So, I started searching on the Internet how to solve my problem. And finally I found that there are some bugs in WordPress 2.9. They are:

Bug tersebut adalah:

• Major bug was simply dismissed
• A related critical bug was only partially fixed)
• A last critical bug (and its child bug) crept in at the last moment

As a result of this:

• RSS widgets are completely broken on servers that are missing both of iconv and multi-byte string functions;
• The curl transport is broken on some servers with an outdated library. This breaks the WP cron, and with it future posting, pings, etc.

Not all sites are affected, of course. Most aren’t, in fact. But for those few who are, the situation is frustrating.

To solve this problem, you need to follow this steps:

1. Download this patch (from semiologic.com):

WordPress 2.9 Patch

2. Extract all files (class-simplepie.php, default-widgets.php, http.php) to wp-includes directory. Replace the old files with the patch files.

3. Done…

Good luck… :)

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Warning: is_dir() [function.is-dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
File(/) is not within the allowed path(s):
(/home/MY_ACCOUNT:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:
/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/MY_ACCOUNT/wp-includes/functions.php
on line 1942

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
File(/) is not within the allowed path(s):
(/home/MY_ACCOUNT:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:
/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/MY_ACCOUNT/wp-includes/functions.php
on line 1933

Warning: is_dir() [function.is-dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
File(/) is not within the allowed path(s):
(/home/MY_ACCOUNT:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:
/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/MY_ACCOUNT/wp-includes/functions.php
on line 1942

FYI, I created my blog using wordpress. It’s the best blog engine ever.. :) After asking some questions to uncle Google, I found that some people have asked the same questions. But they don’t get the solution yet. I started thinking, then I decided to check the database. I looked into tables wp_options (For example I use the default prefix “wp_”, table prefix depends on wordpress configuration). I scanned one-by-one, and I found something suspicious in column option_name = ‘upload_path’. The value of column option_value = ‘/home/MY_ACCOUNT/wp-content/uploads’. After comparing with column option_value from the “healthy” blog, I changed the value to ‘wp-content/uploads’.

Back to my favorite browser…, then I pressed F5. Tadaaaa… error in my photography blog disappeared… :)

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Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.

Got that message? And you can’t view your blog neither login to admin area? And now you wish you didn’t click automatic upgrade link? No need to worry, we will fix it.

Before we fix it, we shoud know what is going on? WordPress, like other systems, is not perfect. Eventough it has automatic upgrade, it doesn’t mean your wordpress installation will always successfully upgraded using automatic upgrade. That’s why we should back up our blog before upgrading it. So, why that message appear? Does it mean our installation failed? Maybe. WordPress creates a file named .maintenance before upgrading process. Just in case there are visitors accessing your blog during upgrading process, they will see “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” message instead of your under-upgrading blog. Somehow, I don’t know exactly why, the file .maintenance is not deleted by WordPress. If this thing happens, you will see maintenance message.

So, how to fix it? It’s a piece of cake. Login to your web host using CPanel or SSH, remove the .maintenance file. You can find that file in your WordPress installation directory (the directory that has wp-admin directory – not inside wp-admin directory). After you do it, refresh your blog. We hope your blog will be back… :)

Question: I can’t see .maintenance file
Answer: Yes, it’s a hidden file. If you are using SSH try ls -a command. If you use CPanel, don’t forget to check show hidden files while opening your installation directory using file manager.

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1. Use all of your fingers.
2. You need to know where to place your finger.
3. Never see the keyboard while typing. Just remember what finger will type it.
4. More practices.

My first tip, use all of your fingers. Yes, you must use them. Don’t use “11 fingers” (your left and right index fingers) to type. You have ten fingers. Use them all. How? You will figure it out in my second tip.

The second tip, you need to know where to place your finger. This picture below shows where your finger should be placed.

Finger and Keyboard (click to zoom)

If you can’t see the picture, Here are the keys should be pressed by your finger.

Left Hand
Index finger = 4 R F V 5 T G B
Middle finger = 3 E D C
Ring finger = 2 W S X
Little finger = 1 Q A Z ` Tab “Caps Lock” “Left Shift” “Left Ctrl”

Right Hand
Index finger = 6 Y H N 7 U J M
Middle finger = 8 I K ,
Ring finger = 9 O L .
Little finger = – [ ] ‘ / \ = Backspace Enter “Right Shift” “Right Ctrl”

Before start typing, place your fingers in the right place. Notice button F and J in your keyboard. There’s a kern below the letter. That’s the place where your index finger should be. Put your left index finger in F, and your right index finger in J. The rest of your fingers should be:

Left middle finger = D and the right middle finger = K
Left ring finger = S and the right ring finger = L
Left little finger = A and the right little finger = ;

Ctrl – Alt – Shift
To combine keys ctrl, alt or shift with another key, you should notice where’s the key, in the left hand side, or right hand side. For example, to combine Ctrl + L, you should know where’s the position of the L key. From the picture above, we know that L is in the right side. So you must press left Ctrl using your left little finger and press L using right ring finger. Easy right?

The third tip, maybe its a bit hard to do for the beginner. Don’t see your keyboard while typing. How come? You only need discipline. For the first time, you will type slowly. It’s OK. The baby crawl on hands and knees before he/she can stand, walk and run. If you remember where’s the key,  it will be so easy to type fast.

My last tip but not the least, more practices. Of course, we know that practice makes perfect. Not only typing, the other skill such as programming, need more and more practices.

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Result:

Flashdisk labeled DANI-FLASH has custom icon.

Compare it with flashdisk labeled GWG.

PS:
I used M$ Windows XP SP2 Operating System. Never been tested in other operating systems.

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[extshellfolderviews]
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
ICONAREA_IMAGE=\pics\capoera_sunset.jpg
ICONAREA_TEXT=0x0000FF

ICONAREA_IMAGE is full path of file location where you keep your image. Image type can be jpg or gif (these two files had been tried, for others feel free to try them by yourself).

ICONAREA_TEXT is hexadecimal code for text color. Standard code used is RGB (Red Green Blue). The structure is 0xBBGGRR. Each two characters filled by two digits hexadecimal (00 – FF). For example, 0×0000FF is red, 0×00FF00 is green, 0xFF0000 is blue. For further information you can ask uncle Google.

Click here to see RGB color table or find them in Google.

The important thing is ICONAREA_TEXT use BGR format. So, reverse the RGB code you get from RGB color table before you place it to ICONAREA_TEXT. For example, if the RGB color you get is Light Slate Blue (8470FF), then ICONAREA_TEXT value is 0xFF7084.

Background image in a flashdisk

PS:
Tested on M$ Windows XP SP2 only.

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