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Site Upgrade Part Deux

dpal — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:10:04 +0000

Well, That’s what I get for being so slack I guess. No new posts since September, so I get punished by needing to upgrade mysql AND WordPress?!? I guess I better get on the ball to at least make all this hard work worth my while. Well, I can’t say it was fun, but at least ‘Die Hard’ was on and made the whole process a little more tolerable.

So it’s been quite a bit since my last post… so what did I miss?
The family trip to LA (sans Victoria)
My Big Sister’s Wedding
Christmas
Birthdays galore(Mel, Dad, Brian. Me)
My Anniversary was this past Friday, but I plan to post about it tomorrow.

Crap! I might not get any sleep… ‘Die Hard 2′ just came on. Stay Tuned…

Site Upgraded

dpal — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:40:59 +0000

Some pretty major security updates to WordPress. Also configured the site to use php5… which I thought was already the case.(I was wrong!)

In case anyone else is out there reading this, the automatic upgrade feature within WordPress will stall if you are using < php5. The same holds true with trying to auto-upgrade some of the plugins.

I know it’s been really quiet here, but lots of stuff has been happening…. like the Summer – for instance…. and Will’s Birthday… Oh, and my older sister Mel got engaged too….
Those are just the highlights. There were other things that happened, and hopefully I will get around to posting them… or at least, posting more often. We’ll see how that goes.

Woah!

dpal — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:45:43 +0000

If any of you that still read this blog follow me on twitter, or are my facebook friend, then you prolly know that I finally picked up an iPhone this past Friday. Well, on a whim today, I decided to search the app store for “wordpress,” and behold! I am currently blogging from the wordpress app for the iPhone!

Not something I’d do everyday, but pretty kewl to have in a pinch…

WordPress-2.7 Upgrade

dpal — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:08:44 +0000

While sifting through all of my rss feeds, I happened to catch this little tidbit about a plugin called WordPress Automatic Upgrade (or WPAU for short). I figured that since I was a rev or 2 behind… why not?

I downloaded and installed the plugin and very quickly, I was on my way to upgrading (fairly) painlessly to WP-2.7.
The only issue that I had was the plugin dying during the DB backup part. I ended up just manually backing up the DB and skipping that step in the plugin. Everything else was smooth as silk!

The look of the control panel for 2.7 is VERY different to prior versions. I haven’t decided whether or not I like it, but I have been using scribefire to write my posts for so long, that, aside from the occasional comment spam moderation, it has been a while since I’ve had to login to my wp-dashboard. Anyways, I’ll explore around and let you know what I think…

More site changes

dpal — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:27:10 +0000

OK, the site is going through somewhat of a facelift. I grabbed a bunch of plugins late last night.(Thanks Planet3rry) And also a number of different themes… So if you are browsing the site and things look a little different from one day to the next, you haven’t gone wonky(or maybe you have), it’s just me testing some of my new toys. One of the plugins I found was AJAXed WordPress (or AWP). This will add some different web-2.0-ish things to the site…. but I’m still in the process of testing compatibility with the theme.

Speaking of which, I have a different theme up… not as “dreary” as the fog theme, but still a little dark. I also don’t like the way the style for any hyperlinks are displayed in this theme – they aren’t underlined and the color for a previously visited link is the same color as the default text. Still contemplating this… I might just bite the bullet and try to create my own whenever I get the time. However, I think I will try to get all the kinks knocked out of my current setup before I do any more theming.

What do you think? Click the comments and let me know….

Site Changes

dpal — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:03:29 +0000

I just finished upgrading to WordPress-2.5, which was a rather large update for me. I had previously been stuck on a much older version because I really liked being able to use the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin, but the new version had some really nice features… so I took the plunge. Along with the software upgrade, I changes the default theme of the blog as well. It might take some time to get used to… and keeping the theme is completely up in the air.

So… use the comment section to tell me what you think of the changes.

Family Tree Added

dpal — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:28:32 +0000

The blog has been really quiet the past few weeks, but we surely haven’t. I have just added a VERY limited version of our family tree to the blog. I also included a link to it in the sidebar under the “Pages” section. Unfortunately, It only shows my side of the family… leaving the Coats out in the cold. BUT – have no fear! If you would like to see the full version of the family tree… including my current additions for the Coats/Sarvis/Fairmans/Higgins/Capistranos/Bautistas, just leave a comment below, or fill out the contact form, and I will be more than happy to send you an invite to geni.com as either a friend or part of the family. Once you have joined, you will be able to view the family tree in all of its glory and also be able to make additions or edits. In fact, I encourage you to do so.

Coming up: Reba and Kelly, Old Salem, and New Friends.

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