Archive for July, 2008

I’ve already reported about WordPress revisions and autosave problem yesterday.

I was thinking about a quite different solution and the I found that it’s really trivial to prepare three WordPress plugins that can disable Revisions, Autosave or both of them at the same time.

disable-autosave.zip (Right Click - Save As) - Disable Autosave function
disable-revisions.zip (Right Click - Save As) - Disable Revisions function
disable-revisions-and-autosave.zip (Right Click - Save As) - Disable Revisions and Autosave at the same time.

Using a plugin is far faster and easier than editing the wp-config file; plus everyone can Activate or Deactive them whenever is needed.
I’ve got very limited time to test them, but I’m actually using the “disable-revisions-and-autosave” on this blog and as far as I can say it works flawlessly.
Every comment or hint is very welcome!

The disabling Autosave plugin was already online yesterday, but I’ve slightly modify it to report the original code author.

Edit 25 July 2008
I’ve prepared three plugins that can disable Revisions, Autosave or both of them at the same time.
Access here: Disable Revisions and Autosave plugins

I’ve recently updated my blog to the last WordPress 2.6 version.
The new version is very bold and I want generally suggest everyone to upgrade to it.

But I’ve also got to say that all the new version goods are mined by a major new introduced feature, a big problem to me and some other users out there: I’m talking about the Revisions and the new AutoSave function.
Revisions simply save the posts many times: WP will add a new row in the DB every time an user change a post; this could be good when the blog is maintained by different editors, cos they can track the various versions/revisions of every post, but it’s actually totally resources wasting to all the single editors ones.
AutoSave now create a second copy of the post that is stored and used to keep the post up-to-date when a subsequent AutoSave is executed on the same one. This is quite annoying too. I never liked much the AutoSave and the new implementation is even worser to me.

I’ve started roaming around the net looking for a solution.
I’ve found a couple of workarounds that can completely solve the problem when used at the same time.

STEP 1 - by me

I’ve found that clearing all the cookies relative to your Wp’s domain installation is always a good start when you make an update.
This is good too on 2.6 especially if you’re going to use the new SSL ones.

STEP 2 - Stop the Revisions scheme - Lester Chan article

To turn off the revisions edit the wp-config file adding this following code after the DB settings lines.

define(‘WP_POST_REVISIONS’, false);

You can also delete all post revisions by running this query in phpMyAdmin:
Be sure to backup your database first before performing any queries in phpMyAdmin.

DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = ‘revision’;

STEP 3 - Stop the AutoSave - Untwisted Vortex article

Lester reports that AutoSave doesn’t create a revision.
This is not completely true cos some users (I’m on the same boat) have reported that one revision is created by AutoSave too; it’s actually not clear if this is a behavior resulting from a WP’s bug/problem or a particular provider’s systems configuration.

The solution is to create a plugin that stops the AutoSave function.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Disable Autosave
*/
function disable_autosave() {
wp_deregister_script('autosave');
}
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'disable_autosave' );
?>

Select the above reported code, copy it and paste it into a new blank text document.
Save it as “disable-autosave.php”, upload it to the WP’s plugins directory and then activate the plugin.

I’ve also prepared the plugin version here: disable-autosave.php (Right Click, Save As)

Giovedì 24 luglio prossimo nell’ex Convento di Santa Chiara, via Santa Chiara - Brindisi - Italy), alle ore 18,30, unitamente alla mostra, sarà presentato anche il libro fotografico “Benedetto XVI a Brindisi – fotocronaca di un evento” a cura di Enrico Favuzzi.
Si tratta delle immagini più importanti, quasi tutte a colori, della storica visita a Brindisi del Papa Benedetto XVI avvenuta il 14 e il 15 giugno scorsi. Scattate da un gruppo di giovani appassionati di fotografia che hanno partecipato al corso di fotogiornalismo che Pierpaolo Cito, importante reporter di Associated Press e brindino di origine, ha tenuto a Brindisi nella primavera scorsa.
Il libro, edito dalla Hobos, comprende un centinaio di foto dell’evento selezionate da Enrico Favuzzi, ed è impreziosito, oltre che dalla presentazione dello stesso Favuzzi, da una prefazione critica del prof. Massimo Guastella, professore di Storia dell’Arte Contemporanea presso l’Ateneo del Salento, e da un saluto del cardinale Salvatore De Giorgi, arcivescovo emerito di Palermo, nativo di Vergole, in provincia di Lecce, che accompagnò il Santo Padre durante la sua visita nel Salento.
Autori delle foto contenute nel libro sono Federica Bruno Stamerra, Nico Barile, Arianna D’Accico, Daniela Errico, Stefano Facecchia, Laura Greco, Sabrina Ingrosso, Sandro Locorotondo, Tommaso Mangiacasale, Alessandra Pepe, Anna Protopapa, Viviana Rampino, Ida Santoro, Gabriele Spedicato, Federica Rucco e Valentina Trisolino.
Una sorta di “instant book” fotografico, da giovedì nelle librerie al prezzo di 20 euro, su progetto grafico ed impaginazione di Giovanni Rubaltelli e stampato presso la Italgrafica Edizioni di Oria (Brindisi).