We’ve discovered a bug in WordPress in which pages that only have a number for a name (e.g., 2009) can’t be accessed. Instead of going to the page in question (e.g., http://sites.lafayette.edu/asite/classes/2009) the parent page loads (e.g., http://sites.lafayette.edu/asite/classes). The problem is that WordPress will not allow page slugs to contain only numbers; if you change [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
ITS Coffee Break Podcast Returns
The ITS Coffee Break podcast is back. After a six-month hiatus the long-running podcast has moved from its old home on Soapbox to Sites.
In Episode #60, hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist discuss Lafayette’s WordPress MU project, take a look at Bates College’s new WordPress-powered home page, discuss the Google Wave web application, debate the [...]
Plugins Update for 10/28/2009
We’ve updated three WordPress plugins:
Authors
Contact Form 7
Google Analytics
We’ve also added a new FeedBurner plugin that can be used in tandem with Google’s FeedBurner service to track the number of people subscribing to your site’s RSS feed. To use it, just activate the plugin, go to Settings > Feedburner and add the URL of [...]
WordPress Speed Boost Implemented
We’ve made some changes behind the scenes to give WordPress a speed boost. The practical effect of this is that almost everything that makes up a WordPress page (web pages, JavaScript and style sheets) will now download 2 to 3 times faster than they did before. This should help those who’ve reported slowness when working [...]
Plugins Update for 10/13/2009
We’ve updated several plugins on Sites at Lafayette to their latest versions: Authors, Contact 7, Google Analytics, NextGen Gallery, Page Links To, PowerPress and Sidebar Login. If you’re using these plugins, and encounter problems after the upgrade, please call the Helpdesk at 610.330.5501 or submit a help ticket.