Wenn man eine relativ alte Wordpress-Version immer wieder aktualisiert hat, kommt es bei der Konvertierung zur nächsten Version scheinbar irgendwann zu einem Problem mit der Berechtigungsstufe für das Backend. Ich habe ein kleines Script geschrieben, mit dem die Berechtigungen neu gesetzt werden. Ob das bei der Version 3.x auch noch funktioniert kann ich aktuell noch nicht sagen.

WICHTIG: ZUERST EIN BACKUP DER DATENBANK MACHEN! Dann das untenstehende Script in eine neue PHP-Datei (z.B. “update-users.php”) kopieren und ins gleiche Verzeichnis wie die “wp-config.php” legen. Dann über den Browser aufrufen. Update der Datensätze in der Datenbanktabelle wp_usermeta überprüfen (absteigend sortieren nach “umeta_id”). Zum Abschluß die Datei wieder löschen. FERTIG.

Hier das Script: » weiterlesen

This is something for the geeks and SEO people. To have "nice" URLs the CMS must be capable of rewriting/translating them. If not, it can be done within the .htaccess-file to let the webserver do this task. In my eyes the webserver will do it faster, but several extensions for popular applications like Wordpress or Joomla will do it more comfortable. Get some insights into this topic by reading the SEOmoz post.

First, a quick refresher:  URL prettying and 301 redirection can both be done in .htaccess files, or in your 404 handler.  If you're not completely up to speed on how URL rewrites and 301s work in general, this post will definitely help. And if you didn't read last week's post on RewriteRule's split personality, it's probably helpful background material for understanding today's post. [more...]

You should have heard the "RewriteRule" term several times. Read the article at SEOmoz to dig into it and gain some serious knowledge to control the indexing of Google and other search-engines.

Apache webservers have a really cool and useful little feature called RewriteRule.  It's sometimes referred to as the Swiss Army Knife of URL manipulation, because it's got two very important, often-used abilities:

• URL rewriting: turning dynamic, parameterized URLs into readable, keyword-loaded URLs
• 301s: to tell the browser (or search bot) that a page has been moved

These are VERY different tasks, with VERY different results sent to the browser or search bot. [more...]

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Twitters Suchefunktion lässt zu wünschen übrig. Das praktische Tool Snap Bird erledigt das, was Twitter nicht machen will. Diese kleine aber feine Browseranwendung vom britischen Entwickler Remy Sharp macht all das, was ich eigentlich von der Twitter-Suche erwartet hätte. Mit dem nett gestalteten Dienst lassen sich beliebige Tweets aus der Vergangenheit finden – Twitters eigener Suchzeitraum variiert, liegt aber irgendwo zwischen einigen Tagen und Wochen. weiterlesen...