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  • WordPress 2.7.1 auto upgrade fix

    I discovered last night that the auto-upgrade function to take WordPress 2.7 to 2.7.1 failed – or rather it sat at the “downloading wordpress-2.7.1.zip” message indefinitely.

    At the auto-upgrade is a new feature of 2.7, I had never been able to test this functionality, although I had high expectations of it since the plugin upgrade has worked so well.

    After searching the forums and Google for a while I found bassmadrigal’s solution – modify .htaccess for the WordPress installation in question and add:

    AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

    Works fine, and the auto upgrade of plugins stills works too.

    The science bit

    Using 1and1 as a host requires this directive in .htaccess as detailed in the WordPress codex. It forces the 1and1 server to parse .php files as php5 files (instead of, presumably, php4).

    I had this before my upgrade to 2.7 (OK, technically a re-installation) and unfortunately the baby got thrown out with the bathwater.

  • 1and1 contract secret

    Shhh, 1and1 don’t want you to know this, but…
    … you can cancel or amend contracts at
    contract.1and1.co.uk
    As far as I can tell, this information is not to be found on the admin.1and1.co.uk FAQ or Help pages. I had to complete an online support request to find this info.
    Once you are in, it’s easy – so I have started the process of releasing four unwanted domain names.

    Update 2nd December 2010: the URL has changed to cancel.1and1.co.uk – still not well documented.