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Month: October 2009

  • Is WordPress automatic install / upgrade compatible with a SVN deployment of WordPress?

    Question: Is the built-in WordPress automatic install / upgrade process compatible with a SVN deployment of WordPress? Short answer: Yes. Ever since WordPress came out with the automatic upgrade functionality in 2.7 I’ve hesitated to use it since the majority of our client installs are deployed using Subversion (svn) and I wasn’t sure how it…

  • Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize – Congratulations!

    Congratulations to President Barack Obama on winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize! 2009 Nobel Peace Prize press release: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation…

  • How to disallow browsing of .svn directories on your server

    If you deploy projects live out of Subversion repositories to public web servers, here’s a good tip for denying access to the .svn directories to keep people from snooping around your files. Edit your global Apache config file (httpd.conf) or .htaccess file to include the following directive: # Disallow any .svn directory browsing <directory ~…

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