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 [...]
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Plugins Upgdate for July 22
We’ve recently upgraded a number of plugins on Sites. If you use these plugins, please verify that they’re working as expected. If you encounter problems, please post a comment here or email the site administrator at wordpress@lafayette.edu.
Akismet: This is our anti-spam software; there’s a known issue with the “Akismet Stats” link, but the anti-spam functions [...]
Updating NextGen Gallery after the Sites Move
NextGEN Gallery, which many of our sites use for photo galleries, didn’t make it through the Pilot-to-Sites migration and upgrade unscathed. The new version of NextGEN (1.3.5) played havoc with existing NextGEN settings and also made tweaks to the database.
As a result, if you’re using NextGEN, you’ll need to do a quick upgrade, reset your [...]
NextGEN Galleries ZIP Upload Fixed
During the Wednesday, March 18th’s maintenance window we upped the memory limit on the server running WordPress MU, which should solve the NextGen Galleries ZIP Upload problem.
In a nutshell, the issue was that if you uploaded a zip file with a bunch of large photos in it (e.g. photos that were 1 MB or larger) [...]
Flash Uploader Disabled
Because the Flash uploader doesn’t work, we’ve disabled it site wide within WordPress. This causes all the blogs to fall back on using the original “Browser Uploader” option.
There’s one caveat with this switch; NextGen Gallery doesn’t work well with the “no flash uploader” plugin. While the Flash uploader is disabled, NextGEN still thinks its working. [...]
Flash Uploader for Images
Anyone trying to add media files to posts? There is a known issue with the Flash uploader. We’re working on it, but for now when you go to upload “New Media” click the link for the Browser uploader instead.
Doing it this way is just as easy and effective. The only real difference is that you [...]