McAleavy.org

I’ve just upgraded to WordPress 2.8.4 and Domain Mirror is working without any issues.

I’ve just been somewhat surprised to see Domain Mirror at position 586 on a list of the top 1000 most downloaded WordPress plugins. This has reminded me that I have a new version that allows different post categories to be shown on each site. If anyone is interested in testing it give me a shout.

I’ve also been looking at updating the ancient version that’s posted in the Wordpress Plugin Directory, but because of the way the repository packages things I would need to rename it so that it will automatically install into the correct directory. There would also be issues with the config.inc.php file being overwritten during updates unless I can figure out how to detect it’s presence from within the plugin.

Both of these issues are likely to cause breakage with the first auto-update, so if you’re using the plugin let me know and I’ll make sure you have an updated version before I update the repository. That way I can avoid breaking mirrors all over the place.

Browsers

I seem to have fixed my rendering problems with IE6, but for some reason I can’t get my embedded Animoto video to show in that browser. Grumble.

One interesting statistic from Google Analytics is that Firefox is by far the most common browser used to visit my site. This is A Very Good Thing.

• 58.41% – Firefox
• 24.09% – Internet Explorer
• 10.34% – Safari

I just discovered that my home page doesn’t render properly in Internet Explorer 6. I don’t use Internet Explorer at all and the only Windows system I use regularly runs IE7, so I hadn’t noticed. So I guess it’s time to fire up Parallels and test things in as many browser configurations as possible. Oh joy…

I’ve now been running Wordpress 2.7-RC1 here for several days and have had no issues with my Domain Mirror plugin – so if you’re planning an upgrade you shouldn’t have any problems.

I’ve finally gotten around to upgrading my site to WordPress 2.6.1 and was expecting to have problems. I had a big comment queue about problems with with my Domain Mirror plugin and Wordpress 2.6, but haven’t had the time to sort it out (sorry). But now I’m running 2.6.1 and I’m not seeing any problems.

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