Tag: WordPress
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WordPress 2.7 Preview
WordPress.com users are very lucky. If you’re one of them, get ready for the new WordPress 2.7 experience. On Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 8pm Eastern Time (8am, Friday in Jakarta), you should see a brand new dashboard at WordPress.com. If you use the self-hosted version like me, you need wait. I’m still not sure…
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WordPress Upgrade Using Changed Files Only
WordPress is known for its fast development. But for some people the upgrade process can be painful. I mean, not the “press the upgrade button”, but the download source, and uploading. If you have slow internet connection, you know what I’m talking about. But, why not using another mechanism: just upload the changed files —…
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WordPress Apps for LinkedIn
We can add WordPress application for LinkedIn now. With the WordPress App, you can sync your WordPress blog posts with your LinkedIn profile, keeping everyone you know in the know. Once added, you can filter your posts with a special LinkedIn tag and even display your personal WordPress Gravatar (global avatar). Updates are automatically sent…
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WordPress 2.6.3
I just upgraded my WordPress to the latest version: WordPress 2.6.3. This is a maintenance release, anyway. Since I like to have the most updated WordPress, I have no reason not to upgrade it. This release fixes some security vulnerability. To make my life easier, there are only two files to upload: wp-includes/class-snoopy.php and wp-includes/version.php.…
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Jason Calacanis Switches to WordPress
Remember Jason Calacanis? He said good bye to blogging few months ago. Now, he moves his blog to WordPress. Why? Because he does not want to be on the Blogsmith — Weblogs Inc.’s blog platform — anymore? (source)
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…