Published on
August 29, 2010 at
3:20 pm.
I have found a bug in version 2.9.8 within the context of WordPress 3.0 Multi-Site which caused a fatal error. If this happened to you, you can easily fix this by renaming or deleting the wp-recaptcha directory in your wp-content/plugins directory. Upon doing this, WordPress will automatically disable the plugin.
I have already submitted an update with the fix as version 2.9.8.2, but it might take some time to show up in the updates section of your WordPress installation. You can download the version directly to install manually below if you want.
This bug only seems to affect users of WordPress 3 and above who are using the Multi-Site feature, of which support was just barely introduced yesterday.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. As soon as I heard of it I immediately began investigating the problem and working towards a solution.
I plan on releasing the new re-written version of the plugin soon which will make the project a lot more maintainable.
download WP-reCAPTCHA version 2.9.8.2
Published on
August 29, 2010 at
12:54 am.
A kind user, Tom Lynch, contacted me last week with a patch to the plugin which adds support for WordPress 3′s new multi-site feature. One of the major features of WordPress 3 was that it was finally going to merge with WordPress MU. WordPress MU (Multi-User) was basically a fork of WordPress that was geared toward websites that wanted to house multiple blogs, like wordpress.com. The problem with being a fork though was that it was updated at different intervals from WordPress, had scarce documentation, etc.
Now WordPress MU has been merged into the main WordPress project, so everything will be a lot more streamlined. Users can now simply toggle a “multi-site” option to enable or disable MU functionality, i.e., various blogs per website.
Thanks to Tom, support for this new method has been integrated into the plugin, version 2.9.8. The plugin still supports WordPress MU itself for websites that still use it. You can upgrade using WordPress’ automatic plugin updating functionality, or download it below.
download WP-reCAPTCHA 2.9.8
Published on
June 24, 2010 at
4:57 pm.
As a followup to the previous post I made regarding this issue, some people remain convinced that this may very well be a software bug. Many people are claiming that this also happens on their iPhone 3GS. Were this a hardware problem, specifically related to the side-band antenna that the iPhone 4 has, then this should not have been possible. And here’s the thing: people are claiming that they’ve noticed this has been happening ever since they updated to iOS 4.
Like I outlined in my previous post, supposedly Apple changed their method of selecting cell towers, but perhaps this was not limited to the iPhone 4 model. Perhaps Apple pushed this new algorithm to iOS 4 in general, which would explain why people are suddenly seeing this problem in the iPhone 3GS as well.
Some people are noticing that they encounter this issue in certain places only, for example at home they do, but not at work, or vice versa. Some attribute this to the possibility that different towers are used in in each of those locations. Some have brought up the fact (?) that the iPhone uses two different frequencies: 850 and 1900 MHz. They think that perhaps one of the locations where there are no problems is using one frequency whereas the other location is using another different frequency.
More and more people are saying that they too are experiencing this issue but with mixed results. Some say it seems to have no effect on the actual reception or call quality, going as far as noting that these things are better in this model than the previous ones despite seeing less bars. This is what I personally have experienced. I held the iPhone 4 in such a way to remove all of the bars, and then initiated and maintained a normal quality 5-10 minute call. There are also mixed results as to whether a case/bumper works in alleviating the dropped bars.
The media has picked up on this issue and it has been reported on by the BBC, ABC, and many others. Many people have called Apple regarding this issue with varying results. Some are sent a free Bumper case, while others are sent a replacement iPhone 4 with overnight shipping in the hopes that it is just a defect in the unit. Apple is yet to provide an official comment on the issue, but it is believed that it will not happen today as today is the official launch date.