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Worldcup 2010 – Impressions From Hannover, Germany
We’ve just entered the Quarter Finals by beating the English world cup team with an awesome official 4:1 – and an inofficial 4:2 if you count the English goal that bounced off of the top post behind the line, but wasn’t declared a goal (which was just a justified compensation for the “Wembley Goal” [de|en|YouTube] in 1966). BTW: I am always amazed by how quickly the Wikipedia articles are updated – especially the English ones… Here are some impressions from Hannover, Germany: (Feel free to leave some links or opinions to YOUR impressions in the comment section.) [Update from 2010-07-03] Here are some more impressions – this time after Germany made their way into the Semi-Finals by “annihilating” the Argentinians 4:0: [Update from 2010-07-07] “You can’t always get what you … Read entire article »
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Disqus Comments Not Yet Working With Ping-/Trackbacks
It seems like the Disqus Comment System plugin for WordPress does not import ping- and trackbacks, yet (see this link). Quoting the response to my eMail that I wrote to the Disqus Heldpesk: Hi Marco, Trackbacks are currently not being included as comments, we’re sorry for the inconvenience. We’re looking into right now and will be addressed in one of our upcoming updates. You can catch these updates on our blog at http://blog.disqus.com Thanks, Ryan (end of quote) It seems as if we have to wait a little longer for that feature. [Update from 2010-07-09] Until they have found a method to include ping-/trackbacks, I will use a little workaround based on the WordPress database. [Update from 2011-01-03] It seems like the Disqus Comment System had a major overhaul, which … Read entire article »
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WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” Released!
WordPress 3.0 is out now! You can download it here. Also, check out the official WordPress Blog for what’s new in WP 3.0. Here’s a little video: … Read entire article »
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Disqus, Changed Comments And Facebook Connect
June 28th, 2010 | View Comments
I recently had the problem that I wanted to re-import some comments that I had made some (minor) changes to into the Disqus system using the Disqus Comment System plugin. Well, just bluntly hitting the “Export Comments” button in the Advanced Options didn’t help… the changed comments were not imported and remained in their unchanged form. … Read entire article »
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