I run a couple WordPress MU/BuddyPress community sites. While I can defeat the machine spambots thanks to what I learned from Norman D’Arcy here and Ron Rennick at WPMU Tutorials here, I cannot defeat the live human spambloggers who are paid to post. Hey, I figure they are simple folk just trying to make a living, [...]
Continue reading...22. May 2009
The newest version of BuddyPress was released last month (April, 2009), and I am liking it a whole bunch. At the moment, there are very few BuddyPress themes to choose from. Maybe I can help with that sometime in the future. However, for now, a couple tips on installing themes that are available: 1. The folder with the home [...]
Continue reading...19. May 2009
WordPress Mu 2.7.1 was released a few months ago. I am just now getting all my Mu communities updated. AND Glory Hallelejah!!! Although I will need to update all of my tutorial screen shots to the new interface (the Mu interface now matches the WordPress single user interface) …. although I have ~that~ chore ahead of [...]
Continue reading...10. March 2009
If you build a Mu Community, and opt for open sign-ups, you will soon encounter spam sign-ups. Usually, the newly created spam blog will be a first name followed by a short series of numbers. My first was “janelle4751″ if I remember correctly. And the email domain will be something like “buyviagra.com”. The problem is, spammers have [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2009
WordPress MU (Mutiple User) allows unlimited, separate, individual blogs to exist on one installation, in one hosting acount. And each individual blog can have a unique domain name with the help of Donncha’s Domain Mapping plugin. The installation of the plugin requires a few additional steps. Here’s how to do it. 1.. Download the WordPress Mu domain mapping [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2009
I’m sharing my rather cryptic notes here, without explanation or illustrations since I need it save it somewhere before I forget …… Will add explanations later. Install Donncha’s Domain Mapping Plugin Register domain name for the individual blog 1. Get IP Address. Start -> Run -> cmd -> ping http://main mu site 2. At GoDaddy, go to [...]
Continue reading...22. February 2009
I’ve been muddling my way thru learning Mu (Multiple User) WordPress now since December, and until just a few minutes ago, I never noticed that there are TWO plugin folders in Mu. One named “plugins” which works just like a plugin folder in single user WordPress, and another folder named “mu-plugins”. Plugins placed in the “mu-plugins” folder [...]
Continue reading...19. February 2009
A couple months ago, I created some WordPress Mu (Multiple User) communities. ( http://activerain.com/blogsview/851850/Installing-WordPress-MU-on-GoDaddy-Yes-It-Can-Be-Done http://activerain.com/blogsview/888615/I-declare-it-is-done-enough-for-now-at-any-rate ) Mu is a slightly different animal than stand-alone WordPress.org. In fact, in several ways, it lacks some of the functionality of the stand-alone version. Why? Because the developers of Mu figured there were security risks inherit in a public, multi-blog community …. [...]
Continue reading...16. January 2009
When the bards recount the story of our days, Let their songs remember that the grey old woman Fought a brave and valiant fight From the fair fields of htaccess To the icy header lands. But in the end, still proud, She cast down her broken code and walked away. And the raging beast that is IE remains untamed. Greater warriors than she [...]
Continue reading...30. December 2008
If you work with customizing WordPress Themes, you most likely make multiple copies of each theme you work on; for safe keeping. And that is a very sensible thing to do. On the other hand, you might end up with 2, 3, 4 or more copies of the same theme in your WordPress Dashboard Manage Themes screen, [...]
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31. August 2009
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