WordPress Update

I just updated this blog to the latest version of WordPress.  <Sigh>  I sure got tired of seeing the “nagline” at the top of the screen.  Guess it was overdue, since it was still using version 2.3.3   WordPress was really having a hard time with video too; even YouTube videos wouldn’t render properly, with or without the <object> tags.  In the past I would sometimes have to delete ‘em completely and just use the embed code with the <param name=”movie”></param> and <embed src=></embed> tags, but even that didn’t work anymore.

So…the turning point came last weekend after a post with an embedded video link to nbc.com.  After I used the embed code to the John McCain video, the post published OK, but then Firefox wouldn’t render the page correctly.  It pushed the entire sidebar down to the bottom of the page, which just ruined the page formatting.  Funny thing, the page rendered OK in IE and Safari, but not in Firefox.  (Yes I’m using the latest versions of all 3 browsers.)  The real fix came after deleting the embedded video and just linking to it instead.  DailyRover.com is back to normal.

But I like using Firefox, so this bothered the heck outta me.  Until today, when I got some much needed WordPress help from CyberCoder.  He showed me how to update to the latest version of WordPress, which wasn’t that hard after all.  He’s got some great ideas posted on his latest sites the-niche-doctor.com and cybercoded.net.

Thanks man!

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