Tag: widgets

  • Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_register_sidebar_widget() in…

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    Tom Raftery
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    Beware if you update to WordPress 2.5 and are using the very popular K2 theme. If you are using K2 and you do update to 2.5, you will receive the following error on trying to browse to your WordPress dashboard: Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_register_sidebar_widget() in /path-to-blog/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php on line 31 A bit of…

  • WordPress 2.3, K2 RC2 crashing Safari 2 resolved

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    Tom Raftery
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    Since I updated this blog to WordPress 2.3 and K2 RC2, I have been having reports that the blog crashes Safari (but only Safari 2, not Safari 3). Today I think I sorted the problem. I switched the blog from using the native WordPress’ Widgets to manage the sidebar to using K2’s Sidebar Manager and…

  • Crashing Safari?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have had isolated reports that since upgrading this blog to WordPress 2.3 and the theme to K2 RC2, this blog crashes the Safari browser. I’m running Safari version 3.03 on my Mac and it doesn’t crash but I’m told version 2.04 does crash. I have tried turning off some of the sidebar widgets but…

  • WordPress 2.3 gotchas (or got me's!)

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    Tom Raftery
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    Phew! Finally done with that install – ouch! I wouldn’t want to go through that again in a hurry. I hit several speed bumps in my upgrading of this blog from WordPress 2.2 to 2.3 – many of those could have been avoided if I had followed the instructions on the Extended Upgrade page instead…