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WordPress 2.8 “Baker” released with major improvements

chris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:22:03 +0000

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WordPress has released the new 2.8 “Baker” version. I already did the automated update and I have to say that I really like it.

These are the new features of WP 2.8 Baker:

Browsing and installing new themes within the WP panel
CodePress Editor: syntax highlighter and contextual documentation for functions
the widget interface has been redesigned
new screen options allow rearranging of every page
and many more (see full list of changes here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8)

Screenshot of the new CodePress Editor (btw, finally):

There is even a video you can watch to see the new features in action:

You should update too, but don’t forget to make a full backup before you start.

Fixing the HTTP error problem while using WordPress Flash Uploader

chris — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:48:28 +0000

The reason for the upload error lies within the mod_security module which is basicly a web application firewall that protects your website from a range of attacks. So you shouldn’t turn off this module as it protects you but you can add a special rule for the flash uploader. 5ll41001

The Solution:

Open the .htaccess file in your website document root and add the following lines:




  
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
  


  
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
  


  
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off

This should do it.

Setting up a dynamic copyright in WordPress

chris — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:08:25 +0000

When you have a website running for several years it’s getting pretty annoying to update the copyright years in the footer year by year. 5ll41001

Paste this simple code into your footer template to generate copyright years fully automated (change “2009″ to the year when you started):



    2009)
         echo "2009 - ";
      echo date("Y");
   ?>
   example.com. All Rights Reserved.