With the recent release of WordPress 3.3, “Sonny”, there would most likely be issues during the upgrade process for some site administrators and deployers. WordPress.org’s forum has a “master list” of tips and tricks to try to resolve those issues, preferably before filing an issue ticket with them. Of course, if you’re going to undertake [...]
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Here’s a nice post by Jane Wells (yes, the one of WordPress fame) about the requirements for WordPress 3.2 and some rationale about the system changes being implemented for the latest version of the blogging software. The big news is actually not that big: the version of Oracle’s [ORCL] MySQL database and the PHP engine [...]
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A new security/fix version of WordPress, 3.0.5, has been released today, as mentioned by Andrew Nacin. While it may seem like a small release, it provides some useful security patches that all WordPress systems should have.
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The situation concerning the open source projects previously maintained by Sun Microsystems has been slowly degenerating since the company’s acquisition by Oracle [ORCL], and it would be nice for a better understanding about what is still “what” after this past year of consolidation… especially when it comes to the vast array of Java-related projects. If [...]
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Later today, Apple [AAPL] will finally open its Mac App Store, which caters to electronic software distribution (ESD) for Mac software to the current install base of OS X updated Macs. This is something that has been tantalizing software developers since the introduction of the “regular” App Store catering to the iOS devices. After all, [...]
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November 9, 2010 at 10:00 PM
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Six years ago, the first FCS release of Firefox showed up on the virtual doorstep of the Internet, wanting to be loved and adopted by people worldwide. And it was: it offered a credible alternative to the status quo and shared a proud tradition with Web browsers of yesteryear. Much has changed since that day, [...]
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As mentioned by Matt on his blog, Automattic has taken the big leap into domain-registrarhood. Since WordPress.com and Automattic are inexorably tied to the blogging experience, as witnessed by the myriad of blog and blog-like sites built using the WordPress software and also hosted at the eponymous WordPress.com service, it is natural that Automattic eventually [...]
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Just in the nick of time (well, actually, merely before the end of July), the first maintenance release for WordPress 3.0 became available yesterday. This provides some bug fixes (over 50) that were discovered since the 3.0 release, or were relegated to a lower status to not impede that major release. If you have not [...]
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If you have been following along about the upcoming PHP and MySQL upgrade requirements for WordPress, you may have wondered, “Hey, is my WordPress site ready for the upgrade?” There is a way to tell (more-or-less conveniently): try the Health Check plugin for WordPress. While the description for the plugin declares that there will be [...]
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