We recently upgraded the MySql installation in our emanilapoetry website which is using WordPress 2.8+ install. The upgrade somehow caused a mismatch in the character sets between WordPress and the database tables, the former using a default character set “utf8″ and the latter using “latin1.”
When our technical people tried using WordPress’ default character set in [...]
I write articles for this site using my many years of professional experience in accounting, foreign exchange, corporate credit, internet technology, publishing, business presentations and other related areas.
But I am still very much interested in receiving articles on other topics. And I encourage other experts to join me as contributing writers or guest bloggers.
Like other [...]
I am surprised to see a number of my friends’ blogs using the ready-to-use sectional links on the sidebar of their blogs like calendar (useless for new or not frequently updated blogs), archives, etc. when they have so much to display.
Either they don’t have time to explore the functionalities offered by WordPress.com to [...]
Few days ago, we had a big day helping our staff to re-skin and re-code PINOYJOKES.NET, our Filipino jokes site. It was not easy, but like other customisation exercise, it was well worth it.
The process of changing the theme over is not as big a task as deciding which WordPress theme we’re going to [...]
I am happy to announce that we have successfully re-opened techbusiness.com.au over the weekend. We have also created its own Twitter account and do some tests on how to build up your list of friends and followers.
techbusiness has been inactive for sometime. We opened it last December at the height of the current financial crisis, [...]
Last month, we wrote Get ready now for WordPress 2.9 and beyond. If you haven’t upgraded yet, then this article from the official WordPress blog site should serve another warning.
The article is titled How to Keep WordPress Secure which I thought is very mildly titled considering its content. The article reported:
Right now there [...]
If you have been following me on this site, you’ll notice that what you are seeing now may be the third or fourth looks we have had since I started this blog last December.
That would mean, each design lasted only three or four months. Not that there was something wrong with the old ones. [...]
Did you notice that sometimes I post an entry here on topics that may appear out of place in this site? Like postings on website valuation? Or, foreign currencies?
If you did, some of our friends also pointed that out, and even offered to contribute business articles.
That’s great. Thanks. I can not promise anything, but [...]