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Yes ! I’ve just released PG4WP 1.1.0, and it is the official release having support for WordPress 2.9.x series

Many thanks to all of you who tested the development releases and gave me feedback and patches to make PG4WP better.

There are still some annoying problems (read more here), but they are in the TODO list for the next release.

Here are some of my ideas for the future :

- resolve most problems introduced by rewriting rules

- build up some kind of “modularized” support for WordPress’ plugins that need special handling

- have WordPress’ import feature work correctly at least with WXR files when using PG4WP

- convert PG4WP into some kind of Framework to easily integrate support for other databases (maybe I’ll call this DBs4WP ?)

- maybe build up a SQLite version, but are there people interested ?

It is time for you to give me any other ideas or wishes, just comment on this post

PGP4WP 1.1.0rc3 is out, integrating some patches transmited by Boris HUISGEN (many thanks to him).

I tagged this release as stable, but it still needs testing before I remove the ‘rc’ status.

See the changelog if you want to know what has changed.

Please vote in the plugin directory if it works for you.

[Update] A bug was introduced in PG4WP 1.1.0rc3 when handling permalinks, so I released a quickfix in 1.1.0rc4 that shouldn’t have the problem.

You can download PG4WP 1.1.0rc4 from the plugin directory here.

Time for some news about PG4WP.

Hawkix Blog is now running WordPress 2.9.1 using PG4WP 1.1.0rc2

I’ve tagged a 1.1.0rc2 release because I didn’t get much feedback until now.
‘RC’ means it is a Release Candidate, I feel confident about it being stable enough for production use, but it still needs testing.

Please note : error logging is active in this release, but you can disable it in ‘db.php’ that you have to copy in ‘wp-content’.

The ‘readme.txt’ file is up to date about installation, don’t forget to read it.

[UPDATE] Some people asked me were to download this release, so here is the direct link to the zip file in the wordpress plugins directory

PG4WP 1.1.0 is almost ready for release.

All I need now is some feedback from people who can test the latest development version.
You can leave a comment to this post to give your feedback.

Fresh install of WordPress 2.9.1 seems to work smoothly, at least with PHP 5.2 and PostgreSQL 8.3 (this is my test/dev setup).

Upgrading from WP 2.8.6 to 2.9.1 works ok, there is just one query that generates an “INDEX not found” during the upgrade (for my testing database), this is a non blocking error.

If you are brave enough to test upgrading  from WP 2.8.6 (or any older release) to WP 2.9.1 please note that you should upgrade PG4WP before you start WordPress’ upgrade.
Don’t forget to make a complete backup of your data before trying this.

Important note : the ‘db.php’ from the development archive has PG4WP_LOG_ERRORS set to true, so if you don’t want these logs don’t forget to change it after copying the file to ‘wp-content’.

Here is the download link to the latest development version of PG4WP

The developpement Version of PG4WP has initial support for WordPress 2.9.1 fresh installs, you can test it and give your feedback as a comment to this post (please give some informations about your setup).

You can download this version in the plugin directory (in the “Other Versions” section).

As always, don’t forget to make complete backups before testing a development version.

Note : upgrading from WP 2.8.x is not ready yet (it works, but generates errors about indexes that may make your setup unusable after upgrade), I have some more work and testing before I put this part into the development version.

Some of you may have noticed that 2 new releases of PG4WP were recently published (1.0.1 and 1.0.2).

Be warned that these new releases are not intended for WordPress 2.9.x, they are aimed at reorganizing files an directories and small enhancements.

Here is the list of changes :

= 1.0.2 =
* Updated support for plugin zdMultilang 1.2.5
* Got rid of some remaining hardcoded table prefix
* Added the possibility to log only errors

= 1.0.1 =
* Reorganisation of directory structure
* Updated installation procedure
* Changed the fake server version to 4.1.3
* Added support for Unix socket connections (just leave the “host” field empty when installing)

I’m now working on update for complete support of WordPress 2.9.1 (upgrade from 2.8.X AND fresh install), version 1.1.0 should be ready in a few days.

