It’s quite possible. I’ve been doing this for years with my Version Checker plugin. I do not distribute it openly, but in essence it checks a private version API , and then tosses the extra results into the update_core, update_plugins and update_themes site transients. WP then takes it seamlessly from there courtesy of the WP … Read more
I am not positive how to do what you want. But I have been using this framework which is very similar to what you have above but is much easier to use http://aquagraphite.com/2011/11/smof-documentation/ setting up options is really easy and it is supported through github. There is a place to ask these exact kind of … Read more
There are several plugins that will allow you to clone the database only, as well as the WordPress installation and media files. You will need to install a WAMP, LAMP or MAMP stack or XAMPP. Upon completion of your updates, you can migrate the site back to the host server.
Usually, you don’t need it. But … there is at least one edge case: If a theme file is a template part, and it is using global variables from the calling context (parent file), and register_globals is on, and it is just using these variables without any security check … … an attacker can call … Read more
Plupload can fall back to HTML4 (form submission) file uploads. Just define the runtime to be HTML4 in the js runtime parameters. I know the following plugin is using Plupload so I would probably just look at their source. Do not copy but I would use it to help get yourself going. http://www.tn3gallery.com/
The base question is: Do you intend to upgrade the HTML5 reset theme in the future, and if so, would you like your themes to inherit that functionality? If so, then a child theme is the way to go. If not, then constructing a new theme is the way to go. Personally, I avoid child … Read more
I have found the answer for myself actually. Yes, I love the fact that bbPress is not obtrusive! It almost doesn’t matter at all how I am trying integrate BuddyPress here. So this narrow downs to customise bbPress template when installed as a plugin to WordPress. The answer is here: http://codex.bbpress.org/legacy/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-custom-bbpress-theme/ Thanks for Zaerl on … Read more
If your IP problem is solved that’s great did you try the option in word press setting->discussion->Enable threaded (nested) comments ? Might solve your DB problem As well if works.
If space were the only problem you could simply enqueue a css file to the admin area with these lines to expand the width of the customizer panel from the usual 300px to 500px: .wp-full-overlay-sidebar {width 500px !important;} .wp-full-overlay.expanded {margin-left:500px !important;} Hey, you could even enqueue a js file to insert a button to toggle … Read more
You need to make sure your menu is properly registered in your functions.php and then activated in the WP Dashboard. add_action( ‘init’, register_nav_menu( ‘navigation’, __( ‘Navigation’ ) ) ); Otherwise I was just facing a long list of empty bullet points. http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus