Lovable Things about WordPress

In case you wish to start your own blog and are looking for a worthy blogging solution, then WordPress is just what you require. WordPress is the world’s most widely used blogging platform. Ever since it’s official launch around eight years back, the WordPress community has been ever growing and evolving. So, what makes this software the most appreciated option among users and web developers? Let’s find out. (more…)

WordPress Memory Size Error Message

“WordPress Memory Size Error Message”
Ever tried installing a plugin only to be faced with message or similar

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 20 bytes) in /—/—-/—-/yourblogtools.com/—-/wp-admin/menu.php on line 142 (more…)

Rolling back WordPress 3.0 to 2.9.2

Couple of weeks ago, I decided to upgrade my blogging platform, the wordpress upgrade was from version 2.9.2 to 3.0.
The install was smooth as expected, but things started to go pear shaped as most of my wordpress plugins decided not to work.
It got so bad that must-have plugins were crashing my site.
At this stage it was quite obvious that my plugins weren’t compatible with the new version of WordPress.

After spending some time offloading some of the plugins and a bit of faffing around, I decided to rollback WordPress to version 2.9.2.

Here what I did

(1) Back up database using PHPAdmin and plugin
(2) Downloaded and extracted WordPress version 2.9.2
(3) Using an FTP client, I simply uploaded and replaced existing WordPress files with version 2.9.2, preserving wp-config.php
(4) Refreshed my admin
(5) That’s it

I was quite surprised that this method worked – took about 10 mins to do.
I’m sure there are better and more systematic ways to approach this. But in my case, I simply wanted to get the task done in record time.

I’m sure I’ll eventually upgrade to 3.0 in the future, but for now 2.9.2 does the job for me.
Have you had any issues with WordPress 3.0?

3 Things That Scares Me About WordPress

(1) When you select “Save Draft” and the “Publish” button appears to be loading…

“what the deuce!!” – Stewie
This is sometimes uncomfortable to watch, especially if your content isn’t ready for public viewing. I’m getting used to it now, but I still watch it just to make sure.

(2) When presented with a white screen right upgrading WordPress

“errm, what do I do now??”
From experience, a simple page refresh normally brings things back to normal again.

(3) Dodgy WordPress plugins that breaks everything on your blog.

“arghh”
In some cases, it takes a while to identify the culprit plugin.
Before installing a plugin, I normal check its compatibility status . This can be found at wordpress.org/extend

Do you have any moments to share?

4 Things To Check Before Hitting The Publish Button

Ever had the urge to quickly push out a blog post?
And straight after doing so, you find yourself going back to make some urgent adjustments.
To some of you who regularly publish, these reminders may not directly apply to you.

Personally, I have had one or two blooper moments, which has led me to keep a mental note of 4 things to do before hitting the publish button.

(1) Set Your Permalink

Permalinks are unique URL that points to your blog post.
Set your permalink to something short, descriptive and search engine friendly.
For this post I have adjusted my permalink to (before-you-publish)
So my URL now reads:

http://www.yourblogtools.com/before-you-publish

instead of:

http://www.yourblogtools.com/4-things-to-check-before-hitting-the-publish-button

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Host Your WordPress Blog Locally

If you regularly tweek your blog’s design, layout or test plugins – I would recommend having a local version of your blog.

Hosting locally means running a duplicate copy of your live blog on your local machine. In other words, your PC becomes your web and database server.
Having your own development area is a bit like having your own playground, with freedom to test and tweek as you please without affecting the live system. Web developers generally adopt this approach before deploying.

Hosting your blog locally is a very straight forward process, and would require the following;

• Installing a web server on your computer.

• Creating a database.

• Downloading the latest version of wordpress.

• Tweeking one wordpress file.

There are several ways to achieve this, but one the easiest ways is using a tool called XAMPP, which happens to work across most operating systems.

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