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They’re not fixing security risks in older versions.

Something that a lot of people may not realise is that it’s more difficult to speak kindly in written form, than it is when speaking in person, or even over the phone. When talking in person, your body language and subtle nuances with inflection colour the tone of what you’re saying. When we type, in our head we are using the subtle nuances. But they just don’t make it through the keys. About all we have is the occasional ?? to tell someone we are joking or mean well.

When you’re typing a post, I strongly recommend you read it back and check to see if it could be interpreted negatively. You might have said something that you think is fine, but you’re not writing this for yourself. You’re writing it for someone else. Make sure it sounds ‘nice’, like you meant it.

And if you’re reading something that you take offense too, I recommend you clarify what the writer meant before replying back to the point. He may not have meant it. Give him an opportunity to rephrase his remarks.

Personally, I use the grandmother test. I pretend I’m writing this to my grandmother. If I think she won’t take offense, then I’m probably fine with anyone.

The thing is, each server the emails passes through may hold on to it for a while. Most are quick, a couple of minutes typically. Some rare ones only process mail once per night. Once it’s left your server, you have no control over how long it takes. The ISP receiving the email has a hand in this.

You said that email to other server users are going through quickly. Perhaps email being sent out of the server are being queue’d, spam/virus scanned etc. Or perhaps the receiving ISP’s don’t trust the source, because your server lacks a reverse dns record. There are many reasons an email may get put through a queue for extra spam scanning. These queue’s usually process in batches, once every so often. That’s where delays typically come from.

Or heck, there might even be a spotty dns problem. The mail server can’t connect, and puts it aside to try later. I could use up all my fingers and toes and still not relate all the possible reasons email might get delayed.

It’s recommended you upgrade from 1.5.2 to 2.0.x, for securty reasons. Upload is also easier, as I described.

In 1.5.2, you need to turn on the upload function. Look in options (I think). And instead of being in the write area, there’s a separate tab at the top for it when you want to upload something.

it wants to write to the directory.

while in wp-content, do this:

chmod 666 uploads

If you can’t log in with ssh, then do it in your ftp program. basically you want to click on the w’s for write permission for every user.

If 666 doesn’t work, try 777

speak to your webhost and find out how quickly emails will leave the server. that’s not really a wordpress thing. wordpress sends it right away.

get the picture from your camera to your computer hard drive. *know where you put it*

then, in wordpress, use the upload function. in 2.x, it’s right under the box where you type the body of a post. follow what it tells you. you’ll have a picture on your site.

install yourself an apache/php/mysql server. here’s one at https://apachefriends.org

He just asked for host advice. The very nature of wordpress is that ideas are easily and quickly expressed. To ask which hosts will allow that without yanking your service at the first bump isn’t out of line. He’s not discussing the content here, merely asking for advice on the hosting component. WordPress provides links to hosts, and even has partnerships with many. It would ridiculous to say you can’t discuss who might be a reliable host for your wordpress blog, no matter what the criteria. For me, WordPress is about empowerment to publish. Well, you need a host for that!

A little tolerence would go a long way here.

No problems here.

mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.58, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386)

php 4.3.2

I do a very simply type of upgrading. I untar on top of the current install without removing anything first. ( I backup first ). Then I run the upgrade. For 2 to 2.01, I didn’t even turn off plugins first.

I’ll be testing this. But I’m wondering. How actively do you see yourself developing this plugin? I think it has great potential, and would hate to see it abandonned.

You have a variety of conditions you can specify as to whether or not the rewrite rule is followed.

Here’s a page that ‘splains that: https://www.html4.com/mime/markup/php/how_to_en/how_to_system_en/how_to_system_8.php

Just to show you the format, this is what I do to stop certain bots from seeing the my site:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://www.microsoft.com [L,R]

I could use that technique to send different browsers to different pages.

You’ll probably want to explore the referer and host conditions.

It would be typical in php to put a non number value in quotes, like this:

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘length’, true); ?>

<?php echo get_post_meta($post_id, $key, $single); ?>

It backs up just the database, not any files from your wordpress directory. (just in case that isn’t clear to some readers). But it does this quite completely. It allows you to optionally select other tables that other plugins might have created. It also allows you to store the backup on the server, email to you, and other options.