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WordPress 2.9 – The Finest Of The Bunch!

Posted by Zulfikar under Upgrading Wordpress, announcement

Most of you will already be aware of the latest announcement on the release of Wordpress 2.9 – as always a major release comes with a bunch of cool new features. Here’s a short video showcasing just a few of the coolest features that come fully loaded with this latest major release.

The coolest new stuff from a user point of view are:  Read more... (339 words, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)

WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release – Considerations!

Posted by Zulfikar under Troubleshooting Wordpress, Upgrading Wordpress

Update: Upgrade your wordpress blog NOW!

The vulnerability is far serious than first mentioned from the extract from Wordpress.org bellow and an immediate upgrade is now advised. The security breach hole can allow for a script to add files to the site’s root directory which can lead to major disruption of your blog. Files such as index.html can be added to your site root via this security hole, this can include warez, viruses and porn type files. Thanks to the prompt action of those who spotted the breach and to wordpress for prompt release of the latest secure version we can now eliminate the problem by upgrading immediately.  Read more... (595 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

Keeping Upto Date With Wordpress

Posted by admin under Upgrading Wordpress

Staying updated and current with wordpress releases is always a good thing and highly recommended. And hot on the heels of 2.8.3 is yet another security release 2.8.4 which is being made available to all as I type this. I have just upgraded this blog and all is good

2.8.4 addresses a security vulnerability discovered a couple of days ago -

A specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.  Read more... (344 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Error Publishing Posts Or Pages After Upgrading To 2.8.3

Posted by admin under Upgrading Wordpress

If you are a regular at wordpress.org/support forum you may well be aware of the problem with this error. This problem has two faces to it as listed bellow:

Problem #1

• Content writing limitations – when writing a post or page, the text area limits the amount of content entered to a few paragraphs.
• Even if you manage to write the full content, on publish only a portion of your input appears on the rendered post/page.

Problem #2  Read more... (447 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

• When attempting to edit previous post/page, the permalink title is displayed – but there is no content in the text area.

Wordpress 2.8.2 Is Out – Upgrade Now The Right Way!

Posted by admin under Installation Tips, Upgrading Wordpress, announcement

Today saw the release of the next installment of wordpress version 2.8 (WP 2.8.2) and already there are problems being reported. These problems are not necessarily an issue with the new version of wp or bugs, but more so a problem with some webmaster not following the simple upgrade guidelines.  Read more... (411 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

• Back up your core files and database.
• Deactivate all plugins.
• Upgrade your installation.
• Make sure all is working fine before reactivating the plugins.
• Plugins should be reactivated one by one all the while checking that everything is still working fine.

How To Upgrade To Wordpress 2.8 – Read This First!

Posted by admin under Blogging tips, Installation Tips, Upgrading Wordpress

Update #1: Re fatal error after upgrading and reactivating the plug-ins – Read more in the forum

Wordpress version 2.8 is only 3 days old and some bloggers are already up in arms and complaining. And from what I have seen over on wordpress.org the ones complaining are the ones who failed to follow the upgrade instructions.

That little nagging “New version of wordpress is now available, click here to upgrade” should be disabled was one of the sighted issue as a problem.  Read more... (463 words, 1 image, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)