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First thing’s first; it works! The next most important thing; it was a very painless process. The steps are pretty easy especially if you’ve upgraded WP before. Essentially the steps are as follows:

1. Disable all installed plugins
2. Grab the latest WordPress build; extract the contents; replace the older files on your server (or you can do this painlessly via SSH)
3. Run the upgrade script (usually at http://yourwebsite/wp-admin/upgrade.php) and wait for a couple of seconds or minutes; depending on the size of your current database
4. Login to the wp-admin page and reactivate your plugins one by one; make sure you open another tab to preview your blog while doing this, just to see if there are any complications
5. If everything goes well, it’s time to celebrate!

Please note that there’s a new configuration called SECRET_KEY in WP 2.5’s wp-config.php file. Just set it to some random string as shown below:

define('SECRET_KEY', 'lkjdfhU(H*H8h9uHF8U767f65df56t&^t^&th(jhYT6FYHBUIy*b*u3R'); // Change this to a unique phrase.

The secret key should include upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. After that you need to re-login to the admin panel.

Over the past 48 hours I’ve been working on two WordPress related project; a theme and a widget. I’m gunning on completing the theme before Saturday because I’m going to KL and spending the entire next week there.

Read the rest of Working On A Few WordPress Stuff »

After moving HTNet to my new dedicated server, I needed to find out whether the domain has correctly pointed to the IP address of my the server. I was scouring the web for a tool that would help me query a few DNS servers around the world and report to me what they think is the IP address for my domain.

Read the rest of Checking For DNS Resolution Of Your Domain »

The past few days have been quite hectic for me and it’s all related to servers!

• The database server at work suffered from a faulty processor on Awal Muharram (10th January, a public holiday in Johor) and the maintenance agreement for that particular server had expired. Luckily, it’s sorted out within a few hours and a replacement processor was installed.
• I’ve also taken on a project to set up a Linux web server for a medical supply company which needed to be delivered by the 11th. I manage to meet the deadline and the server is up and running right now.
• I’ve purchased a VDS to host some web sites including HTNet and there were some complications in the delivery. However, it’s all sorted now.

Touching on the last point, I’ve moved the content of HTNet onto this new server and if you’re reading this then you’re seeing the first post published on the new server

If you happen to find something strange when browsing HTNet, please let me know by commenting here. Thanks!

2008 is finally upon us and it’s time to get things running more smoothly. Forget the holiday mood, forget the fun you had last night and let’s get serious with work and making more money

Here’s wishing all HTNet readers a prosperous and exciting new year!