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Want to update your WordPress and its getting failed every time ?

Soham — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:31:49 +0000

I got the solution to update your wordpress manually without starting from the scratch. Just follow below steps:

1. Get the latest WordPress zip (or tar.gz) file.
2. Unpack the zip file that you downloaded.
3. Delete the old wp-includes and wp-admin directories on your web host (through your FTP or shell access).
Using FTP or your shell access, upload the new wp-includes and wp-admin directories to your web host, overwriting old files.
4. Upload the individual files from the new wp-content folder to your existing wp-content folder, overwriting existing files. Do NOT delete your existing wp-content folder. Do NOT delete any files or folders in your existing wp-content directory (except for the one being overwritten by new files).
5. Upload all new loose files from the root directory of the new version to your existing wordpress root directory.

NOTE – you should replace all the old WordPress files with the new ones in the wp-includes and wp-admin directories and sub-directories, and in the root directory (such as index.php, wp-login.php and so on). Don’t worry – your wp-config.php will be safe.

Be careful when you come to copying the wp-content directory. You should make sure that you only copy the files from inside this directory, rather than replacing your entire wp-content directory. This is where your themes and plugins live, so you will want to keep them. If you have customized the default or classic themes without renaming them, make sure not to overwrite those files, otherwise you will lose your changes. (Though you might want to compare them for new features or fixes..)

Lastly you should take a look at the wp-config-sample.php file, to see if any new settings have been introduced that you might want to add to your own wp-config.php.

Remove .maintenance file
If you’re upgrading manually after a failed auto-upgrade, delete the file .maintenance from your WordPress directory using FTP. This will remove the “failed update” nag message.

Update your installation
Visit your main WordPress admin page at /wp-admin. You may be asked to login again. If a database upgrade is necessary at this point, WordPress will detect it and give you a link to a URL like http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php. Follow that link and follow the instructions. This will update your database to be compatible with the latest code. You should do this as soon as possible after step 1.

Do something nice for yourself
If you have caching enabled, your changes will appear to users more immediately if you clear the cache at this point (and if you don’t, you may get confused when you see the old version number in page footers when you check to see if the upgrade worked).

Your WordPress installation is successfully updated. That’s as simple as we can make it without Updating WordPress Using Subversion.

Consider rewarding yourself with a blog post about the update, reading that book or article you’ve been putting off, or simply sitting back for a few moments and letting the world pass you by.

Final Steps
Your update is now complete, so you can go in and enable your Plugins again. If you have issues with logging in, try clearing cookies in your browser.

You can always check http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress for further information. All the best !

10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks

Soham — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:46:36 +0000

Security has always been a hot topic. Offline, people buy wired homes, car alarms and gadgets to bring their security to the max. Online, security is important, too, especially for people who make a living from websites and blogs. In this article, we’ll show you some useful tweaks to protect your WordPress-powered blog.

1. Prevent Unnecessary Info From Being Displayed
2. Force SSL Usage
3. Use .htaccess To Protect The wp-config File
4. Blacklist Undesired Users And Bots
5. Protect Your WordPress Blog From Script Injections
6. Fight Back Against Content Scrapers
7. Create A Plug-In To Protect Your Blog From Malicious URL Requests
8. Remove Your WordPress Version Number… Seriously!
9. Change The Default “Admin” Username
10. Prevent Directory Browsing

Create a Still Life Candle in Photoshop

Soham — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:09:08 +0000

Still life compositions are like photographs in that they portray the details of objects as moments frozen in time. Still life images don’t tell a story, they simply depict the objects themselves.

ZURB CSS Grid Builder

Soham — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:30:27 +0000

At ZURB we use a flexible grid framework that lets us rapidly prototype and implement sites. Recently we’d been creating some variant grids for different widths and gutter sizes so we thought, ‘why not just create grids on the fly with a simple tool?’ And look: here it is, free to use for your own projects, client work, whatever you’d like. If you want to tell people how awesome this grid builder is, hey, we won’t stop you.

Check this out
http://www.zurb.com/playground/css-grid-builder

All details for HTML 5

Soham — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:17:11 +0000

HTML 5 introduces a whole set of new elements that make it much easier to structure pages. Check the links below:

http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/previewofhtml5

http://html5demos.com/

http://html5gallery.com/

http://www.w3schools.com/html5/tag_doctype.asp

Animations with CSS3 :)

Soham — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:34:39 +0000

No more Javascript or Flash. With CSS3 animations is possible without Javascript or Flash. We Moving in the New Age
http://webislove.com/tutorials/a-trip-in-the-sky-with-css3-animations-and-z-index/

Some cool comics from Brad Colbow

Soham — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:27:43 +0000

Check this link
http://www.bradcolbow.com/archive/

CSS3 Solutions for Internet Explorer

Soham — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:55:30 +0000

CSS3 is probably the hottest trend in web design right now, allowing developers the opportunity to implement a number of solutions into their projects with some very straightforward CSS while avoiding having to resort to nonsemantic markup, extra images, and complex JavaScript. Unfortunately, it’s not a surprise that Internet Explorer, even in its most recent version, still does not support the majority of the properties and features introduced in CSS3.

Experienced developers understand that CSS3 can be added to new projects with progressive enhancement in mind. This ensures that content is accessible while non-supportive browsers fall back to a less-enhanced experience for the user.

Read more on: Smashing Magazine

WordPress Plugins That WE Can’t Live Without

Soham — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:38:38 +0000

Many of our readers have been asking us about what plugins we use and why. So, here are 15 WordPress plugins that WE cannot live without.
Read more on http://www.junkiee.net/articles/wordpress-plugins-that-we-cant-live-without/

Sony Ericsson Secret Menu

Soham — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:41:57 +0000

Sony Ericsson Secret Menu:
> * < < * < *
> means press joystick or arrow keys to right
< means press joystick or arrow keys to left
1. push joy stick to RIGHT once
2. press *
3. push joy stick to LEFT twice
4. press *
5. push joy stick to LEFT once
6. press *

The Service Menu will appears containing following information !
1. Service Info
a. Software Version
b. SIMlock
c. Configuration
2. Service Setting
a. Contrast
3. Service Test
a. Display
b. LED/Illumination – *This test is very cool
c. Keyboard
d. Buzzer
e. Vibrator
f. Earphone
g. Microphone
h. Real Time Clock
i. Joystick Counter*

Lockstatus: < * * <

Shortcut to last dialed numbers: 0#

Shortcut to sim numbers: On main menu type a number and press #

If you change the language from default to any other language, then it may be difficult to switch to default language.
The shortcut is very simple. Just press
stands for right arrow button or joystick.

Read more on: GSMARENA