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...

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...

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...

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 “bleeding...

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...

WordPressMU creates the following tables upon installation: wp_1_categories wp_1_comments wp_1_link2cat wp_1_links wp_1_options wp_1_post2cat wp_1_postmeta wp_1_posts wp_blogs wp_blog_versions wp_registration_log wp_signups wp_site wp_sitecategories wp_sitemeta wp_usermeta wp_users A quick read will...

Many people just want to see what’s on the menu before installation, so here’s some screenshots specifically dealing with the site Admin menu. Most other menus are exactly like the stand-alone version of Wordpress. (I’ll get to the exceptions later.) The Site Admin index Blogs Control...

The question of deleting blogs comes up frequently. What happens when a user deletes their blog? A site admin? When do you a delete a user’s blog? Well, the answer is- it depends. When a user chooses to delete their blog, they are asked to confirm. This doesn’t really delete it from the database,...

One of the first things people want to know is the major differences in code between the stand-alone version WordPress and WordPressMU. The official FAQ says: How much code does it share with regular WordPress? Basically WordPress MU is a wrapper around the core WP code that virtualizes multiple blogs....