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Posts tagged wordpress
Error while retrieving tweets (Twitter down?)
Aug 24th
You might have noticed that since the last 6 (or 8?) hours “Tweet Activity” have been giving that error. I got some time on my hands to waste and i googled for it, came up that its a pretty common error observed by a lot of users yet there were no official statements regarding what could it be. To verify that i can still resolve twitter from our server and that i haven’t gone over ther API Hits limit i created a check-twitter.php with the following code:
<?php echo gethostbyname('twitter.com'); ?>
Accessed it via Chrome and came out just fine. More >
Useful Plugins for WordPress Theme Developers
Dec 27th
Many plugins are ready for download at the Word-Press Plugin Repository. Many plugins are no longer maintained and may only work with older versions of WordPress; and conversely, many newer plugins are developed exclusively Useful Plugins for Theme Developers.
WordPress 2.9, oh so fine
Dec 19th
I want to make you mine, all the time… oh wait. Hello. I’m here on behalf of the entire WordPress development team and community to announce the immediate availability of WordPress version 2.9 “Carmen” named in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae (whom we’ve added to our Last.fm WP release station). You can upgrade easily from your Dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade, or you can download from WordPress.org.
WordPress v2.9 Release Candidate 1
Dec 17th
We’re at that exciting point in WordPress development where the dev team feels like version 2.9 is complete and ready for the world.
How should “Post updated. View Post” links open?
Dec 16th
We’ve gone back and forth on this. How should the “View Post” link that shows up next to the “Post updated” (or similar) text work? Should it open in the same window/tab, or should it open in a new window/tab?
Why WordPress?
Dec 15th
It’s a question I’m sure everyone reading this post can answer and I’m willing to bet most of the answers are different. WPShout.com has compiled a list of answers from 21 notable people throughout the WordPress community to figure out why they choose to use WordPress.
