delta from the root

Function “esc_url” referenced in a past post does not need to be modified if the URL is a location away from the root of the website: “/csalaz/csalaz.html” is equivalent to “../csalaz.html”. Therefore I have changed the return URL from the blog to the first link and am no longer modifying the function in “formatting.php”. My… Continue reading delta from the root

inefficiency in the WordPress 3.0 Custom Link system

Below I noted WordPress 3.0’s new ability to create custom links. One small item that bothered me was the fact the WordPress 3.0 forced the link to be of the form “http://…” When I plugged in a direct link “../csalaz.html”, WordPress forced a change to “http://../csalaz.html”, which is nonsense. I dislike inefficiency, so I found… Continue reading inefficiency in the WordPress 3.0 Custom Link system

a typo caused crash

I updated a post below (“WordPress hacked”) more than a week ago and committed a typographical error. I never knew about the error in the embedded HTML until May 14th when my blog main page started displaying funny. An administrative change I made to the web log triggered the errant behavior somehow, the exact cause—unknown.… Continue reading a typo caused crash