Wordpress 2.5.1 Upgrade: Changed Files 2.5 to 2.5.1

Disclaimer
I cannot stress the crtical importance of making a full backup of your files and database before attempting to upgrade WordPress. Mistakes do happen, and things do break. Both are shortly followed by you banging your head and cursing. Save yourself the headache…Backup first, then upgrade! :)

I should also mention that these files are being downloaded directly from the Wordpress Trac system. I did not package the zip.

Wordpress 2.5.1 was released.

Here is a zip of the files changed from Wordpress 2.5 to 2.5.1.

April 25, 2008 | Filed Under WordPress

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Digital Camera Shopping via Internet

My cousin called me this week asking me to find the best digital camera for her. In my searching, I came across this unfamiliar site, TestFreaks.com.

The site seems pretty promising. They’re still in the beta stage at this point…and I noticed the comparison feature does not seem to be enabled yet. However, the part I found most useful about the site is that they have syndicated reviews from numerous other sites. So you have all these reviews in a single location. I found it to be quite helpful.
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December 15, 2007 | Filed Under Websites

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WordPress - Best of Breed

It’s a simple as the title of this post…”Best of Breed”. When it comes to online blogging applications, WordPress is Best of Breed.

It’s free! But that does not make it great, just easily accessible.

It has a huge following! Have a WordPress question? It’s answered in a couple hours on their forum. Need some advanced help? You can find easily a WordPress pro online in minutes. Need some special feature? There’s a very good chance that someone else as already had that need too. You’ll likely find that there is a plugin already written for your feature.
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December 11, 2007 | Filed Under SEM, SEO, Web Design, Web Hosting, WordPress

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Inbound Links Help Websites

Search engines enjoy websites that have inbound links. And the best way to gather inbound links is to have a useful, informative website. However, you often need to kickstart that process by seeking out links to your site. This process is called link building. Be warned, it can be a tedious process. Many site owners turn to a link building company such as Vertical Measures.

It’s no secret, the algorithms used by search engines give some hefty weight to inbound links. The more relevent the referring website, the better the inbound link.

Say you have a site about toasters linking to a site selling golf clubs…it does not give much help to the golf club site. However, a link from a golf country club website to the golf club site would be nicer. They’re both in the same business…golf.
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December 10, 2007 | Filed Under SEM, SEO

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Is your Wordpress .htaccess file causing problems with other files?

That’s the issue I ran into. I was building a WordPress site, and put a billing/invoicing app in a subdirectory of the site.

Well, the default rewrite lines (that WordPress added to the site’s htaccess file) were causing major issues for the billing script (AWBS). It was also causing problems with Apache password protecting of a directory. The WordPress rewrite would take over before Apache would invoke the username/password entry box.

It was a big mess. I spent a long time pulling my hair out over the situation.
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December 8, 2007 | Filed Under Web Design, WordPress

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A Mouth Watering Website

A friend of mine recently took a plunge and decided to stop doing web design/programming gigs, and follow a dream of attending culinary school to become a chef. It got me looking around at different culinary websites. I came across http://www.vegasculinary.com/, a pretty fancy culinary school in Vegas.

I like this website. You immediately know what the site is about. Even my 4 year old son came up, glanced at the site, and said asked, “Why are you watching cooking?”

The menu navigation is nice and colorful - each button is a plate of food. And you can navigate around to find exactly what you’re seeking.
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December 7, 2007 | Filed Under Web Design

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SpyFu Discount Code

Want to see which keywords your competitors are buying on adwords? That’s exactly what SpyFu does.

As a participant in their beta testing program, I received some SpyFu Discount Codes that are good for the lifetime of your subscription. I have one left. So whomever gets it first can use it! It must be initially used before July 2nd 2007 though.

From the SpyFu Email…
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June 29, 2007 | Filed Under AdWords, SEM, SEO

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Setup an IDN in WHM/CPanel

I recently ran across a question where the user wanted to setup an IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) in WHM/Cpanel. For those wondering, an IDN is a domain name that uses non-ASCII characters, such as ñ, ü, ý, etc. I learned that the process to setup such a domain in WHM/Cpanel is quite simple.

To setup the domain in WHM, you first need to convert the IDN domain name to Punycode. For example the non-ASCII domain name “xn--fsher-kva.com” converts to the punycode version, “xn--fsher-kva.com”. Once you have the punycode version of the domain, you’re set to go. Just make sure account username does not use punycode or any non-ACII characters. Just use plain ASCII characters for usernames. Continue Reading »

December 20, 2006 | Filed Under Web Hosting

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