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WordPress updates without FTP login prompts

WordPress updates without FTP login prompts

One gripe I have about running WordPress on a VPS is that it keeps prompting me to enter the FTP password every time I do an update. As it turns out, you can save your FTP login credentials in wp-config.php so that you never get asked again! Simply add the following lines to wo-config.php // ** FTP SETTINGS FOR AUTO-UPDATE ** // define(‘FTP_HOST’, ‘YOUR-HOSTNAME-HERE’); define(‘FTP_USER’, ‘YOUR-FTP-USERNAME’); define(‘FTP_PASS’, ‘YOUR-FTP-PASSWORD’); Remember to change the values above accordingly.

Migrating a Joomla + Joomlaboard site to WordPress + punBB

Migrating a Joomla + Joomlaboard site to WordPress + punBB

In preparation for the launch of my school’s blogs community site, I set about migrating the school band’s website over to the WordPress MU platform. Now, the Band site was running on Joomla 1.0x. It featured an integrated Gallery2 for photographs, MSO Shoutbox for a shoutbox and discussion forums via the Joomlaboard component. Alas, the site was getting dozens of spam posts (including some from Band haters??) What this meant was that there were several registered users that were undesirable…

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