Category Techno

Posts and tutorials on web technologies, opensource software, and CMS such as WordPress and SPIP

WordPress MU: the database Published by Emmanuel, On 16 February 2010,
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The merger between WordPress and WordPress MU will be official with the version 3.0 of WordPress, which is scheduled for next April. So I continue to visit WordPress MU, taking in this time a developer point of view. We will discuss the differences between WMPU and the “standard” version of WordPress.
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In brief: Monopolies are fragile Published by Emmanuel, On 29 January 20102 Comments

77% of mobile phones sold by Orange in France during Christmas, was an iPhone.

Ok, it is just a statistic on a single operator, and only France, but this number shows that no dominant position, no monopoly is definitive:

  • If we look back 4 or 5 years ago, the major players were Nokia and Ericsson, which left only crumbs to the competition. Today we’re talking about HTC, Samsung, LG, BlackBerry, … Apple and sometimes about Nokia, and Ericsson.
  • From operating system point of view, we were talking about the scarecrow Windows Mobile, Symbian, and less often about PalmOS and Linux. Today, PalmOS is dead, Symbian is dying slowly, and who speak about Windows Mobile compared to the system of Apple, and Android …
WordPress 2.9: a lead to manage thumbnails for old posts Published by Emmanuel, On 25 January 2010,
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Before version 2.9, the bigger majority of us using custom fields to manage the thumbnails associated with posts. Based on a plugin, or a small development, this management was relatively simple. With version 2.9, WordPress can now attach a thumbnail to each post or page. So, users will have a choice: adopt the new management, or keep the current one. Both cases will be difficult to manage in the future. But is it possible to convert old posts and thumbnails to the new system?
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WordPress MU: Overview Published by Emmanuel, On 12 January 2010,
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During last june, WordPress’ creators announced the “merge” of WordPress and WordPress MU. We have still no date, but since the version 2.7, evolutions of these two platforms are synchronized.
To anticipate this merge, I am interested in this MU branch, trying to see if it could open up new possibilities in terms of application, plugins, …
Before discussing about application’s potential, we have, in a first step, to discover it, what I propose in this post series. On the menu of the first issue: presentation of WordPress MU.
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WordPress 2.9 and EG plugins Published by Emmanuel, On 10 December 2009,
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The Beta 2 of WordPress 2.9 is available since last week. The release of the official version is very soon. So, it’s time for me checking the compatibility of my plugins with this new version of this blog engine. I give you also some information about what is planned for the next weeks.
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