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January 26th, 2007

Upgrading WordPress to 2.1: Fixing the ecto Category Problem

Problem found and resolved.

I use ecto to post to all of my blog-based Web sites. It’s a great offline post composition/editing tool that gives me all of the tools I need to get the job done.

Yesterday, I updated our WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide companion Web site to WordPress 2.1 Today, I

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January 26th, 2007

Upgrading WordPress to 2.1: Fixing Link Lists

An unexpected side effect to upgrading.

This afternoon, I did my first WordPress 2.0.4 to WordPress 2.1 upgrade. The site I chose for the upgrade was the companion Web site for the WordPress book I co-authored with Miraz Jordan, WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide.

I followed the official WordPress Upgrading Instructions. (I am

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