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Fatal Error When Upgrading to WordPress 2.8.2

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:32:00 +0000

If you are trying to upgrade to WordPress 2.8.2 recently you may encounter the error below, which doesn’t indicate much except that it relates to some insufficient memory error.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2355395 bytes) in /public_html/wp-includes/http.php on line xx

If you searched around Google you may find remedial steps which includes either upgrading manually (downloading the .zip installation file and uploading via ftp) or by disabling all of the current used WordPress plugin and then perform the upgrading. I was not keen on performing the upgrade via those two methods, so I did a search around and found the following steps which were much simpler and most importantly, works like a charm.

Here’s how to do the trick:

1. Connect and edit your WordPress site’s wp-config.php file (you can use FTP program to connect to your WordPress site, and go to the root installation folder, i.e. /public_html folder).

2. Add the following line below right after the opening php lines or comments:

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');

In example:

3. Save the wp-config.php and try upgrading again. The WordPress upgrade should work this time.

Updates: WordPress has updated to version 2.8.3, which is basically a security release that fixes some bug. So far the error did not happen to this version, so it is advisable to upgrade as soon as possible.

Giveaway of The Day : Free Licensed Software and Games For The Day

Mon, 25 May 2009 02:16:45 +0000

Giveaway Of The Day

Games Giveaway Of The Day

As the name suggests, both the sites offers provides licensed software and games as free downloads daily. Each software/game of the day comes with a time ticker (24 hours) where you have to download and activate the application before the end of each day (in US hours).

What I like is that the software/games offered is presented with full functionality and without any limitations (according to the software’s own T & C). You do not have to worry about virus/adwares/spywares as the site authors ensures the programs are free from these threats.

There is usually some review on the software/games for the day, and you can also read the comments from the users before downloading them to try. I suggests to add both the websites to your RSS feeds so that you can easily see the new software/games being offered everyday.

Click on the pictures above for the links.

WordPress Plugin: WPTouch optimizes your website for iPhone

WordPress Plugin: WPTouch optimizes your website for iPhone

Raymond — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:20:05 +0000

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Ray.My blog is now optimized for iPhone view, thanks to a WordPress plugin by the folks at BraveNewCode Inc. This plugin helps to ‘translate’ websites to load faster on iPhone/iPod Touch devices with a clean and easy to read view. The plugin also enables iPhone users to switch between the WPTouch view and the regular site view easily and true to the author’s claim, the plugin did not seems to slow down the blog at all.

The plugin options allows you to configure settings such as:

Ajax effects, Gravatars and Comments
Styling options
Post Listing Options
Logos/Icons for your pages (plus a PSD emplate for your customization)
Disable/Enable MEnu Items
Plugin Compatibility Check and Report Status

Full features available at the BraveNewCode website.

The WPTouch plugin requires WordPress version 2.1 and above and the only known compatibility issue is with the WordPress plugins such as the WP-Cache and WP Super Cache. Fix the compatibility issue with simple tweaking instruction here.

[Picture Credit: Francis]

WordPress Plugins: Alternative Administration Menu

Raymond — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:01:32 +0000

If you are using WordPress 2.5+ for your blog/website, you may have noticed that the administration menu is not quite exactly ‘navigational friendly’ as the menu options takes up lots of space and is scattered around the screen.

Also, going from one menu option to the other takes up too many ‘clicks’ and that wastes a bit of time.

I have found two (2) WordPress plugins that are able to fix this problem, courtesy from the folks at Planetozh and Dean J Robinson.

WordPress Admin Drop Down Menu

The first plugin is the WordPress Admin Drop Down Menu by Planetozh which puts all the menu options in the grey bar area with neat, pull-down type navigation as seen below.

The plugin (now in version 2.1) supports only WordPress 2.5+ and should works fine for Firefox 2.x/3.x, Safari, Opera 9.x and Internet Explorer 6+ browsers.

Just install the plugin, activate it and voila, you will find the additional Drop Down menu visible on your WP admin screen. Click here for the demo page.

Download Admin Drop Down Menu plugin here.

WordPress FluencyAdmin Menu

The FluencyAdmin Menu v1.2 is basically a revamped admin menu theme where the main menus are down left, while the sub menus are across the top. This is a very functional theme where the layouts are neat and organized. This theme s compatible with the Admin Drop Down Menu plugin above should you feel the need to have both.

Screenshot below. Click to see bigger view.

The current release only supports WordPress 2.5+ and only works on CSS2 compliant browsers (Firefox, Safari and IE8).

Download FluencyAdmin Menu plugin here.