doktorthomas

Should properties for all admin files be 644 as they are or 755 as I have seen in the past (WP3.0.3)?

I have 50 virgin installs of WP3.0.2 and WP3.0.3 on 1and1.com servers–all are problematic. At least 70% of the plug-ins in the repository will not auto install, will not install with zip upload, with not function with manual FTP install–although visible in admin. Am using 20-10 theme on all.
Older versions of same plug-ins, where available, experience same install problems on WP3.0.1, WP3.0.2 and WP3.0.3. I have tried all versions of 3+ to no avail on these sites. (Yes, cleared MySQL manually each time or used new.)
To dismiss the “few” complaints days into the release is not very insightful. Just because your site isn’t experiencing the reported problems doesn’t make them trivial. Your mindset smacks of MSFT’s.
The fallout lesson the other millions of user might be getting is screw any WP up-dates… I doubt your appraisal would remain “trivial” if it was your 50 sites experiencing the problem(s).
Complacency regarding WP helps no one and certainly doesn’t further the WP framework we all love.

NJ,
I thought my comment adequately stated the problem as being WP3.0.2 not your wonderful plug-in. Since my post I have found problems with other plug-ins (LBAK User Tracker, for example; it is apparently not compatible, neither 1.7.5 nor 1.7.6). Manual upload of plugins works better but is not always fruitful. Doing a complete re-install of the mandatory version does not seem to fix the glitches (hiccups, as you call them). I have seen numerous (other columns/blogs) comments about memory as being the root of WP install problems; that has never been true for my encounters. Thanks for your thoughts.

By way of an FTP error, I discovered that if one installs WP 3.0.2 in four manual uploads, the three individual subfolders separately to the domain file followed by a separate upload of the admin files, WP3.0.2 performs more admirably. Still less than perfect.

found script (java) in custom sidebar php file. Delete line deletes non-working link on blog page.

After a few days of frustration, I found your post. Decided to delete this plug-in. However, I cannot find any trace of it even though it still appears on my blog. Suggestions to remove? Anyone?

interesting comments, I cannot get the child pages to show-up in the navigation at all.

Forum support is a crappy alternative to real help. What it really says is, “Figure it out for yourself, Idiot!”

I am in the second week of Word(im)Press(less) set-up and think it has legions to go…. I do not see how I can manipulate SEO either…

Maybe if you are a lazy professional ws coder this WP format helps, but we all cannot be that.