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WordPress Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<' in index.php on line 5

My mother’s blog — Adventures in Parenting.org — was hacked today. It took a couple hours to do the research and fix the site, but I think things have mostly settled down now. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to know — without re-doing the entire site — that everything is completely clean. So comb through the site,…Continue Reading…

WordPress: Blank Page

Maintaining a website is a full-time job. And as a full-time student, iPhone developer, and Lab Assistant, I sometimes wonder if it’s too much. But people actually read this website, so I’ve got to keep it up for them. As ashanks04 pointed out to me, my website is down — but what do I care,…Continue Reading…

Psychic Search Breaks K2

I’m using K2 with Psychic Search, and my blog looked a bit weird for users coming from search engines. The tag specified a class that was completely messed up. It showed Related Posts along with some keywords. I was confused, thinking it was caused by one of the Related Posts plugins I had installed. Nope….Continue Reading…

WordPress Role Manager Plugin

WordPress doesn’t allow anyone Author level or below to post unfiltered HTML. It silently strips things like <script> tages from their posts. Extremely annoying. Fortunately, there’s a plugin called Role Manager which allows you to give certain users specific permissions, like unfiltered HTML posting. You find it here at these sites: redalt.com im-web-gefunden.de owenw.com

PodPress WordPress 2.6 Fix

PodPress 8.8 (the latest version as of this writing) is incompatible with WordPress 2.6. The fix is to add this line to wp-config.php – define (‘WP_POST_REVISIONS’, 0); An alternate fix idea is available here. Listen to the latest podcast at Adventures In Parenting!

Deleting Different Posts Per Page and other plugins

I’m deleting a bunch of WordPress plugins from my mom’s Adventures in Parenting site because they’ve been inactive for a while. In case I want them later, here they are: Different Posts Per Page      1.5 Show different number of posts in home, category, search or archive page. By MaxBlogPress. Activate | Edit There is…Continue Reading…