by WebKeyDesign | Jan 29, 2007 | WordPress
I had a slight problem with the WordPress 2.1 upgrade, that I traced to defect #3669. However even after I applied the patch code from the defect, I still had problems. I ended up having to live with P tags inside my DIV tags. The problem was that depending on how I inputted a DIV tag in my posting, WordPress would automatically add a P tag inside the DIV, but would not close it properly. I noticed it only because it messed up the look of some of my advertisement blocks. The patch fixed the problem with the paragraph tag closing, but to fix my rendering, I had to actually add to my CSS stylesheet code.
Other than this slight issue, the 2.1 upgrade went well. It is even slightly faster than 2.0.6.
by WebKeyDesign | Jan 18, 2007 | Internet Explorer
When it comes to Internet Explorer, there is one feature that is not particularly useful for web developers. Both IE 6 and the newer version 7, have a feature that overrides error messages sent from the web server to the browser. This feature takes effect any time an error message is less than 512 bytes long. To turn off this feature, you need to bring up Internet Options and go to the Advanced tab, under the Browsing section you will find: Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages. You need to clear this setting and now IE will display all error messages sent from the server.
Note that most web servers send 404 error messages that are less that 512 bytes, by default.
