Archives for July 2012

July 31, 2012

WP-Admin Trailing Slash Problem

I had this WordPress wp-admin trailing slash problem for a couple of weeks now. When I don’t include a trailing slash after the wp-admin directory when logging in to WordPress, I will get a 404 missing page error. It’s a little annoying if you ask me, but it doesn’t really affect blog readers. It only shows up if you want to login to the WordPress Dashboard, and you forget to type the trailing slash at the end of wp-admin. Example below.

site.com/wp-admin/ <– this redirects to the WordPress login ok.
site.com/wp-admin <– this will result in a 404 missing page error.

So, I tried a couple of suggestions I found online, but the suggested changes to the .htaccess file didn’t seem to fix the issue. A couple of occasions, the suggestions were exactly the same code I already had in my .htaccess file. So, I tried a couple more suggestions. I noticed one blog post had a couple more lines in the .htaccess file that I haven’t seen in mine. So, I tried it and it worked. So, here are the changes I made.

I added these two lines to my .htaccess.

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /

I think the key code is in the second line. It basically establishes the base URL.

July 31, 2012

Facebook 40% Off IPO

Facebook (FB) went down 6% closing at $21.74 for the day. With today’s closing price, Facebook is now 40% off its original IPO price. I’m sure some poor souls got burned by that hype. I remember reading an article a couple days after the IPO when the stock began to slide, where one analyst priced FB at $13. At the time, I thought it was out of reach. I said no way FB would slide that low. Well, looking at the price currently, FB is not that far off. If Facebook stumbles this quarter, we might see the stock hovering around $13. Not a distant possibility at all.

July 31, 2012

Yahoo Mail Going Ape Crazy

I just tried checking my emails at Yahoo Mail, and it’s going ape crazy. It looks like the upgrade didn’t go over very well. That’s one thing the new CEO, Marissa Meyer needs to fix. Yahoo needs to have flawless execution when making upgrades, and especially to Yahoo Mail, where millions of users use it for business and personal reasons.

How many times do I have to accept the terms of service? Is five times enough? I hope Yahoo doesn’t lose my mail. That would be a disaster. This makes you think twice if you should rely on free email for your business. I wonder how many people really read Yahoo’s Terms of Service. I bet 99% of users don’t read it. I certainly didn’t.

Yahoo could have put anything in that agreement, and by law, I’m bound to it. I should really read it. You should, too. Come to think of it. It’s quite scary. I just love the fact, that you can check Twitter, if you’re not the only one having issues with something, because everyone and their mother is tweeting about it. Twitter, you’re awesome.