Vanishing Dashboard

Tutorials

A couple of weeks ago I noticed strange traffic to my plugin folder in my server logs. Now it could simply be someone curious as to what plugins I'm running or it could be something more sinister. Not wanting to take any chances I dropped an empty index.php file in that folder. I did the same for the theme and wp-content folders. However, in doing so I unwittingly created a new problem. I thought I... continue reading

February 23rd, 2008
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Upgrading via Fantastico

Tutorials

If you're like me you prefer installing WordPress upgrades manually as opposed to using your host's Fantastico service. I have seen too many botched installs/upgrades using automated processes like Fantastico that I just as soon stay away from using them. The other thing I don't like about it is that it takes seemingly forever for Fantastico to deliver the update to your host for you to use. Case in... continue reading

February 20th, 2008
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