Month: January 2007

  • Modifying the wp_options table to run on localhost

    There are two lines to edit in the wp_options table to edit when importing data from the live server to the local test computer. option_name = “siteurl” -> remove the (www.)domainname(.net) leaving just domainname option_name = “home” -> remove the (www.)domainname(.net) leaving just domainname

  • curl_init() in MyTube plug-in on Windows Apache/PHP

    The next error in the upgrade from WordPress 2.0.7 to 2.1 is: Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in E:\…..\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\mytube\ytube.php on line 216 I am using the MyTube plug-in to insert YouTube videos on my blogs. The PHP manual for CURL states: Note to Win32 Users: In order to enable this module on a…

  • Upgrading to WordPress 2.1 – WP_CACHE error

    I’m in the initial test stages of upgrading to WordPress 2.1 from 2.0.7. I don’t remove the old files from the directories, since there is some stuff in tinymce and other places which has been added by the plug-ins. So, I’ve just unzipped the downloaded 2.1 file over the top of all existing files. The…

  • Too many spams slipping through Akismet – added Bad Behaviour

    I’ve had a few spam comments slipping through the Akismet filters, so I’ve decided to add Bad Behaviour. I’ll need to tidy up the footer, though. To be honest, I don’t have many comments on my blogs, so I could probably disable them completely.

  • Just updated again to WordPress-2.0.7

    It seems to have gone smoothly, and I didn’t bother to deactivate all my plug-ins. This saved a lot of time!

  • Upgrading to WordPress2.0.6 – Gengo error – blank page for French

    I’ve upgraded my WordPress test website to WordPress2.0.6. Now, the French language page is blank. I enable PHP errors to be visible by updating the .htaccess to include: php_flag display_errors on The error is reported as Fatal error: Class ‘CachedFileReader’ not found in /…./wp-includes/wp-l10n.php on line 67 A local search of the contents of all…

  • WordPress 2.0.6 updated – Audioplayer plug-in stuck on “buffering”

    I’ve just updated to WordPress 2.0.6. There didn’t seem to be any upgrades to the database this time. I notice that Audioplayer seems not to work properly – it gets stuck in the “buffering” stage and doesn’t start playing. [audio:test.mp3] I shall post this and test in MSIE. Resolved: There was an incorrect setting in…