If you’ve implemented the Shared User Table trick in WordPress by defining CUSTOM_USER_TABLE and CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE in your wp-config file, then you’ve probably realized there is a serious draw back to this approach when building a blog network: Users who sign up on one blog do not get any privileges on any of the other blogs in your network. This is by design, but you don’t have to leave it at that.
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Sometimes you need to move folders around, and when they are under version control, this can cause problems. If you’re feeling lazy and don’t want to svn export, then run this from the folder you want to scrub:
find . -name .svn | xargs rm -rf
Here’s a video of me explaining BarCamp to the folks at The Orlando Scene session at BlogOrlando 3.
Video after the jump.
Want to quickly add all missing files to an SVN repository from the command line? Here’s a recipe to do just that:
svn st | awk '{print "svn add "$2 }' | bash
Perform a check in, so that all modified files, and other file statuses are cleared, then you just pipe svn status into awk, which will prepare the svn add statements, and then pipe those into your shell to actually fire off the commands. Leave off the | bash part at first to make sure everything looks good to you, and then fire away.
Building a custom theme for WordPress can be hard. Sure you get full control over ever square inch of your markup, but there are lots of variables and little tricks you have to remember to implement in order for your theme to support all of the WordPress features. Enter K2, a fantastic theme framework that you can use to CSS your way to a beautiful custom theme while providing a clean upgrade path so you can keep your WordPress installation secure and up to date. This presentation will show you how you can create the blog design of your dreams, using a single style sheet, and will be off interest to technical and non-technical users alike.
Register for Blog Orlando and let me show you how to CSS your way to a custom Word Press theme in K2.
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