HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL FRACTALS EVERYWHERE
After a long period of inactivity, Technical Support spotted that the site had been hacked by some fiend and was sporting a 'Trojan' infection.
Having performed a disinfection routine, it was decided to bring the inner workings of the site right up to date. So faartals.co.uk it is now running [...]
I have installed the Tiny MCE Editor in an attempt to improve the posting experience .
Personally I don't like emoticons as I have a reasonable vocabulary, but we now have them and can also change the colour of text using the Select text color button. There is also a less useful Select background color [...]
The Problem
The WordPress editor seems to be full of bad ideas about how to format what you have so carefully typed in, so at times it is worth delving into the HTML version of the text to attempt a clean up.
The sort of HTML the editor produces is rather like the code that a word [...]
Backup
19/01/2010 Belay the post below. After the 2.9.1.upgrade, couldn't get WP-DB Manager to work. The plugin reported the need for exec(),passthru() and ().
Removed and reverted to the more basic code to be found under the Tools menu.
http://ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/
22/03/2007: The default backup plugin (WordPress Database Backup) has been deactivated. A new, more comprehensive, plugin, [...]
19/01/2010: I think this plugin didn't work after the 2.9.1 upgrade
I have loaded the 'Adhesive' plugin, which controls sticky posts on the home page and in categories. I haven't investigated it fully, but it seems capable of keeping a post on top of the home page even if it isn't the newest. [...]
The Archives page currently lists posts by month and by [...]
Adding and Maintaining Links
Instructions
In Site Admin, create a new link by clicking on the [Links] menu item and then the [Create Link] tab. You can also update existing links using the [Manage Links] tab.
Start entering details on the form with the URL or web address e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/
Enter a Link Name e.g. Amazon
Enter a Short [...]
This image is 760 pixels wide and 200 pixels deep (high).
It is saved as …/wp-content/themes/pixelgreen-10/images/headerphoto.jpg
Note: Only njb can change the image, as this cannot be done through a WordPress Site Administration [...]
This is a two stage process
A. Write a new Sub-Page with the details of the Walk
B. Add a Link to the new Sub-Page in the Walks (Parent) Page
Instructions
A. Write a new Sub-Page with the details of the Walk
Note: It is best to avoid composing posts or pages in Word and then pasting them into the [...]
Adding an Calendar Event is a variation on making an ordinary post.
Instructions
Create a new post e.g. by Clicking on the [Write] menu item in Site Admin
Start entering details on the (default) [Write Post] form (click that tab if you have navigated away)
Enter a title for the event e.g. Christmas Day or Nick’s Birthday
Enter extra text [...]
