I just installed the WordPress app for my iPod Touch. It looks great so far. It seems to automatically detects if you have SSL available, and, if you do, it will send all requests over SSL.
After using Download Monitor (a WP plugin), I noticed there was a little annoying bug in uploader.php, which prevented me from using the post uploader form.
To fix, find (in uploader.php):
<option value=""><?php _e('N/A',"wp-download_monitor"); ?></option>
Replace with:
<option value="0"><?php _e('N/A',"wp-download_monitor"); ?></option>
Another minor bug is that there was a missing space when using the download short code (link titles looked like VersionNumHere instead of Version NumHere).
To fix, find (in wp-download_monitor.php):
$format = '<a class="downloadlink" href="{url}" title="{version,"'.__("Version","wp-download_monitor").'", ""} '.__("downloaded","wp-download_monitor").' {hits} '.__("times","wp-download_monitor").'" >{title} ({hits})</a>';
Replace with:
$format = '<a class="downloadlink" href="{url}" title="{version,"'.__("Version","wp-download_monitor").' ", ""} '.__("downloaded","wp-download_monitor").' {hits} '.__("times","wp-download_monitor").'" >{title} ({hits})</a>';
After noticing that my blog didn’t load as fast as I’d like, I installed WP-Cache.
Once I installed it, I went to it’s settings page, to be greeted with a page that said “Main settings” and nothing else.
Figuring file permissions were messed up, I started looking around. After finding that wp-content and wp-config.php were supposed to be writable, I took care of it, and I still had the same problem.
After looking around on the web, I found that if run on Windows, a few special steps were required.
With WP-Cache 2.1.2, the following steps worked for me (the original steps can be found here).
In the referenced version, I performed the edits indicated here. It seems like the ob_end_clean() issue was fixed in the latest release of WP-Cache.
If any of you have used OS web applications, you know that setup and configuration can sometimes trigger extended hair removal sessions (read pull hair out).
WordPress is the exact opposite. Installation took, as their readme said, five minutes. I could’ve stopped there, and started blogging right away.
After installing a theme, a gallery plugin, and changing some configuration items, the blog is ready to go. I’ve probably spent an hour tweaking the blog since I installed it.That’s nothing compared to what I’ve had to do with other web apps in the past.
The interface for WP’s admin backend is pretty impressive, and everything seems to “just work”.
That’s all for now.