Schonhose

Much to my amazement the upgrade of WordPress 2.7 to WordPress 2.8 didn’t quite go as expected on my blog. Somehow after the upgrade all content of my posts, pages and comments on the output of my blog just disappeared into thin air.

The first thing I did was checking the database and I was relieved to see the content was actually still there. Then the debugging session began: deactivating all plugins and switching back to the default template showed no improvement. Hence, the conclusion it was not template or plugin related.

So there has to be something else happing with the core files. After some more debugging, with the help of the WordPress IRC channel, I found out which filter was responsible for the disappearance of my content, a WP filter called: convert_smilies. The obvious step to show the content again is to remove the filter in question by adding the following lines to your wp-config.php:
remove_filter('the_content', 'convert_smilies');
remove_filter('the_excerpt', 'convert_smilies');
remove_filter('comment_text', 'convert_smilies');
At least this will show the textual output again, but smilies are not translated to images. While I’m still debuging the issue I’ll continue to post my findings in this post. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently I have been in a photoshooting slump, I haven’t made any shots for a few months. This is mostly because I have been real busy but last week I really picked up the slack.

Over the course of a week I shot around 950 pictures, including some kickboxing games, landscapes and other things that interest me. It seems to me I’m back on track again.