I have made some changes to the WordPress Backup procedure and added the Restore script to it. Now you have the ability to backup your MySql database and download it locally, backup your WordPress folder and download it locally, and restore your MySql database, all from the comfort of a web interface (which can be integerated into the WP admin interface). There is added password protection thrown in as well. I had the nasty fortune of using my own backup and restore script this morning which forced me to code some bugfixes and finally emerged into a completely different way of backing up and restoring. Please download the new version from the same link. This has not been tested on a Windows web server (and I am not sure if the applications that I use are present in a Windows/MySql installation, but I need some feedback) Please let me know [...]

Here is a question I came across at the WordPress forums: Let’s say there’s an errant link on my site (ex: /index.php?cat=99, where there’s no such category) Currently, it just returns the main template with the content area blank. Is there a way to have it display a custom message? Not a custom 404 message…that I can do for my site. I’m talking about when there’s an invalid string in WP. Per my example, if there’s a link to /index.php?cat=99, index.php is a valid page (my WP template), so there is no 404 error. However, there’s no category 99 in my WP installation, so it returns an empty template (well, the template has everything it should, but the content area is blank.) Go ahead, try it on you own site: enter a non-existant cat and see what happens. Now, try it again here on the WP site. Try this: http://wordpress.org/index.php?cat=99. [...]

A lot of people have been looking for an easy way to make daily backups of their WP Mysql database. Rather than re-inventing the wheel, I modified an existing MySql Backup script to work from inside the admin page in WordPress using the WordPress variables. Click on the link below to download the zip file with the installation instructions. It is very simple to install and lets you download the backup files to your local computer as well. I hope someone finds this useful. Please post comments, questions and suggestions. Peace. Download the Backup Zip File

I now have a modification of my moblog script which lets a SprintPCS Vision customer moblog directly from their phone to WordPress 0.72 using email blogging. If anyone is interested in this, please email me or leave a message on here. I have a couple of moblog posts setup on Mindful Musings. Peace