Archives for March 2007

Trying out Slicehost VPS

March 28, 2007 by 6 Comments

I’ve got a favor to ask! Can you please open the main page of this blog in your browser, and let me know how quickly/slowly it opens for you? I would like to know your geography – a country and city you’re, but even simple “slow/quick” feedback will be helpful.

As you probably have noticed, I’m trying out a new hosting this week. For the past few days, PerfectBlogger had been hosted on our VPS with Slicehost.

For most people (myself included), this move will mean a great speed boost over previous hosting, but I just want to double-check.

Filed Under: blog, perfectblogger

is_frontpage: plugin for static homepages in WordPress 2.1.x

March 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment

If you remember, WordPress 2.1 have introduced a built-in support for static frontpages. It caused some confusion initially, cause plugins which used to provide this functionality, stopped working completely. However, one you discover the feature, it’s very easy to use it.

There is one small problem though: is_home() function will not work for such static frontpages. To work around, you can use a plugin called is_frontpage. Here’s how its author, Martijn Stegink, describes it:

Version 2.1 of WordPress introduced native support for a static frontpage, which only has been supported by plugins before. When using this option however, the is_home function doesn’t work. This is because is_home is supposed to return true for the “blog” home page, where your most recent posts show up, not the “front” home page. An is_frontpage function is not available yet.

Therefore I whipped together this small plugin, called is_frontpage. Just download the plugin drop the file in your plugin folder, activate the plugin through the admin interface and the is_frontpage function is available to you. Use it just like the is_home function. It returns true if you’re at the frontpage you set, otherwise it returns false.

Taken from: Bos89.nl blog

Filed Under: blog, wordpress

Scratch One Another Program @ BusinessBlogwire

March 7, 2007 by 2 Comments

Easton Ellsworth has just got a great idea: the SOAP program.

Here’s how he describes it himself:

SOAP is a simple blog improvement program whereby bloggers review each others’ blogs and give each other free blogging tips. In other words, we scratch each other’s backs. Scratch One Another. Program. SOAP.

To participate, you simply need to fill in this really short SOAP Questionnaire.

Since I’ve offered free technical advice on blogging to all my readers just last week, I think SOAP is a great way to exchange knowledge. Well done, Easton!

I’ve already signed up, and strongly suggest you do the same. Even if you feel quite happy about your blog, you should still join – just to help others.

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Upgrade to WordPress 2.1.2 right away!

March 4, 2007 by 2 Comments

WordPress

If you still haven’t taken time to upgrade from WordPress 2.1.1 to WordPress 2.1.2 – do this right now! You can read the official explanation on the WordPress blog, but the bottom line is that WordPress 2.1.1 downloads have been altered by a hacker, and therefore may contain a security exploit.

To make sure you’re secure, it is advised that you download and install WordPress 2.1.2.

 

Note: this only affects users of the WordPress 2.1.1 build, any other WordPress 2.x version was not infected.

pS: if you need help with upgrading your version of WordPress, feel free to leave a comment to this post and I’ll be sure to contact you by email.

Filed Under: wordpress