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Automatic updates in WordPress
With the release of WordPress 2.7 on 11th December, I was facing a problem: Manual plugin updates don’t seem to be provided for anymore. To date, I had always downloaded my plugins using the download link in the backend and then moved them to my server via FTP, because the automatic update had never worked for me…
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PageRank 1!
While I was scribblig my two posts yesterday, my eye suddenly got caught by the status bar of my Firefox. That is where the addon “Google PageRank Status“ is located, which shows you the current Google PageRank of the sites you are surfing to. In short, the PageRank is a value that indicates the popularity…
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ä�ö�ü�ß – Those damned special characters!
Who doesn’t know the annoying problem with special characters being displayed wrongly (or not at all) on websites… In my case today, it was a Windows computer that wouldn’t display some special characters on various sites, although it worked on other computers with identical browsers. As often before, the solution seems so simple to me…
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The calamitous spelling debacle collective post
Everyone who knows me knows that I set great value upon spelling. Whether old or new German spelling rules is not that important – but you should at least command one of them. The internet has long since become a Petri dish for orthography-resistant word mutations, and time and time again, I stumble over amusing,…
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Rain can be so beautiful!
Autumn has come and with it gray cloud covers, coldness, wetness and seasonal depression. In order to lift the minds and to show that rain has its upsides, too, I’ll publish an excerpt from my waterdrop gallery which developed over several months. Furthermore I’ve added a few photos that don’t have anything to do with…
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Xanten
Today I was in the Roman city Xanten, of which I had only seen the archeological park so far. Now it was about time to have a look at the rest of the city. It’s not too big, but every two meters there’s something to discover. Of course the Xanten Cathedral St. Victor is especially…