I was ready to call it a day after long hard-working hours, then a unhappy customer dropped me a bomb, “Hey, the contact form you just touched today not sending out email. Get it fixed, NOW!”. If this sounds familiar to you, then you shouldn’t be panic.
Category Archives: Troubleshooting
WordPress Update: Installation Failed / Could Not Copy Files
Nothing is more exciting than updating WordPress to the latest version that brings you not only enhancements, but also new features. And nothing is more nerve-racking and dejected when the update doesn’t go smoothly as it should.
I had this “Installation Failed” on 3 of my client websites when trying to update WordPress to 3.6.
Warning: copy() [function.copy]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration
A Page Flip Book Lite is a free flipbook plugin for WordPress. It can create and manage flipbooks (only one from free version), and bring either jQuery or Flash based 3D animated flipbook to your website. It is not the perfect flipbook solution, but certainly the most easy and cheap way to start.
Better Way to Defeat WordPress Brute Force Attack
It should be well-known throughout the WordPress community, that WordPress-powered websites are being targeted with brute force attacks. It targets website that still use “admin” as the primary administrator’s user name, with variation like “adm”, “administrator”, “admin1”, “Admin”, etc. The attack was peaked in April this year, but it didn’t stop. My website was under Brute Force Attack just few days ago. I got lucky, not because I don’t have “admin” account, but because I have better protection.
S2Member Causes Internal Server Error
S2Member is my favorite membership plugin for WordPress. I have spent quite some time digging this plugin, and been able to tailor some of its features to meet my clients’ requirement. I’ve done quite a few S2Member installations without any headache until just now.
I got the INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.
Failed to Log into Admin Panel after Upgrading to WordPress 3.5.2
Be very cautious on clicking the “Upgrade to 3.5.2” button on your WordPress website. I have 10 successful upgrades, but 8 failures. It is not a disaster, because it is easy to fix.
500 Server Error or White Screen of Death
If you are a WordPress developer, chances are, you will get this annoying problem from time to time. Don’t be panic, there are ways to get you out of trouble. You just need to know the root of the problem, then apply the solution. Here are few tricks to help you quickly locate the problem.
404 Page error on WordPress Pagination in Custom Post Type
I have been dealing with this 404 page error on custom post type for few days. Like all of you who are reading this post and trying to get answer, I’ve been through dozen of solutions, but none of them really work for me.
