The eleven step process includes making a work directory (so you don't copy over your current install and all of its lovely plugins and templates) and copying over a few key files to update to the latest release:

• Copy blog.original/wp-content/plugins to blog/wp-content/plugins
• Copy blog.original/wp-content/themes to blog/wp-content/themes
• Copy blog.original/wp-content/uploads to blog/wp-content/uploads
• Copy blog.original/wp-config.php to blog/wp-config.php
• Copy blog.original/.htaccess to blog/.htacces

For more information on upgrading your WordPress installation, check out this entry on their wiki.

From their blog:

We have long talked about 'bringing blogging to the masses' and today we have released a new version of fav.or.it which we think moves a quite a few steps towards that goal. We hope that we have firstly simplified the interaction with blogosphere and in turn made it accessible to a whole new audience. And for the more tech aware users we hope we have a raft of features that will also appeal.

Some of the more important things the site can do include conversation tracking, identity management, simple and easy to use searching, integrated commenting and much more. Check out Nick's list for more great features or just make a login and check it out for yourself.

These are the most visible sign of a new feature on the site: registered members now have their own blog on the site, and blogging about a manual update, community story or recent page is just one click away.

Clicking on the "small, dark, lowercase 'b' marks" on their site (when logged in, of course) will allow users to blog about a specific item or piece of content on the site. You can still create free-form posts, but this is a shortcut to prepopulating some of the details about the content without having to cut and paste or type it in yourself.

Check out the PHP-GTK Community site and check out this post for more information on how you can get started.

The idea is to give the owner of the blog the ability to manage the blog by being able to remove users and articles as required, or to alter the status of users by upgrading them to admin status or banning them. It is also a place where the administrator can start new topics that will then garner their own replies.

They go through the creation of the main admin script (functionality managed with a switch statement, including other external PHP files) and the functions that go in each of those individual files to make things work - managing messages, managing users, and managing categories.

In this three-part tutorial we are going to be creating an open blogging system. We are also going to provide scripts that will make it possible to switch to a closed blogging system. This article, which is the first part, will cover the creation of the login scripts for a closed system.

They start with a definition, the difference between an open blogging system and a closed one (if users have to register or not). They start with the creation of the database to store the users in followed by the PHP code for the simple login page. It uses sessions to keep track of which user is logged in. Of course, where there's a log in, there needs to be a log out and they give the simple code for that. Finally, they include a "forgot your password" script to help users when they can't remember the info they'd signed up with.

Rob Richards is the author of Pro PHP XML and Web Services. He literally wrote the book on using PHP and XML together. At php|works, he is leading a tutorial on using XML in web services using the DOM extension.

If you ever get a chance to hear Rob do a presentation, let me warn you, it is not for the faint of heart. As I learned last night when I sat down with Rob to record an interview, Rob likes to speak on leading edge and advanced topics. This tutorial is an excellent example of that philosophy.

Cal talks more about the content of the talk - its simplicity despite the complex topic, how much info is jammed in, and the fact that it's not just one giant pitch for Rob's book.

The Serendipity Team is proud to announce the final release version of Serendipity 1.0, an advanced and flexible blogging/cms web application. With its comprehensive feature set, including multiple authors, internationalization, templated output, and an open plugin architecture, Serendipity's stable 1.0 release is ready to become the most popular Web application in the world!

You can get the full story in their latest blog post today, including the latest bugfixes, how to upgrade your current installation, the future of the project, and, of course, the "thank you"s going out to all those that helped.

You can download this latest release directly from their site.

The list includes:

• PHPNuke (general)
• Drupal (general)
• Coppermine (images)
• WordPress (blogging)
• phpBB (forums)

Tim includes links to all of the resources and screenshots of each package in action. It's interesting to have a summary of some of the more major offerings lined up like this - a good starting place to branch from for other CMS research.

After looking at Gregarius last month, this time it's b2evolution's turn to be in the spotlight. b2evolution is blogging software (and more), written in PHP and MySQL, released under the GNU GPL, and it's what I use for my personal blog.

The online documentation is pretty poor for an Open Source project, with somewhat outdated information, nor does it have the friendliest of forums, but the application itself is good, so hopefully this tutorial will be helpful to some.

He starts off with a bit of history about the software, followed by the requirements and installation instructions to help you get started. From there, it's all internal components like the administration of the posts, how to post a new item, the "extended text" option, trackbacks, antispam, etc. He looks at each, explaining what they are and how b2evolution implements them.]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:00:58 -0600 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4826 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4826 Harry Fuecks is attending the PHP Conference UK and has posted this new item on the SitePoint PHP Blog with his thoughts so far.

So made it back to Britain and met up with the PHP London group last night as the warm up to todays conference.

All I can say is if you're in London and not getting to the PHP London meetups, you're missing out. Attendance varies but usually ten regulars on a low turn out up to 30 on a good night (like when Rasmus drops by).

He's also included a "live" blogging session, noting that the crowd bumped up to around 160 visitors and a mention of the talk that Derick Rethans is giving on the eZ components. There's some pictures included as well, including a shot of the (rather large) crowd.]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:04:48 -0600