Just came across this ebook on the net that describes how you can install the multiblog version of Wordpress. Go to this blogpost to download it. Just click on the link in the text.

WordPress 2.8.4 is out for downloading.

This is a great way to secure your webfolders on the webserver if you have a static IP-adress Internet access.

Put in this code below into a .htaccess file:

AuthName “Access only for webmaster”
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 12.345.678.90
</Limit>

Change 12.345.678.90 with your real IP-adress…

If you have a Wordpress install, put this code into a .htaccess file in the “wp-admin” folder. This will lock out all others than you.

Wordpress has a great system for updating your plugins in WP-admin. You log on and notices the red mark with the number on plugins that need to be updated (see the screenshot below).

Just click on the “plugins” link to go to the pluginpage in Wordpress. You will notice this on the plugins that need update (see screenshot below).

And you click “upgrade automatically” and this screen show up (see screenshot below).

You’re done. Easy right…?

Well, version 2.8 fixes over 790 bugs. The reason I like WP is that it’s a easy blog platform to use, config, mantain and also update. I don’t have to find the pluginpage, download the zipped plugin, unzip it, upload it to the plugin folder. Just click one link and that’s it. To update the core it self is a couple of clicks more. A database upgrade is required, but that’s easy. WP handles it all. Afterwards you have to login again for a reason I don’t know.

The plugin section has changed from two section with enabled and disabled plugins to all plugins in one list. Did not like the grey color on the deactivated ones, but I can tweak that in “wp-admin.css” I think. See the screenshot of the new layout below.

Below is the old layout of the enabled plugins in WP 2.7.1. I like it better. Must be because of the green color. I think I’m going to tweak the “wp-admin.css” to show that color of the enabled plugins and a soft blue one on the disabled plugins.

Also the widget section has been improved with another type of handling the addition of widgets to the sidebars. It has become more streamlined and faster to use. But, it looks so boring with all the grey. Just look at the screenshot below.

I have to fix the CSS-tweaks again (mentioned in the 3 last blogentries), but that just a minor thing.

Plugins is working great (still!). No problems there. Just don’t activate to many. I got some errors trying to activate too many. Don’t know why. I guess it going to be fixed in 2.8.1. I certainly hope so.

Read more about what 2.8 has to offer.

I was to edit and set up a new blogentry for tomorrow (Wednesday) then I noticed the word “draft” in the list over all saved and published blogentries. It’s not to notisable, so I figured: “Why don’t I change it to another color like red.”

And I decided to make a new blogentry out of it too.

So I did just that. Easy. First I checked the HTML sourcecode (as I did in the 2 previous blogentries about wordpress: here and here. But forgot to write how I did it.)

Just rightclick to open the menu and click “view sourcecode” or something similar. Do a search for the word “draft”. You’ll find this piece of HTML code: <span class=’post-state’>Draft</span>. That’s it.

I don’t want explain how it is buildt or how it is working. I recommend you read Wikipedia on HTML and CSS. It’s better explained there.

The CSS code to put in would look something like:
span.post-state {color: red;}
And it to be placed at the top in the file:
“wp-admin.css” in the “wp-admin” folder.

A quick screenshot of the code below:

Insert that and you’ll see the differense in the 2 screenshots below:

First as the orginal below:

And modified:

Should be a no brainer for the geeks…