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“Best ****ing work environment ever,” @Alexa.

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

 

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

We did this video one night after work. We are a company called Connected Ventures, a group of friends who work for: Vimeo, CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, and Defunker.

How To Upgrade to WordPress 2.5

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Mr. Bitter Pants markdavidson If you can see something here, it worked: http://twitterstars.com/

The initial WordPress install took me about 15 minutes. After the initial install, I spent several hours trying to get specific parts of the WordPress editor to function:

Since installing WordPress 2.5, I cannot upload graphic images. This is why there are no screen captures to go along with my posts. The visual editor also does not allow me to create hyperlinks. I did a clean install of WordPress 2.5 and this did not fix the issue (Thereby eliminating the possibility of plugin or theme incompatibility). I’m going to create 2 new blogs tonight and I’ll try again.

Update:

Mr. Bitter Pants markdavidson @griffmiester I just installed a new instance of WordPress 2.5 on a new domain and it works perfectly. You are good to go. Install away!

I installed version 2.3.3 of WordPress and then upgraded it to 2.5 just as I outlined below. The only difference is, I did not install a customized copy of the wp-content directory.

I will attempt further testing tomorrow. If need be, I’ll delete the entire TwitterStars.com site from my server and start all over again… and then load an exported back-up file.

BTW, now that I’ve seen how a fully-functioning instance of WordPress 2.5 operates; yeah, it lives up to the hype. It’s very cool. The interface is clean and logical. This took a little getting used to. Also, the interactive tools and menus are snappy. WP seems more responsive.

Tools Used for this WordPress Upgrade:

Helpful Links:

How I Upgraded to WordPress 2.5

Make a backup of your Blog
Login to wp-admin Click Manage Click Export Download the Export file
Make a backup of your wp-content folder
Contains all your themes, plugins, and uploaded photos
Save a copy of your wp-config.php file to your desktop
Contains your MySQL settings The name of your MySQL database, user name, and password
Download WordPress 2.5 Replace the WordPress 2.5 copy of the wp-content folder with your saved-backup copy Replace the WordPress 2.5 copy of the wp-config.php with your saved-backup copy Overwrite WordPress on your server with the contents of your customized WordPress 2.5 folder

At first, the Visual Editor and HTML-Editor buttons did not work at all. So I went into Users –> Your Profile –> Visual Editor. I then unchecked the following checkbox and saved my settings:

Use the visual editor when writing

I then re-checked the box and re-saved. This resulted in the Visual Editor and HTML-Editor buttons appearing.

Uploading files; not the same luck. I cannot upload files such as pictures:

From Computer

HTTP error.
After a file has been uploaded, you can add titles and descriptions.
imtehsecksay.png
An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later.

Biology of the Snapping Turtle

Monday, March 24th, 2008

http://twitter.com/funkatron/statuses/776337622

@funkatron: My brother’s book, “Biology of the Snapping Turtle,” just came out. BUY IT NOW. http://urltea.com/2zzl

Biology of the Snapping Turtle by Michael S. Finkler.

Availability: Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we’ll deliver when available. We’ll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when we ship the item. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Ed Finkler Says:
Oh hey, you can buy it from the publisher too:
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/9514.html
Use discount code “DTA†for 20% off. Booyah.

Podcast with TwitterTravels.com

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

TwitterStars.com’s interview with TwitterTravels.com

This podcast was originally recorded March 20th, 2008. [23:55m]



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