As I logged on to my WordPress Dashboard this morning, I found out that WPML version 1.0.2 had been released! Unfortunately the automatic upgrade didn’t work in one go. Automatic reactivation of the upgrade plugin failed, but when I manually activated it afterwards, it worked. It looks a tiny bit fast than the old version… Now I have to go and see if I can find the Change Log. WPML is a WordPress plugin that allows you to make your WordPress multilingual. Not its content (although there is a built-in option that allows you to have your posts translated by a human in exchange for a little money), but the plugin is a technical solution that allows you to translate your posts and everything else that’s required to make your visitors experience your blog in their language.
Author Archives: Dae Punt
#WordPress #Development
Do you have a (number of) WordPress blog(s), like I do and would you like to be(come) involved in WordPress development? Consider switching your blog to a Development Version, enabling you to see what lies ahead of us. I’m currently running 2.8.1-beta1. You can find the version number at the bottom of your Dashboard. Simply adjust a file called version.php and you’re ready to go! Use the WordPress’ Auto Update feature to update your site to the latest version. Note: Development Versions are built almost every night. Be sure to check your version on a day-to-day basis. Also, bear in mind that we’re talking Development here. When you discover a bug, report it, so it can be dealt with. Happy hunting!
@WPML breaks #PressIt! bookmarklet for #WordPress. Hey dude, where’s my post?!? #wtf
I was just reporting my discovery of WPML, when I found out that the built-in PressIt! bookmarklet doesn’t work in combination with WPML. My post had disappeared, so I decided to report this phenomenon first and then rewrite my bilingual post on WPML… 🙁
Come on, Dae! This is not bad. This is the best way to learn and never forget 🙂
Besides: Rewriting an article gives you more time to think things over and come back stronger with a better post…
BTW: I recopied/repasted the bookmarklet (maybe WPML had changed it and I needed new, updated code) and retried with a test post, but nothing happened, although my WP-to-Twitter Plugin picked it up and posted a broken link on Twitter… Delete tweet and copying this post to my clipboard this time, in case something goes wrong… I’ll be back!
Edit: I had WPML Setting “Language name as a parameter”, but switching it to “Different languages in directories” restored WP-to-Twitter functionality. Yay! 🙂
Now I need to thing if I really want double tweets for every bilingual post… It does give me the opportunity to name my posts in the language they’re written in and get them tweeted in the same way. I’m just not sure if I will end up having a dutch Twitter account and an english one. I have a feeling the world isn’t ready yet for multilingual weblogs in conjunction with Twitter… What do yóu think?
#Sophos IT Vigilante? #wtf
I reported about Sophos Anti Virus in Klingon earlier, to find out today that Sophos has a new IT Vigilante page! Is Sophos tired of being taken seriously? Has their web server been hacked or hijacked? Or is this the new vision on Corporate Anti Virus Professionalism?