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Installing WordPress locally. MySQL and PHP problems

mike — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:46:51 +0000

Trying to install WordPress locally on my machine using Apache, PHP and MySQL. Installed Apache and PHP 5.0.2. Got the latest MySql from Mysql, and installed their connectors. WordPress wouldn’t run. Complained that MySql wasn’t configured under PHP

Did some research and finally determined that the problem was with the version of the mysql libraries I was trying to use. Found this out by going to the command line and typing php -m. When php tried to start, it gave me errors.

Once I got the latest version from the php install zip, and put them in the correct place, PHP started and showed the mysql extension. WordPress now runs correctly.

WordPress Plugin Repository

mike — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:40:58 +0000

The beginnings of a plug-in repository. Will have to keep an eye on to see how it develops.

WordPress Plugin Repository – Trac

WordPress Online Documentation

mike — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:18:27 +0000

The ‘official’ documentation for WordPress

WordPress Codex

Crazy But Able – WordPress RSS bandwidth fixes

mike — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:55:28 +0000

Two bugs in WordPress’ handling of RSS feeds that caused it to send the feed even if it shouldn’t.

WordPress RSS bandwidth fixes

WordPress Fast Frontend

mike — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:11:02 +0000

Someone fed up with the sluggishness of WordPress and the messy code. If you’re also unhappy, worth a check.

It will obviously take some time to go through the code and test it to ensure it works well enough for you. I’m not willing to invest that amount of time right now, but still want to be aware of it later.

WordPress Fast Frontend

Stopping WordPress comment spam in 5 minutes

mike — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:59:41 +0000

Another easy method of stopping, or at least really slowing down spammers.

The 5 min WordPress anti comment spam hack.

Jeff Barr’s Blog – WordPress Comment Verification (With Source Code)

mike — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:28:30 +0000

A simple item to implement, and only adds a minor task for commenters. Should eliminate all spam, as the spammers would have to create a script to search for this, and guess if they’ve hit it right. Jeff Barr’s Blog … Continue reading →

Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net | WordPress Hack: Notify Users of Moderation

mike — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:34:16 +0000

By default, WordPress does not notify a user if their comment has gone into moderation. This hack will pop-up a window to let the user know their comment has been sent to moderation.

Hopefully this will eliminate cases where the user posts their comment multiple times because they think it got lost.

Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net | WordPress Hack: Notify Users of Moderation

Weblog Tools Collection – WordPress 1.2 One Click Backup

mike — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:21:19 +0000

A one-click backup add-on for WordPress. With a few minor changes to one of your php files, you can do backups and restores of your database either to a file on your web server, or download it to save it locally.

Weblog Tools Collection – WordPress 1.2 One Click Backup

Kitten’s Project Blog – Kitten’s Spaminator

mike — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:12:00 +0000

A very useful addin if you’re using WordPress for your blog. Add it to your plugins, turn it on, and it does the work. A few options can be set in the script to control whether you get notification emails, and to define some explicit regex values.

The other filters are read from the WordPress options page under Discussion (for 1.2.1).

Kitten’s Project Blog – Kitten%u2019s Spaminator

According to comments I’ve read, this functionality has been incorporated into WordPress 1.3, so you won’t explicitly need this plugin when you upgrade.

Blogging Software

mike — Thu, 20 May 2004 02:40:15 +0000

I’ve now switched to WordPress for my blogging. Allows for more customizations and also RSS feeds.