Wow ! Time is going so fast …

WordPress 2.9 seems to break compatibility with PG4WP 1.0.0, which is unsurprising.
Whereas I’m watching new releases of WordPress, I’ll wait some days after the bugfix release (version 2.9.1) before I start to work on updating PG4WP to make it work with WordPress 2.9.

While I’m working on this new release that will be numbered “1.1.0″, please note that 2 patches were developped by users of PG4WP (thank you for your work guys) :

• Stéphane Mariel : http://www.mariel.fr/docs/driver_pgsql.diff
• balrog-kun : http://www.openstreetmap.pl/balrog/wordpress-pg4wp-update-2.9.1.patch

There is not much work, but I want to test as much as possible before I publish the next release of PG4WP.

Here are the main goals for this planned 1.1.0 release :

1. Should work with at least WordPress 2.8.4 (existing installation)
2. Should work with WordPress 2.9.1 (fresh install)
3. Should upgrade smoothly from 2.8.4 to 2.9.1

Quite some time since my last post …

I don’t have much time to work on PG4WP for now, but I’m still here and a new version should be out in a few weeks, including improvements such as speed up and maybe some plugin support.

If you have a plugin that you would like to have supported when the next version comes out, please write a comment to this post to tell me about it, and I’ll try to work on it.

Sorry, this post is in french only

J’ai eu besoin d’un nouveau disque dur externe, offrant une capacité plus importante que mon précédent, pour un cout réduit.

Le Iomega Desktop Hard Drive (en version 500Go) s’est avéré être le plus intéressant en terme de rapport capacité/prix.
Ayant toujours été très satisfait des produits de type “disque dur portable” de ce fabricant, je n’ai pas hésité avant de passer la commande auprès d’Amazon.

Première surprise : l’arrivée du colis, l’emballage est minuscule,.
Au vu des photos trouvées sur le net, j’imaginais un boitier assez imposant.

Si vous êtes intéressé, c’est sur Amazon.fr que j’ai trouvé le meilleur prix :

Iomega – Prestige Desktop – Disque dur externe – USB 2.0 – 500 Go

A l’ouverture de la boite, d’autres surprises très positives :

L’alimentation externe est toute petite (mon “vieux” disque Maxtor de 250Go a une alimentation externe plus grosse que celle de mon ordinateur portable)
Le boitier du disque dur lui-même est à peine plus grand qu’un disque 3″1/2 nu.
Le boitier est en aluminium brossé, d’un très bel aspect, et est équipé d’un interrupteur.
Pas d’ouverture d’aération, logique avec le boitier en métal.

Je branche, j’allume, pas le moindre bruit audible (le ventilateur de mon ordinateur portable au ralenti fait plus de bruit), juste une petite barrette lumineuse me confirme qu’il est bien alimenté.

Partitionnement sans problème sous Windows XP, je me fait 2 partitions pour grouper un peu les choses, formatage, et c’est parti pour quelques transferts.

Après un transfert de 4Go, pas de sensation de chaleur au toucher, et aucun bruit pendant le transfert.

Quelques tests avec HD Tune (juste pour voir, les débits ne sont pas ma préoccupation) me donnent :
- Taux de transfert moyen de 6,7 Mo/s, extrêmement stable durant le test, je soupçonne mon lien USB2 de ne pas suivre la cadence…
- Temps d’accès de 19,8ms, pas très rapide mais suffisant pour de la video ou du stockage d’images disque

Le disque dur est fournit avec un câble USB2, et une licence d’utilisation du logiciel de sauvegarde EMC Retrospect, que je n’ai pas testé.

Je le conseille vivement pour du stockage de données volumineuses, ou comme disque dur externe pour votre décodeur TNT ou votre “Box”.

PG4WP is now present in the plugins directory at WordPress.Org, allowing for a direct access to the latest versions and the changelog.