Wordpress 2.5.1 Upgrade: Changed Files 2.5 to 2.5....

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...

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...

Is your Wordpress .htaccess file causing problems ...

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...

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…

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...