I’m upgrading eight of the weblogs we host this weekend. That’s not all the weblogs we host, just the ones that are currently being maintained on at least a semi-regular basis. The single-property-web-sites we’ve done as weblogs are languishing in neglect.<\/p>\n
These are the blogs I’m hitting:<\/p>\n
I’m bringing this up for two reasons.<\/p>\n
First, if you have privileges on any of those weblogs, watch for potentially significant changes between now and tomorrow morning. Two of them are running WP 2.0.10, and only one was running 2.3.1 until I started updating. Plus which, I’m updating and standardizing all the plug-ins. Let me know if you detect anything broken.<\/p>\n
Second, I need an easier way of doing this. I expect that WP Multi-User already does this, but sometime soon I’m going to see if I can make WordPress run multiple installations from something like a common code-base. In other words, I would like to be able to update eight (or more) weblogs with one FTP upload. I would like to be able to update a plug-in one time and have that update apply to every weblog we host. I’ve got a lot on my plate between now and Unchained, but I’ll see what I can come up with.<\/p>\n
And this entire post is a hint to you. This is a good time to look over your weblog and see what needs to be updated.<\/p>\n
In particular, the year is about to change. If you have the words “Copyright 2007” somewhere in your weblog (it’s often found in the footer), you can change that copy to this:<\/p>\n
Copyright <?php echo date('Y'); ?><\/pre>\nThe PHP “echo” command will echo the current year forever. You’ll never have to change the date again.<\/p>\n
Of the eight weblogs listed above, six are done. I have to go show and I don’t plan to do BHB and TheBrickRanch until late tonight, anyway. Should be duck soup, but if something looks hosed to you in the wee hours, tilt your head to the southwest and I’ll teach you how to swear.
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These are the blogs I’m hitting: BloodhoundBlog.com BloodhoundBlog.TV BloodhoundRealty.com DistinctivePhoenix.com PRETExchange.com RealEstateWeblogging101.com TheBrickRanch.com TooMuchVegas.com […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,6,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-technology","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":935,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/935\/just-incredible-incredibleagentcom-steals-images-and-content-from-prominent-real-estate-webloggers-to-sell-free-weblogs\/","url_meta":{"origin":2445,"position":0},"title":"Just incredible: IncredibleAgent.com steals images and content from prominent real estate webloggers to sell “free” weblogs","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Wanna hear something incredible? 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