 2.5.1

    Yesterday, I helped my client to upgrade some of her WordPress-powered blogs. When I ugpraded WordPress — mine, friends’ or clients’, I found it very easy; and the process run smoothly. The only difference — when I updated my client’s — was that it was a big-jump upgrades: from WordPress 1.5.2 to 2.5.1. I used…

  • 'cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode' error on WP-DownloadManager

    I am currently working on a WordPress-powered site. One of its features is a download section. After comparing some WordPress plugins, I decided to use Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan‘s WP-DownloadManager. When I use that plugin on WordPress 2.5.1, I got an error. It’s something like this: Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()! in /home/…/wp-downloadmanager.php on…

  • Oh My Grid, free WordPress Theme

    Today, I released a WordPress theme. This theme is called Oh My Grid. I designed this theme based on theme I use for my blog. If you run WordPress 2.5, you should find no problems — if you found one, let me know so that I can fix it. For more detail, go to Oh…

  • Image styling in blog entry

    When we write an article in our blog, sometime we insert images/photos to support our article. And this can be done easily, no matter what blogging platform we use. For example, using WordPress we can upload image using uploader tool, and with few clicks the image will go to entry editing screen. For better formatting…

  • Pimp your WordPress 2.5 Dashboard

    One of the gret improvements offered by WordPress 2.5 is on the dashboard interface. Collaborating with Happy Cog studio, WordPress offers some great improvements. One of them is about managable widgets for dashboard. It means, we can manage what kind of ‘widgets’ should be presented on the dashboard.