Libby Hemphill research and posts on social media, collaboration, and related technologies

8Jan/080

Wikia search follow up

Check it out - Jimmy Wales (co-founder of Wikipedia) created my User talk page on Wikia search. He welcomed me to the fold. Woot!

User talk page from Wikia search

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8Jan/080

Using Subversion to update to WordPress 2.3.2

If you've logged in to your WordPress blog to find "Please update now!" messages, and you normally use Subversion to upgrade WordPress, this post is for you. Here's the command you need:

svn sw http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.3.2

The normal svn up didn't work this time. The update takes about 5 seconds, and everything seems to be working fine. Remember to back up your data before you upgrade; safety first! If you aren't using Subversion to keep your WordPress blog up to date, you should. It makes life so ridiculously easy.

Thanks, ulyssesonline, for the right command.

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8Jan/080

New (to everyone) and Useful (?): Wikia Search

Wikia Search (alpha) is here! Wikia's working on an open-source search engine. Search and search results have such power to drive internet traffic that I can get behind Wikia's statement: "I believe that search is a fundamental part of the infrastructure of the Internet, and that it can and should therefore be done in an open, objective, accountable way." (from the About Us page) It'll take a while for the user-contributed parts of the database to get built up, but I've already started doing my part. I wrote a mini article about ICLS 2008 because that was the first thing for which I searched. I know what ICLS is but didn't have it bookmarked, so it seemed like a logical thing for which I could write a mini article. I'll be interested to see what happens with Wikia search, and I'm glad there's now an open alternative.

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