Posts Tagged "Wordpress"

Wordpress HTTP Error with Nginx

While trying to upload a 4mb PDF file using the Wordpress 2.7 media manager, I received a very unhelpful “HTTP Error” message. I found several references to mod_security being the problem, but that was for Apache setups. I finally stumbled on the true error by using the Browser uploader instead of the flash uploader. The real error message was Read more

A Brief Analysis of OpenID

“Holy crap! A single unique ID that will give me access to any website would be freaking sweet!” That was my initial response when I first heard about OpenID and what the project envisioned. It reminded me of the computer systems in sci-fi movies where the heroes didn’t have to memorize dozens of passwords to save the day. Then again, these advanced computer systems always seemed to be the downfall of the mighty civilization. Is this the kind of future that we really want? Read more

Living Dangerously with Wordpress 2.5 RC2

Being one that always loves to play around with new things, I wanted to upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 RC2 on my production site but being production I didn’t initially want to risk it. Instead I did a quick install on my development server which took less than 5 minutes and gave things a run through. I was so impressed by the new admin interface and integrated media manager that I decided to throw caution to the wind and go ahead and upgrade. So here we go as I bring Jon’s View up to WP 2.5 RC2 Read more

Week in Review

It has been a very busy week so I thought I’d do a quick recap of what has happened.

All of my websites and projects have been moved to a new (dv) 3.5 server from Mediatemple. The only issue I’ve noticed so far is with Wordpress, the auto_increment value on my wp_posts table was “lost” during the move so any new posts I created had an invalid ID of 0. Because this is a Plesk Migration “Bug” I give it a letter grade of F. I know it’s harsh, but it’s a simple database dump and import which Read more

The Great Migration has Begun

I’ve upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress and plugins and everything went very smoothly. The only exception was the newest version of the Flickr Plugin which is a dead link.

I’ve lowered the TTL on the server so when I actually perform the move on Sunday there will be minimal down time.

See you on the other side!