If you run any WordPress blogs, be sure to upgrade your software to the latest version (2.8.4 as of this writing) to avoid an exploit which may place your blog or web site at risk. See the article at “Lorelle on WordPress” for more info. Either use the upgrade link on your WordPress blog’s control panel, or download and install the latest stable version.
Tag: wordpress
2009-09-08
2008-07-16
Turning Off WordPress “Smart Quotes”
I just realized today that WordPress was converting my “straight” quotes into directional or so-called “smart” quotes. While this may be nice for nontechnical blogs, it’s a pain in a programming-related blog. It can make a block of sample code useless when you copy and paste it until you go through it and convert those directional quotes back into the straight quotes normally used in most programming languages.
Fortunately, a little Googling quickly found this forum entry with a suggested fix. I used Otto42′s suggestion:
2008-07-03
WordPress Upgrade
I just completed the upgrade to WordPress version 2.5.1. (WordPress is the application which runs this blog.) It was a relatively painless process, and as it includes an important security fix, I recommend anyone else out there using WordPress perform the upgrade as soon as possible.
So far everything appears to be working fine, and hopefully it will have no effect on my readers (if there are any).