Migrating a WordPress site can be something of a scary challenge, but we do it a lot, and we’ve become used to it. There are many good reasons to move a site – for example, you might set one up in a subfolder, and decide to move WP to the root. Or perhaps you’ve built a site on localhost and… continue reading ⇢
There are times when you absolutely must run some plugins on a WP install, and you don’t want to allow administrators to be able to disable them. Here’s how…
Those who follow WordPress closely will understand that a vulnerability has been found that, whilst not being especially dangerous, could be very annoying for some – especially for high-profile blogs. By using a specially crafted URL, it’s possible for an attacker to force a reset of the admin password. The attacker can’t know this admin password, it will be a… continue reading ⇢
This is the presentation given by David Coveney at WordCamp UK 2009 in Cardiff. It covers the advantages, problems and implementations of WordPress as used by the News & Media sectors. If you need to view the slide notes (primarily for me, to be honest, but you may see some points that got cut during the presentation) you’ll have to… continue reading ⇢
This is the presentation given by David Coveney at WordCamp UK 2009 in Cardiff. It covers the advantages, problems and opportunities of WordPress within the Enterprise space. If you need to view the slide notes you’ll have to visit the Slideshare site. But the notes are really for me, so they’re a little messy. Word Press In The Enterprise Word… continue reading ⇢
Last year we decided to keep quiet at WordCamp UK, on the whole, beyond a spot of sponsorship – simply because we didn’t have that much to talk about that we felt could be exciting. But a year has changed a lot – WordPress is becoming popular for large scale blogging platforms such as The Telegraph Blogs, and for use… continue reading ⇢
On the night of June 23rd, Telegraph Media flicked the switch on a new project they’ve been working on this Spring – the Telegraph Blogs, relaunched on WordPress MU. And, proudly, we’d like to say we had a little bit to do with the project. Not a lot, mind – we provided some consultancy, some code snippets, advice and developer… continue reading ⇢
After two years with our old site we finally decided it was time to apply a lot of what we’ve learned over the years into a re-launch. So, what does this actually mean? A new site usually comes with something different, and in this case we didn’t want to disappoint.
When we were approached by Informa Telecoms & Media Ltd (part of Informa plc) about whether WordPress could be used as a fully fledged news platform suitable for replacing their Telecoms.com site, we hesitated, but not for very long. Following a full analysis of their requirements we were able to confirm that in combination with some of our own technology,… continue reading ⇢
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