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Comment on NamesCo, WordPress & the iPad by Vincent Elgey

Vincent Elgey — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:46:22 +0000

I’ve had this issue with Namesco also, I’ve had god knows how many arguments with Namesco Support about this issue, I’ve asked them why they are penalising users who do update there WordPress installations and not going after the people who don’t update, I’ve even suggested that they migrate all updated WordPress users to a separate server so that they can at least be allowed to use the xml-rpc function, however it just falls on deaf ears.
My advice is that all of us who are having this issue leave Namesco/Cheapnames for another provider who does allow this function, then perhaps they might actually do something to resolve the issue.
Perhaps they should contact all those users with out of date wordpress installations and inform them to update or have there websites disabled due to security issues with there outdated WordPress installations, but hey that would be to easy I expect.
Anyway anyone know of any Webhosts who do allow xml-rpc posting in the meantime . . . ?

Comment on A Car Sold and a House For Sale by Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:38:30 +0000

Hi,
I do hope you check this, doesn’t seem to have been any activity here for a while. I would love to know more about your findings for the Crawfords.

Comment on iTunes 10.5 CPU Issue by MarkP

MarkP — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:31:26 +0000

As per the above, in Vista, it’s worth first just running a basic ‘diagnose and repair’ in the ‘Network and Sharing Center’.

Comment on iTunes 10.5 CPU Issue by steve

steve — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:46:54 +0000

hi bandabat – basically itunes is clashing with something that’s monitoring your network stack, it could be legitimate software (eg anti virus) or might be something more unpleasant. the reset will remove the hooks from the network stack, which means itunes should work – although it may impact on what ever had its hooks removed.

can read more about it here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259 and here http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123

the commands for a reset on Vista are slightly different to those on XP so proceed with caution – and find out what’s hooked in first, you may need to check its still working and/or reinstall it afterwards.

Comment on NamesCo, WordPress & the iPad by steve

steve — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:32:10 +0000

hi olie – yes if you adopt the manual fix you will have to revisit after each upgrade unfortunately, as the files you’ve updated will probably be overwritten.

using the rename-xml-rpc plugin may be a simpler option – assuming that the plugin still works after the upgrade.

Comment on NamesCo, WordPress & the iPad by steve

steve — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:29:55 +0000

hi david – the rename-xml-rpc plugin actually makes things much easier.

if you’ve installed and enabled the plugin as you say then all you should need to do is rename the xmlrpc.php file in your install to xmlrpc2.php and the WordPress app should start working.

Note that the plugin expects the file to be called xmlrpc2.php and not anything else (no xmlrpc_post.php for example) – you can change it but that involves tweaking the code of the plugin so not recommended!

Comment on NamesCo, WordPress & the iPad by olieog

olieog — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:38:00 +0000

Hello,

Your post has helped me out on my site. I followed the instructions

planejumping.php (previously known as xmlrpc.php)
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
wp-includes/general-template.php

and amended all references to file “xmlrpc.php” and replaced with name of new file. this worked, when all other info I could find did not.

One question, does this mean I will have to amend these files after every wordpress upgrade?

Many Thanks
Olie

Comment on iTunes 10.5 CPU Issue by Bandabat

Bandabat — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:52:07 +0000

Hey, I am a bit hesitant to try anything in command prompt, for I’ve had bad experiences in the past. What does “netsh winsock reset” actually do? I’d like to know which parts of the computer it affects and what it resets. Furthermore, I’ve got a vista and itunes 10.6 and am wondering whether it should still work for these. A reply would be muchly appreciated.
Thanks heaps.