**WARNING** Authentication/Security Keys in wp-config file missing after upgrading to 3.0

If you have recently upgraded to 3.0, please open your config file and get new security keys. WP 3.0 uses a different set of security keys than prior versions. It uses the same set as WP MU does, so you will have to get new ones.

You will find it below the database information

WP Authentication-Security_Keys

Copy and paste the link highlighted below into your browser address bar. You will see something like the above , but with the actual keys.

WP Authentication-Security_Key URL

This is what your config file should look like once you copied the keys. then you just save and close in the upper right corner.

One rather embarrassing thing has just reared it’s ugly head and that’s noticing that all the links in my posts are getting the HTML stripped prior to displaying. So there is a rouge plugin that’s performing some modification to the content before it’s put in front of you. Everythings fine in the DB, the posts are exactly as I have written them, links and all. Unfortunately it’s about 4:30 am here and I’ll have to stare at this with fresher eyes tomorrow. While it’s interesting, in a strange way, it’s just about made my blog useless at the moment… And just when I was link happy giving thanks to everyone in the previous post. After I hunt down the culprit ( the usual suspects ) I’ll report back here. I think I need to add a "Whoops" category now!

UPDATE

I’ve just noticed that this is happening under the "Posts belonging to Category ‘Plugins’" pages. I think that’s my fault!

UPDATE #2

Well I finally got to delve into where the "code" was misbehaving. The funny thing is that on this current theme, the Categories Widget is using the archive.php file, under /wp-content/themes/eximius. Of course this is the Eximus Theme. Now the archive.php is using the_excerpt() function to display the post and not the_content() function. There is a much better description of what’s going on at http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt It’s time for a theme change anyways now the site is upgraded to WordPress 3.0.

On behalf of myself and the rest of the team here at AWT,  I’d like to thank you for your support during the year.

It’s been a slow start in getting this website up and running. As you can imagine, there is a lot of information out there regarding WordPress and it takes time to learn it and then provide that information here for you. The aim is to make this a central location that will reference as much of the information “out there” as we can and add our own explanations to make things clearer when required.

And not  forgetting our contributors who help provide the content and keep me under control, a big thank you to you.

I’m out looking  for more contributors… If you are interested, just drop me an email.

Last but not least, to all those individuals and companies that have given so much information and guidance on their own websites, a big thank you. It’s the combined efforts of many that makes the internet the Rich information resource that it is.

If you have a “WordPress” related site, please drop me an email and I’ll get you and your site included on here. “Sounds like another plugin is needed..A Resource review Page.”

So again, have yourself a very Happy 2010 and we look forward in providing you with more great information and helping you get the most out of your WordPress Experience.

Cheers

Tim Brownlaw and the AWT Team.

18th December 2009, WordPress 2.9 has been unleashed upon the world.

It wasn’t that long ago that I was installing WordPress 2.7 on my sites. Which I might add, was when I was woken from my WordPress Slumber.

I think the last time I had used WordPress was way back when version 2.3.1 was around. What a difference a few versions make. WordPress 2.7 was magic. The admin panel was simplified and it all just worked.

Then along came 2.8 and now 2.9 is amongst us. One thing this shows is there is a lot of serious work going on. The gang are madly working away on 2.9.1 to correct some issues which is a very good sign.

Those issues being the breaking of the PHP Curl extensions. Read more at http://wordpress.org/development/2009/12/wordpress-2-9-1-beta-1/. Again they are busy resolving that issue plus a few minor ones.

I’ve been having a bit of cruise around the internet to see what others think of WP 2.9 and there are some interesting sites on the subject.

This one in particular – 10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.9 is a very good review on the new features in WP 2.9. It’s well worth a read.

I know that it’s been at least since 2.7 that everything could be done from the admin panel ( correct me if acai berry purchase I am wrong).

So you can easily install new Themes and Plugins from the comfort of your sites dashboard (wp-admin). So you could easily just start off from scratch and get your themes and plug-ins you need quick smart without having to work too hard. The only danger is all the new themes and plug-ins you’ll come across each time as new ones are being added all the time.

So if you do have at least 2.7 (again I could be wrong) upgrading is now a breeze! I’ve still got a few sites with the “OLD” Dashboard which I’ll have to upgrade the painful way. Well I’m hoping it’s not, and get everything up to speed.

WordPress is certainly coming into it’s own and you can’t really call it a blogging script anymore. It can do whatever you want, just about, and what it can’t do – yet, you can make it do it. Well, hopefully I’ll get my tutorial sources up on this site to show you how.

Have a Happy New Year. Not many sleeps to go now.

Cheers

Tim