Would you believe? Another Update before I even get the last one fixed! –>WordPress 2.5.1! and I made some changes to my editing/writing panel. will they work in the new update? Can I find them again?

I didn’t post about them right away. Okay, found it. Here’s the –>WordPress 2.5 hack to fix the write panel. special thanks to Judy at PersistantIllusion.com, she surely ‘knitted together’ a great hack for the administration.

I’m using a new browser that is lots easier to use: Camino. Only for Macs though.

Also if you are having problems with the Add Media and Media Manager, check out this post on the –>forum by Otto42, I used the no-flash-uploader plugin listed at the bottom. I loved it so much, I checked out –>his blog, and invited him to connect on LinkedIn.

The newest upgrade is not available on my host’s Fantastico yet, though I know Moderators and Developers always say to do a ‘Manual’ upgrade/update. I’m too cowardly to try it. And, considering how fast this new upgrade came up and how many complaints on the –>Wordpress forum, I think I’ll wait awhile. And I’m not updating/upgrading my other –>WordPress blog yet, it’s already messed up for no reason that I could see. Maybe Firefox messed with it.

René O’Deay

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Here we go. I’ve been putting this off. Another upgrade and all the problems that go with it. I’ll be working this today and will update this post to let you know how it goes. Hope my Anubis Neopet Theme still works.

UPDATE: 7 hours later and I’m still not done. Well. Do Not Use Firefox to Upgrade!

Don’t UPGRADE!

Don’t UPGRADE to WordPress 2.5! Warning! Wait! Wait! Another Update is already online!

Media Loss! Doesn’t work! BAD! BAD! Bad!

I’m so screwed!

the only way to get Media to add is to handcode it as the “Add Media” button doesn’t work. A popup lightbox starts to load then goes to a page where images are listed with ‘Show’ links that do not work. Haven’t tried the upload method, but I am not inspired.
Here’s a little animated banner I made for Tales of King Tut:

Here’s the same image with the popup lightbox added? And of course it won’t work since the media editor is all messed up.

There are complaints all over the WordPress Forum. See for yourself another blog rant. There is a small inkling that these problems might be fixed in a ‘new upgrade’. Shudder!

Trying to add –>Syndicate Links in the Sidebar. My theme does not use sidebar widgets. Everything has to be handcoded. but I like my theme. So does Tut and Paaten.
Easier look for the –>Add Me links at the bottom of posts, but cannot figure out how to add or delete icons and sites, yet.

More adds include the –>RSS Footer to keep from getting ‘Scraped’. UserOnline is interesting.

Will add more links later.

So what do you think about my new widgets and whatchits? “UserOnline”, ‘OthersOnline’, ‘Spread the word’ and ‘Syndicate’?

Oh, please let me know what you think!

René O’Deay

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Well, it worked alright.
But only because I used Lester Chan’s –>WordPress DatabaseManager plugin.

Talk about panic. I was ready for a drink. took a break. I had run two back-ups, plus Fantastico ran one too.
but they now want money (!$) to back up for you. Was it a warning?

When I reloaded my blog, the header, three items in the sidebar and nothing else showed up!

This never happened before on an upgrade! But every upgrade has had its problems, some taking literally weeks to solve.

So went to my plugins, reactivated the WP-DatabaseManager plugin. Went to the Database panel, and ran Repair DB.
Like magic. ooh la la. All my posts and sidebar and footer widgets were back. Yeay! Even my active plugins were reactivated and I was still in WP 2.3.3! it did not revert.

I gotta buy him a beer!

René

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—>René ODeay gBlog: Tut’s Mummy Moved
Yesterday morning I cried. I didn’t know why until I checked my forum on Glyphdoctors.com.

They took King Tut out of his sarcophagus and his gold-covered coffin that Howard Carter and the Egyptian Museum left him in after stripping his tomb and his body.

And left King Tut in a plain wooden box under glass with his bare head and bare feet exposed to all who pay the extra fee to see him.

So what about the golden diadem and beaded skullcap that Carter had left on Tut’s head? What happened to those?

And what about the last gold-covered coffin that had been his resting place since the rest of his tomb had been plundered by the ‘authorities’?

More Photos on —>Fox News

There has been mixed reactions to these developments from the public and on blogs and forums.

No news yet on the “Left-Behind Baskets.”

Please feel free to add your comments here, as I would like to know how others feel about this.

René O’Deay

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René has gotten super-busy here in New Orleans. And we have a query almost ready to go. Even have some research done on the Publishing Houses that might be highly interested in this new novel.

We are looking for a Champion editor or agent who will help us get this historical novel published in the manner it deserves.

Here is our second draft of:

The Absolutely Amazing Query

Dear Editor,
Dear Super Agent,

As we continue to part the veils of the distant past in search of our last sane moment, more documentaries and more published findings are made available to the public. The mysteries surrounding the world’s first superstar remain a global obssession.

He was the Master Magician and dominant King of his world, 3,300 years ago. And, guess what? He is still. Everybody knows his name. He pulls in millions every year, millions of tourists to Egypt and visitors to museums and exhibits, book and reproduction sales.

For the very first time in the history of literature, the mysteries of the King of Egypt who has captured the imagination of the world since Howard Carter discovered his tomb in 1922 are portrayed in a manner to satisfy even the most jaded of Egyptologists.

Since you represent/published XYZ and the books: (twa).
I present the fictional life and death of the Eternal Superstar: King Tut, for your consideration.

Sun Child, Prince of Egypt
Tales of King Tut: Book One
Author: René O’Deay
Word count: 89,000
Genre: Adult Historical Fiction-Ancient Egypt
Manuscript format: PDF, easy to read with chapter bookmarks. 1.6 MB
Markets: Harry Potter Fans & Ancient Egypt/King Tut Fans

Contact Info:
Author: René O’Deay
PO Box 2343
Marrerro, LA 70073-2343

cell phone: 971-239-9894
house phone: 504-328-3113
email: rene.odeay@gmail.com

Know a Champ? Let us know.

Tutankhamen & René

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