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Fixing WordPress 2.9 Upgrade Error

Dagu — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:17:12 +0000

I’ve experienced a problem while upgrading to Wordpress 2.9 a few days ago. My blog didn’t show the RSS widget. Some error are found in my dashboard also.

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The curl transport is broken on some servers with an outdated library.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… :)

New Release of Joomla 1.5.12

Dagu — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:38:36 +0000

From the Joomla Security newsletter, I know that there’s a new version of Joomla. But, my email provider sent it to spam folder. I just don’t know why.. huff.. :(

From the official Joomla website:

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.12 [Wojmamni Ama Woi]. This release contains a number of bug fixes and three moderate-level security fixes. It has been less than a month since Joomla 1.5.11 was released on June 3, 2009.

This release marks an important milestone for the Joomla Project due to the upgrade of the PEAR library to the new BSD licensed version, which brings the codebase into full compliance with the GPL. In addition, this release contains an important upgrade to TinyMCE v 3.2.4.1.

The Production Working Group’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Download Joomla 1.5.12 (Full package)
Download Joomla 1.5.11 > 1.5.12 update package
All 1.5.12 Packages

WordPress Error After Automatic Upgrading

Dagu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:24:36 +0000

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.