Sorry for the long delay sicne the last post. What with the holidays and being very busy with clients, posting dropped right off for me. I hope to get back on a great schedule in the new year, so look for it and at least one more author joining us. Also, feel free to make [...]
Making your signup page match your theme
November 7, 2007 By
By default, the signup page users get directed to is made to integrate into the default theme. As the site admin of the best new blog host on the block, you’re probably going to pick another theme so you can stand out in the crowd. With soem themes, the signup page looks horrible. While others [...]
Super cache
November 5, 2007 By
Donncha is smokin’ at it again, this time with WP Super Cache. It creates actual HTML files and places them in physical directories that mimic the permalink sturcture, and it does this for non-logged in users. Apparently in testing, pages that were Digged or Slashdotted barely even blipped on the server. HT: the ever-smashing James, [...]
WPMU 1.3 is finally out
October 30, 2007 By
I’ve been waiting for this one for weeks. Donncha worked pretty hard getting this release out and squashing the bugs. Check out the official forum thread for details. I’m a bit behind, but I hope to thoroughly test this out and point out the snazzy new features and what you can do with them. The [...]
Is it really a bug?
October 27, 2007 By
Sometimes there are quite a few forums posts, or even bug tickets filed, reporting issues that aren’t really bugs. So to me, the first step in reporting a bug is determining if it is actually a bug or not. I’m sure you already know this, but to clarify, a bug means there is something wrong [...]
How to file a bug ticket and follow the latest issues
October 27, 2007 By
Most users lightly follow development in the forums. To get a bit further, you can follow along the trac system and see when tickets are filed and issues are fixed. There’s an RSS feed link at the bottom of this page to follow active tickets. It’s a good practise because sometimes an official release is [...]
How to get a zip from trac of recently changes files
October 25, 2007 By
Now that we are familiar with the trac system, how can one get a small zip containing just the needed files that have been recently changed? First, you need to know what you already have installed. As of this writing, if you have the latest from the download page, you have installed 1.2.5a. This is [...]
What is trac and how do I use it?
October 24, 2007 By
Ah, the trac system. Trac is a program on the server that keeps a record of every single code change made by the devs. It also serves as a bug reporting and archiving tool. Every time a change is made to the codebase, it is submitted to trac. When you read about “development version” or [...]
Database structure – updated for 1.3
October 24, 2007 By
As an addendum to this post, there’s a few extra tables in WPMU 1.3, which should officially be released any day now. wp_1_terms wp_1_term_relationships wp_1_term_taxonomy There are all related to the internal tag system now available in WordPress 2.3. You may also have noted that MU is now following a similar version number. No official [...]
Changing the default theme
October 10, 2007 By
Let’s face it, the default theme is ugly. Sure it was cool way back when, but now everyone has rounded corners and big blue headers. There may come a time when you would like to have the default theme on signup be something else. For this, I am going to assume you’ve already picked another [...]
