Upgrade to WP 2.1.3 completed, condition all green. Please let me know if you notice any problems. Had tweaked my link colours under the K2 style.css to better match the Lunamaria banner, had used a different colour naming convention (#NNNNNN) instead of the default (NNN) and didn’t realize that there was a problem with the vlink colours until Skane kindly pointed it out.
Hold-overs from the domain transfer have also finally been fixed. My Zaku favicon hadn’t been showing up and only just fixed the relevant link rel lines in the K2 header.php file which had been pointing to the old domain. Gravatars (which started accepting new signups again in Feb) were not being cached either due to an inappropriate permission setting for the cache sub-directory which has since been fixed. Had found the Comment Timeout plug-in useful in mass-closing the comments in the old blogs while both old and new domains were still up during the transition period. Still using it, currently set at close comments on posts older than 60 days or without a comment for 30 days whichever is later. The amount of spam has dropped considerably. Speaking of which, upgraded Spam Karma to 2.3. The average karma of my approved comments is a mind-blogging -20,000 (as opposed to an average karma of about -1,785 for spam caught)! But since spam is still being eaten with no false positives, I’m not tempted to dive into the SQL database to try and fix it.
Loads of other new plug-ins too. Had replaced <?php get_links_list(); ?> with <?php wp_list_bookmarks(’orderby=order&category_orderby=order’);?> in sidebar.php to implement My Link Order. Finally switched the URL for my Google Analytics account over to new domain, got Google Analyticator to add the GA javascript to every post/page in the blog, added Feedburner and implemented WordPress Reports.
Soon before you know it…. wp 2.2 will come out. (reaching beta soon already)
you should really do all these minor security updates sooner though, they usually don’t break things. It’s usually those updates that go up by 0.1 (as opposed to 0.01)
LOL, blog needs Reinforce 2. Awesome caption, I approve.
So far so good! My Link Order sounds interesting, replacing the tedium of trying to sort the get_links_list with ratings.
TedFox, the frequent releases can be a bit of a bother sometimes and the whole fiasco over the malicious code in WP 2.1.1 was quite a shock for me but I’ve used blogspot and MT and still prefer WP.
Kabitzin, I knew you’d pick up on the caption. :) Second degree manslaughter princess LOL.
The updating process is getting smoother and smoother, but some plugins still require changes to core WP files (e.g. referrer karma, the spoiler tag plugin, etc.). Plus there is always the chance that some of your important plugins will break or that there will be bugs in the latest release (the last few have had immediate problems).
I haven’t used RK because of bad experience with Bad Behavior twice… both times, even Stripey got blocked! Think BB has something against the most popular Singaporean ISP, Starhub. I’m using the Simple Spoiler plugin. Doesn’t need modification of any core WP files though sometimes it seems to work on and off…
>even Stripey got blocked
Sounds like it was working perfectly =D.
Kabitzin: LOL! It does look like I need to speak to Ender about another Seaslugs coup d’etat, synchronous with a Hontouni one as I purge the imouto faith of the heretical onee-taint.
Stay tune for part 3 of hontouni wars, “Mahou oji ludicrious Zyl StriperS”! XD
More like Mahou Oyaji… orz
I suppose you will also settle for nothing less than wearing the FEITO (Loli) barrier jacket too?? *my eyes they burn* LOL
I would not watch this StriperS series… ~_~