Trying to get on the easy log-in bandwagon, I finally found a plug-in that allows (and actually works) users to log in using 3rd party accounts like Google, Yahoo, Openid, Blogger, etc. You’ll notice on the right side of the page a new section called 3rd party log-ins. I tested it and found it to be functional with a few caveats. If you are already a registered user, your log-in will still function from the sidebar or the log-in page.
Caveat #1
If for some reason leaving a comment invokes the captcha test, you will see the captcha but you’ll see some funny code regarding my header failing to load. Don’t fret, after you pass the captcha just reload my blog page and you’ll see your comment. This was already happening as I use a hack to rotate my header images.
Caveat #2
Sadly,I could not get the Facebook login to work. I tried very hard but it was beyond my understanding and I didn’t have the time or patience to sort thru it. I may revisit it later, but I have removed that option for now. Anyone familiar w/Facebook’s API’s and/or the RPX plugin I’m using, feel free to help a brother out. :p ***Update – I got it working, you can log-in using Facebook. It will not currently post activity to your wall but its a start. ***
Caveat #3
And lastly, none of the social log-ins will allow you access to hidden content on my blog. Gasp! I know. lol I can’t change that at current. There is no hand-off built in to allow private content on WordPress. Not that it really matters as I haven’t really been adding much of anything in that arena lately.
If you have any trouble, please email me directly at my email link, bottom right of page.
Not being a PHP guru, I have given up trying to figure out why the import/export function of WP didn’t work correctly. After an exhaustive search of the forums, it seems to be a bug. It could also be related to the very reason I decided to start a fresh install of WP. In my first attempt, I was able to import 2005-2007. This is exactly where I encountered problems a couple years ago (and ever since) with upgrading WP versions.
Luckily, the old archive page was rendered with the full links so I was able to just copy/paste into a new page here. This neatly solves the problem w/o a whole lot of fuss!
It looks like my reasons for starting with a fresh install were justified. When I imported last night, I got all of the posts thru 2007 but nothing beyond that. Obviously, that wasn’t gonna work so I deleted them from the new installation. I’m still tinkering with ways to import so they may come back into this installation.
There was a point during one upgrade around that time something funky happened. I think my DB got corrupted somehow. Every upgrade on my old blog since has had problems. The irony is all my old categories came thru onto this one. WordPress as a blogging platform has matured signficantly since then so I’m happy with the newest version.
Never fear the old blog is still active under blog.mobius.name (or the long url of www.mobius.name/blog/) and will remain so. I’ll probably come up with a way to pull the archive into this blog. After reading the support forum files there were some serious issues w/the export/import option for larger blogs like mine. I knew that going into it so no surprise there.
Anyway, it is a new year and a new blog. This template is only temporary until I settle on one I really like. Things will be missing or odd for a couple weeks till I get settled probably.
I also plan to manage the user list more closely in this one. The last group got so weildy as to be a mess. There will still be content restricted to registered users but that will be a few weeks. lol
Wish me luck?
Well, if you have arrived at this post, you have either correctly updated your links to my blog or you bounced over from the old blog. Either way, welcome back!
Never fear, I plan to import all of the old stuff. The old blog archive can be found here.
Things may look a little funny for a few day. Give a boy time for christ’s sake! lol
If you link here in any fashion, please take a moment to update your link for me if you haven’t already done so. I have decided to fold my main domain and my blog into one site. I will keep the old .name link active but only as an archive in the event the export/import of my existing posts fails. Once I switch over completely, no new entries will show under the old domain(s).
The new link is http://www.sfmoby.us
While I’m at it, I am working with a fresh installation of WordPress. My current DB has become quite cluttered with old tables left behind by deleted and unused plug-ins. With the advent of v2.7, this will become obsolete as they are incorporating an option to “uninstall” a plug-in vs just deleting its operating files.
I will attempt to import all of my existing database however, if that doesn’t work I will simply keep the old link alive as an archive. 1
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