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WordPress 3.3: It looks great!

9:08 am | WordPress team just announced that the new version of WordPress is available. It’s WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”. Matt posted some notes about this release. I have WordPress for multi-site installation, and since the previous upgrade went smoothly — except some minor [...]

Missing WordPress’ Jetpack Statistics Data

10:41 pm | I have been using WordPress Stats plugin for long time. And when JetpackĀ  was introduced, I had it installed right away. Everything works great. What I like about WordPress statistics data — from this plugin — is that it can [...]

WordPress 3.2.1 Dashboard Problems

6:02 am | After upgrading to WordPress 3.2.1, I didn’t work with it right away. I found that the Dashboard had a new look, and I was fine with that. When I logged in to my WordPress Dashboard few days ago, I experienced [...]

Moving a WordPress-powered site to another domain: The Permalink

8:41 am | Yesterday, I needed to move a self-hosted WordPress site to another domain. The process was easy because it’s like copying all files, edit the configuration file and editing internal links in all posts. All process only took less than 15 [...]

Are you using WordPress’ Post Formats feature?

12:57 am | If you have upgraded your WordPress installation to the latest version (right now, it’s Version 3.1), you can take advantage of its “Post Formats” feature. So, what is it anyway? WordPress Codex explains: A Post Format is a piece of [...]

After using DISQUS for a month

12:28 am | A month ago, I migrated this blog commenting system to DISQUS and I notice that I got zero spam. Great! Previously, I used Akismet and it also worked great. Akismet can identify comment spams but the they still entered the [...]

How to Merge Two Blogs Using WordPress 3.0 Multi-Site Feature

7:33 pm | Now, WordPress installation in this domain (orangescale.net) powers my other blog — in Bahasa Indonesia, using WordPress 3.0 Multi-Site feature. I decided to use this method so that I don’t have to manage two separated WordPress installation. In short: orangescale.net [...]

Some Notes About Enabling Multi-Site option in WordPress 3.0

2:35 am | After upgrading my blog using WordPress 3.0, I was thinking of taking the opportunity to have the multi-site option. Previously, I played with WordPress Multi User. So, I think it would something I’m familiar with. If you’re not familiar with [...]

WordPress 3.0 Error: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance

8:51 pm | I have upgraded this blog to WordPress 3.0 not long after it was available for download. Everything went without any major issues. I only use it without special hacks. One thing that makes this version a little bit different is [...]

WordPress 3.0 Installation Process

11:53 pm | Today, I tried the upcoming WordPress 3.0 distribution. It’s not yet released. I installed WordPress 3.0 Beta 2. I do this because I want to know whether I will have some WordPress installations upgraded or not, to find the possibilities [...]

Automatic WordPress Backup (to Amazon S3)

4:13 am | Today, I tried another WordPress plugin called “Automatic WordPress Backup”. This plugin will help blog owners to create backup remotely to Amazon S3 service. Since I’m using it and pretty satisfied with the billing usage, I installed it at some [...]

WordPress, Amazon S3 and CloudFront

3:34 pm | In the last two days, I was working on an experiment to use Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon CloudFront together with WordPress. It’s not primary for my blog, but for my friend. There are many tutorials and good [...]

Haikumattic

5:43 pm | I think I like the concept behind new Automattic’s website. The products and descriptions are haiku-powered. This is how they explain about WordPress.com service: Hassle-free blogging Even with your own domain Freemium model About Akismet: Remember the days Innocent inboxes [...]

body_class() for WordPress Theme Designer

1:49 am | I just upgraded my WordPress engine to the latest version. This new version offers some improved and new features. One of them is about body_class() function. Nathan Rice has a definition about this: The body_class() function operates in nearly the [...]

Post by Email for WordPress-powered Blog

11:45 pm | Recently WordPress hosted service introduced a new featured call Post by Email. It’s like Posterous. This new feature is available for WordPress.com users. If you’re using WordPress.com, head to Post by Email detailed information. But, what about self-installed WordPress? This [...]

WordPress Automatic Upgrade and Default Theme

8:51 pm |

Last few weeks, I worked on a WordPress theme design. But, it was the first time I used "default" as its theme folder. If you use WordPress, you might know how WordPress will deal with default theme folder. It will be used if something goes wrong with the theme.

WordPress Plugins Search and Comment Threading

1:40 am | Finally, WordPress now offers a better search engine for its plugin directory. It is using Sphinx right now. But, it does not search plugins by authors and tags. It only reads all information from readme.txt file which is delivered in [...]

Troubleshooting: Can’t Login After WordPress Upgrade

10:12 pm | Today, I was helping my client upgrading her WordPress-powered blog. He was using WordPress 2.6.x series. I upgraded using the standard procedur, and I thought the whole process was painless. But, it was not. I could not access its “Dashboard”. [...]

The first maintenance release for WordPress 2.7 is ready to download. Using the auto-upgrade tool from the dashboard, it should not be painful. I’ve upgraded, and it only took few seconds. :)

About Facebook Connect for WordPress

6:29 pm | I installed Facebook Connect as an experiment for this blog last week. With some modifications, it works fine here. If you’re using WordPress and want to try Facebook Connect, here are few things you might need to know. Anyway, I’m [...]

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