Working at Home on the Internet

A Short Story of Upgrading to WordPress 2.8

Joe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:02:28 +0000

Prelude

Way back in the olden days of WordPress, version 2.5x I think it was, if you wanted to respond to a comment from one of your readers, you would have to actually go to the post itself in order to have a conversation with the reader.

Each and every comment, spread over numerous posts had to be responded to in the same manner. Go to the post & type your comment. Go to the next post & comment. Ad Infinitum until you answered each comment from every commentor.

Then came along Better Comments Manager a plugin by Keith Dsouza. I could actually answer every comment from Within the Administration page of WordPress. They could be threaded, individual or multiple responses to the individuals of the community. Convient for me since I could do it all in the background and not have to access each post to have a conversation.

Lo and Behold, WordPress in versions 2.7x got the idea and ran with it, making it a part of the internal commenting system.

I naturally deactivated Keith’s plugin since I thought it wouldn’t be needed any longer. Then I delected it.

Interlude

All was well until the fateful day of the Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.

Most everything worked, even the Theme still looked good and all the Widgets worked just fine. Only one catch.

I couldn’t respond to comments in the Administration Page as I could before in v 2.7x. I asked people in the know, people who have dealt with this type of situation and I asked for advice. None of them were having problems with their “Reply” to comments in the Admin page. It seemed I was the only one.

The thing seems to be that I am running a Parent/Child theme. A Framework theme that others build upon in order to customize a theme to change the look and feel of a Blog.

Well, needless to say, I am not going to change my theme at this point just for the convience of being able to answer what few comments I get from the Admin Page. That’s when I remembered Keith’s Better Comments Manager plugin and started looking high and low for it.

End

I finally found it in some old zip file I had used way back when to install it in the first place. So, if you are having problems with your theme interface with comments through the Administration Page of WordPress 2.8, you may want to try the Better Comments Manager plugin by Keith Dsouza. It works for me.

Moral

If something works, don’t try to fix it unless something goes wrong. Then be sure to have access to older versions of what Did Work, just in case the fix is broken too.

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by Joe Hauckes

This Weeks Helpful Reads… Week 166

Joe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:37:07 +0000

Mark Twain

This is an ongoing series of interesting and helpful reads that I have come across on the Internet. I try to include the most helpful articles and links each week to provide the widest range of information for the home business entrepreneur.

8 Common & Critical Small Business Website Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make by Dawud Miracle… Dawud not only gives a list of common mistakes that a lot of online businesses make, but gives you ways to avoid them in the first place.

Strategic Blogging and Some Tactics to Nail It by Chris Brogan… After you read Dawud’s post you may wonder what comes next for your business blog. Luckily, Chris has some ways to set goals and strategies for your consideration that could be boon to your business.

I hope you find some of these articles informational and helpful. I think they will be enjoyable reading nonetheless.

Happy 4th of July

Joe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:15:56 +0000

Enjoy the Fireworks!

Philly July 4th

Have a Great Holiday

keep your fingers clear of the firecrackers, you’ll need them for typing on Monday!

Working at Home Blog Carnival-145th Edition

Joe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:14:38 +0000

WAHI Carnival

Welcome to the July 3, 2009 edition of working at home blog carnival. This weeks Carnival has, as always, some really good articles. So, Sit Back and Enjoy.

And Here We Go…

advice

Andre Gomez presents How To Use Social Media Sites To Grow Your Business posted at QualityNetworkers.

Ben presents Start a Side Business in the Lazy Days of Summer posted at Money Smart Life.

barry walls presents Is Article Marketing The Optimal Way to Maximum Profits from Content for Newbies? posted at Strategic Outsourcers, saying, “Hi…this is my first carnival submission. Please direct me if I’ve done anything wrong.”

Debbie Foster presents Affiliate Programs May Be Best Place To Start posted at Internet Income – The Journey.

business

jim presents How Debt Settlement Works posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Robert Alan presents Features of Effective Shopping Cart Platforms posted at Sell It on the Web, saying, “For any home-based entrepreneur that would like to start selling products or merchandise directly from their blog or website, we’ve provided a list of the best shopping cart features to look for.”

Praveen presents Why Multi-tasking Costs An Internet Marketer Money posted at My Simple Trading System.

Meaghan Montrose presents 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your Home Business | posted at Colleen Palat.

Gloria Booth presents Why Most People Fail at Network Marketing posted at MLM Marketing UK, saying, “If you understand why most people fail at network marketing, you will increase your chances of success in your own home based business.”

Christian Russell presents Is Internet Marketing too Techy for You? posted at Next Level Blogger.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of working at home blog carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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We Have To Take A Break From…Playing!

Brooke Long — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:00:40 +0000

As the world knows, summer has arrived and it has been warm! We have been having fun at the pool, at the park, playing with friends, going to fairs, going on trips, etc and the summer is only just started. WHOA WHOA WHOA!

Life has been so busy. All that fun and that is not even including work! And now on top of everything I just got a summer cold AND we have our 4th annual 4th of July Party. So needless to say, the craziness continues this week.

Today we were supposed to hang with friends – but then I woke up with a cold. It took that cold for me to say “STOP!”

No more parks
No more pools
No more running around

Just work
Just school work
Just reading

Well – only this week AND only a few hours each day. (I am NOT that mean!)

Do you ever find that the party just keeps going? It seems like it can take over your life. But it so important not to let that happen. Whether you are with your kids full time or you a working mom – slooooooow down. Have a great life and run your life, don’t let it run you.

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. She also creates web sites, e-newsletters, blogs, e-commerce sites etc. as well as print collateral including logos.

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