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WordPress 3.3 Error : Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ".."/class-wp-admin-bar.php on line 342

One of our sites Supercars For Sale was displaying an error message:
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in “..”/class-wp-admin-bar.php on line 342

This occurred after the 3.3 upgrade.

The problem is caused by the theme – in this case “elements of seo” having TWO calls to wp_footer (one direct call, and a do_action).

The solution was to remove the do_action call.

That’s it. Sorted.


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WordPress 3.3 Upgrades Completed

Out of the final three (mission-critical) sites, two went through smoothly.
One did not, and had to be upgraded via FTP, then remove the .maintenance file.
Anyway, that’s it. All plugins updated, and all sites running on WordPress 3.3.

Give it a week, and there’ll be an urgent security fix, while everyone is off on their xm,as break..


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WordPress 3.3 Upgrades

We’ve started rolling-out WordPress 3.3 to our sites, starting with the less mission-critical.
Site#1 went almost smoothly (timed-out), but resumed ok.
Site#2 went smoothly.
Site#3 timed-out in the middle of something crucial and broke the site..
The solution was to delete the “.maintenance” file in the root directory, download WordPress 3.3, and then FTP the files up, and then run the upgrade procedure manually (just access site.com/wp-admin).
Site#4 was even worse – caused by SEO Ultimate plugin. Solved that by renaming the plugin folder, and ftping the files up, and running the upgrade manually.
Can’t wait to start with the three mission-critical sites. That’ll have to wait until we complete the office move. Did I mention that?
Sorted.


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Old eBay RSS feeds died last night!

eBay appears to have (finally) pulled the plug on the old-style RSS feeds.
All our RSS feeds starting with “rss.ebay..” started generating errors last night.
We’ve now switched them all to the new “rest.ebay…” format.
Doesn’t seem to be any better.. but at least no errors..


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Feedwordpress Issue Solved

We’ve had trouble re-activating feedwordpress after maintenance twice this week. It turns out that the plugin tries to revalidate ALL it’s feeds..
We have a LOT of feeds!
Our solution is to change the link category for the rss feeds to an empty one, then activate fwp, and tell fwp to use the new link category. Simples!

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Inline Keyword Advertising | Skimlinks

We are now using SKIMLINKS to monetise the content on some of our sites.
This works by creating shopping links for any keywords it finds in the content.
It’s simple to install, simply a WordPress plugin, once you have registered and been verified by Skimlinks.

The best configuration is via a custom domain, ie go.website.com, full instructions are given for doing this, but if you use PLESK, it’s in the DNS section, not the subdomains section..

Monetise YOUR website content using SKIMLINKS..

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Backlink Management | LinkClaw

We are now using the excellent LinkClaw service to manage, monitor and promote backlinks to all our sites.
What it does is monitor and check all backlinks to any sites you ask it to. So if you have paid good money for a link on a top site, LinkClaw makes sure it’s still there. It also monitors whether it’s “dofollow” or not. It does this automatically (once set up), and produces reports.

You can ask LinkClaw to “auto-detect” backlinks to your sites, so you don’t even have to import a list of backlinks. Which is exactly what we did.

LinkClaw creates an RSS feed of all VALID links to your site. (one feed per site/campaign). You can then use this to broadcast your backlinks all over the web (which is good news for any sites providing backlinks, but also good news for your link juice..)
(If your sites link to each other, then it’s good news for you TWICE!)

Full instructions are included on how to use the RSS feeds, but we’ve thought of a simpler way: use feedburner functions to syndicate the backlinks feeds – use pingshot, and also socialize to broadcast your backlinks on Twitter..

LinkClaw is currently on special offer: 50% OFF!

There are several versions: single site, multi-site, and developer (to use on client’s sites).

GET LINKCLAW NOW!

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New Mobile Versions of Sites | WPtouch PRO

We’ve now switched all of our sites to WPtouch
This works by detecting what kind of device you are using, and serving up the mobile version if it’s appropriate. It also has option for iOS, such as “Web App Mode”, which means that you can view the site without the web browser “gubbins” around it.

Give it a try – visit one of these sites on your smartphone:

QuirkyCars.Net
Supercars-For_Sale.Com
NerveJam.Com
Synteknik.Com
www.motorbikes4sale.net

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Impressed? we were.

You’ll notice that we already have Google Adsense set up. That comes as part of the package, all we had to do was configure it.

Interested?

Get WPtouch Pro today!

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New Site Launched: www.motorbikes4sale.net

That’s right, another q292u site was launched this week, called Motorbikes4Sale.net. It does exactly what it says on the tin.

This site raised a bit of a problem: although it’s fed by RSS feeds, there is only ONE feed per manufacturer. So how to create tags for keywords that are NOT a category? Model Names, for example..

After extensive searching, and at one point even considering writing a cronjob plugin to do the job, we found “WP Auto Tagger”. This uses the Yahoo API to find suitable tags based on the post title and content. It works like a dream!


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New Site Launched: www.motorbikes4sale.net

That’s right, another q292u site was launched this week, called Motorbikes4Sale.net. It does exactly what it says on the tin.

This site raised a bit of a problem: although it’s fed by RSS feeds, there is only ONE feed per manufacturer. So how to create tags for keywords that are NOT a category? Model Names, for example..

After extensive searching, and at one point even considering writing a cronjob plugin to do the job, we found “WP Auto Tagger”. This uses the Yahoo API to find suitable tags based on the post title and content. It works like a dream!


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