Category wordpress

Command-line wordpress install

ssh root@domain.com
cd /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
unzip latest.zip
cp -rf ./wordpress/* ./
mysql -uusername -ppassword
create database dbname
grant usage on *.* to username@localhost identified by ‘password’
grant all privileges on dbname.* to username@localhost
mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
vi ./wp-config.php

Open Source CMS Award

Well done WP, very well deserved, and hopefully this means the image of Wordpress just being for bloggers will change.  I have used many Open Source CMS’s – Drupal, Nuke, Joomla, etc … but none has inspired me codewise and creatively as Wordpress has. Big hugs and kisses :)
Open Source CMS Award | Packt Publishing

Wordpress MU – Video Embedding Issues

viperI had recent problems on both Wordpress and Wordpress MU, embedding video. I tried embedding videos from Vimeo, Youtube, Vodpod … all with same result – the object and/or embed code was stripped. The forums threads lead into black holes, spattered with the usual annoying “works for me!” comments (without actually saying why they thought it works). They might as well add “nyah nyah!” on the end of their comments.

Page vs Post

I have lost count of the amount of times I have heard Wordpress (and other “blogging” CMS’s) dismissed, as they “just do blogs”.   Though there is commercial sense in confusing the consumer ;) it an also prevent them discovering very good solutions to eb management problems. The crux of the argument is page [...]

Wordpress P2 : Blogging in Realtime

Introducing the P2 Theme: Blogging in Realtime « WordPress.tv

WP Minify WordPress Plugin

This plugin has a positive effect on site performance, and I have found it to be the best of the site performance optimizers.
This plugin helps you easily integrate the Minify engine into your WordPress blog. Once enabled, this plugin will combine and compress JS and files enqueued by wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style() to improve page load [...]