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Page Load HTML Error Resolved

I finally figured out why the blog was not successfully loading in Internet Explorer, it was a simple error on my behalf.  When modifying the header.php of the template to have dynamic title pages, I included an extra <title> on next line.  This caused the entire page to show up in the title portion and leave the rest of the page blank.

Firefox was “smart” enough to recognize and ignore my error while Internet Explorer stood there dumbfounded.  Now that the error has been resolved, everyone should be able to access my page.  The problem has gone unfixed for at least 3 or 4 months now!

The new problem right now is that my RSS feeds are no longer updating.  I’ll have to take a look at that.  In the meantime, if you like what you see on my post, please subscribe via RSS!

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. 14 Jun 08 | Wordpress | Comments (0)

WordPress 2.3.3

if you were on the site a few minutes ago, you may have noticed just a blank page.  I was in the middle of upgrading to WordPress 2.3.3 but the permissions were all screwed up after uploading the new version through Filezilla on Ubuntu.  I re-uploaded everything on my Windows machine and reconfigured the permissions for caching.  WordPress version 2.3.3 fixes some login securities, do yourself a favour and upgrade to 2.3.3 and perhaps consider changing your password.

WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. If you have registration enabled a flaw was found in the XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow a user to edit posts of other users on that blog. In addition to fixing this security flaw, 2.3.3 fixes a few minor bugs. If you are interested only in the security fix, download the fixed version of xmlrpc.php and copy it over your existing xmlrpc.php. Otherwise, you can get the entire release here.

Also, there is a vulnerability in the WP-Forum plugin that is being actively exploited right now. If you are using this plugin, please remove it until an update is available from its author.

Since we are talking security, remember to use strong passwords and change them regularly.  While you’re updating WP and your plugins, consider refreshing your passwords.

I also found out that my customized theme is not supported by WordPress 2.3 and I must have done a fair bit of tweaking to get it work.  That means maybe a new fully compatible or custom layout in the future.

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. 05 Feb 08 | Wordpress | Comment (1)