WordPress 3.2 Now Available

on Jul 06, 2011 in Blog, News, WordPress

On July 4th, while we were all celebrating with fireworks and apple pie, the WordPress team released the latest edition of WordPress. Say hello to WordPress 3.2! What can you expect with the new version update? – A faster WordPress – Refreshed dashboard design (very sleek, if I may say so myself) – Distraction free [...]

Get Ready for WordPress 3.2 – IE6 and Outdated Browsers

on Jul 04, 2011 in Blog, News, WordPress

For all of you that have been fighting the push to use newer browsers, here is one more company kicking your butt into the future. With 3.2, WordPress is dropping support for Internet Explorer 6, a 10-years-old outdated browser that even Microsoft is leaving behind. From now on, if you access your WordPress dashboard from [...]

Get ready for WordPress 3.2 – PHP and MySQL

on Jul 03, 2011 in Blog, News, PHP, WordPress

That’s right! You read right… WordPress 3.2 is just around the corner. It also comes with big changes behind the scenes. The minimum requirements to run WordPress have now changed. As of 3.2, you’ll need to be running PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0. Don’t know if you’re running those version? Check your webhost settings. You’ll [...]

Tip: Fixing Broken Links in WordPress

on Aug 06, 2010 in News, WordPress

Recently, I found myself converting my jewelry website from Textpattern to WordPress. Due to future plans for a shop setup, I also had to change the permalink structure. While WordPress is great for handling redirects, I soon realized I still needed something to handle the broken links I created with the platform change within the [...]

Tip: Fixing Post Comment Counts in WordPress

on Jul 27, 2010 in Blog, News, Textpattern, WordPress

Two weeks ago I mentioned that I knew I was guilty of not paying much attention to my blog. You can choose to pretend you are handling your website, until you get hacked. That’s exactly what happened to me earlier this year. Sad thing is I didn’t even come to find out until about two [...]