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Upgrade WordPress 2.7 in 3 Simple Steps

by Vivek Gite on December 11, 2008 · 3 comments

Wordpress version 2.7 has been released and can be upgraded easily using UNIX / Linux shell prompt. A few assumptions:

  1. Wordpress database name: wptheosblog
  2. Wordpress directory name: /var/www/html/theos.in
  3. Wordpress domain name: theos.in
  4. Operating system: Linux
WARNING! If you are not comfortable with UNIX shell prompt (IF YOU ARE new to a UNIX/Linux os), please follow traditional way of upgrading wordpress and DO NOT use the three Steps described here.

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Download of the day: WordPress 2.7

by Vivek Gite on December 11, 2008 · 1 comment

Wordpress version 2.7 has been released and available for download. From the announcement page:

The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version.

What is new in Wordpress 2.7

For a visual introduction to what 2.7 is, check out this video (available in HD, and full screen):

Download the latest release of WordPress version 2.7, released on 10 December 2008.

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Recently, I had noticed lots of 404 error generated by my wordpress software. My old wordpress tag structure changed from:
/tips/tag/linux_software
/tips/tag/one_two_foo

To:
/tips/tag/linux-software
/tips/tag/one-two-foo

As a result lots of error 404 was dumped into my log file. I wrote a small php code to get rid of the problem.

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Wordpress 2.7 promises to add threaded comments support along with lots of new features. Checkout Ryan’s blog post about all upcoming features.

Download of The Day: WordPress 2.6

by Vivek Gite on July 15, 2008 · 1 comment

Wordpress 2.6 has been released and available for download almost a month ahead schedule.

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WordPress 2.5 Released

by Vivek Gite on March 29, 2008 · 2 comments

WordPress 2.5 has been released and available for download.The dashboard is cleaner, faster, less cluttered. From the release note: WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, [...]

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Update: WordPress 2.7 and above has inbuilt feature to reply, delete and do other things with comment systems. Recently I found an interesting WP plugin. It modifies the comment page in the admin panel to include a ‘Reply to Comment’ link among the options for each comment. Without this plugin I had to first view [...]