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Entries Tagged ‘Wordpress’

Showing videos in RSS Reader

I only found at this morning that my videos over at talkplaystation weren’t showing in my RSS reader. I added talkplaystation to my RSS reader because one of my subscribers notified me that the videos i were posting weren’t showing in his reader.
So for most of the day i’ve been looking for a plugin that [...]

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ShareThis and Sociable, a Gregarious replacement

When i started this blog i contacted my good friend Smemon regarding which digg plugin he used and he told me to try out Gregarious. It worked like a treat until i upgraded to Wordpress 2.5, it pretty much destroyed the plugin altogether and the author doesn’t have time to update it.
Over the weekend i [...]

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Upgraded to WordPress version 2.5.1

I’ve just upgraded to WordPress version 2.5.1 with no problems what so ever which is expected because the 2.5.1 fixed bugs and a major security hole.
There is one thing i noticed is the fact that the backend is a little quicker and more responsive and they have fixed the uploader problem that i posted a [...]

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Wordpress 2.5.1 is now available

Yes thats right Wordpress 2.5.1 is now out! So whats new? Nothing new, just bug fixes, improvements made to speed and one important security issue.

Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
Better performance for those who have many categories
Media Uploader fixes
An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
Widget Administration fixes
Various usability improvements
Layout fixes for IE

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Wordpress comments disappeared

I woke up this morning to find that all my comments had disappeared from this blog and talkplaystation.com. This worried me straight away. I checked the database and they were all in there, so it couldnt be a sql problem. Then it clicked, i remembered that i had upgraded my plugins yesterday. Google Analytics for [...]

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Wordpress automatic plugin upgrade ftp details fix

Wordpress 2.5 has a great new feature called automatic plugin upgrade which basically upgrades your plugins automatically with a single click without needing to do it manually via ftp. For some reason i keep having to input my FTP details just before it’s about to upgrade. I’ve found a fix for this and i will tell [...]

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Wordpress 2.5 Media Image Upload Problem Fixed

I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 a few days ago and when i tried to upload an image to a post, it wasn’t working. I kept getting errors, it just wouldn’t upload my images, so i had to do it manually. Anyhow, i found a fix for it i would like to share in case any [...]

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Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 with no major problems

Last night i upgraded daparky.com to Wordpress 2.5 and i’m liking it a lot. I didn’t have time to do talkplaystation.com, i will probably do that tonight when i have some free time. The upgrade process went very smooth, unfortunately a few plugins didn’t make it through. These were:

Gregarious
Advanced Tag Entry (works but not recommended for Wordpress [...]

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Wordpress plugins update 3

It’s time for my Wordpress plugins update - the plugins i use on this blog. I’m upgrading to Wordpress 2.5 tomorrow. I tested Wordpress 2.5 on another blog and broke some of my
The current plugins i have installed as of now are:

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Akismet
All in One SEO Pack
cforms II
FeedBurner FeedSmith
Google Analytics for WordPress
Google XML Sitemaps
Gregarious
Lightbox 2 [...]

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Stable Wordpress 2.5 is now available

That’s right Wordpress users; Wordpress 2.5 is finally available after some delays and 2 ’Release Candidates‘. Go ahead and download it from the official Wordpress website, which has had a redesign to reflect this new release.
So what does Wordpress 2.5 add in terms of features and functionality? Let’s list them here:-
User Features

Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
Dashboard [...]

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