Jan 1

“Unable to locate WordPress Plugin folder”

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If you are hosting your WordPress blog using one of the HostEurope WebPacks and have the standard WordPress setup you will likely run into the following error message when trying to install, update or delete a plugin:


“Unable to locate WordPress Plugin folder”


Steps to work around this issue:

1. Create tmp folder
   Create a folder named “tmp” in /wdp/wp-content and assign permissions 777 to it.
2. Edit wp-config.php
   Right after the “define” statements add the follwing lines:

   putenv(‘TMPDIR=/<path to your hosteurope server>/<path to the wordpress installation>/wp-content/tmp’);
   define(‘WP_TEMP_DIR’, ABSPATH . ‘wp-content/tmp’);

   You can find the <path to your hosteurope server> in the HostEurope KIS system by following this path:
   “Administration” -> “Webhosting” -> “<account number” -> “Allgemeines” -> “Allgemeine Informationen” -> “Pfad”
   (e.g. “/is/htdocs/wp1234567_X123345689/” )

   This path points to the root folder of your hosting space.
   <path to the wordpress installation> is the relative path to your wordpress folder (e.g. “/www/myblog/wdp”).

3. Connection information
   Before the installation, update or deletion takes place you will be asked for connection information.
   1. Hostname: Specify the domain in which your blog is hosted e.g “myserver.com”
   2. Provide the ftp credentials as you have specified them in the HostEurope KIS
   3. FTP or FTPS(SSL) both worked with me.

Dec 17

LunaSolCal 1.0 for Windows Phone 7

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The first version of Windows Phone 7 is available in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
It only took Microsoft a single day to get it reviewed. Not sure if this is good news…

Get it from the Windows Phone Marketplace

Dec 16

LunaSolCal V1.2 for iOS available

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After only two days of reviewing Apple approved version 1.2 of LunaSolCal for iOS4.2
It is now a universal app that runs on both iPhone/iPod touch and iPad.

What’s New in Version 1.2

- Added french UI
- Added lunar phase to main screen
- Added controls for easily changing the current date to the previous or next day

Get it from iTunes

Dec 9

LunaSolCal Mobile V2.2 for Android released

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I have just released version 2.2 of LunaSolCal Mobile for Android.
Changes:

• Added lunar phase to main screen
• Added buttons for easily changing the current date to the previous or next day
• Compacted locations database
• Fixed a time formatting issue; made sure that the user’s settings are used

LunaSolCal - Overview screen

I would like to take this opportunity to answer two FAQs:

(1) When will there be a widget available?

The widget functionality is already included in the application.
If you go to the home screen and on a blank area do a “tap and hold” you will get a menu that lets you add widgets.
In the list of available widgets “LunaSolCal Mobile” should be included.
If that is not the case, please send an email to feedback@vvse.com (include device name and Android version that you have).

(2) Why is the app so big and when will I be able to install it on SD card?

In order to be able to use the application offline (e.g. when you are vacationing at a place where there is no Internet connectivity or roaming costs are expensive) the application contains a database of about 50000 cities from all over the world.
As a consequence the application package is about 1MB in size.
I understand that the internal storage is a scarce resource and therefore it is planned for version 2.3 to facilitate an installation on SD card.
This would then require that you run Android 2.2 on your device.

Nov 19

LunaSolCal Mobile V2.1 for Android released

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Version 2.1 of LunaSolCal Mobile for Android has been release today.
As usual it is available in the Android Market.

New in Version 2.1:

• Added Home Screen widget
• Persist selected time zone
• Fixed time zone issue
• Added french UI

Home Screen Widget

French UI

Nov 18

Windows Phone 7 – MAC Address ?

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Currently (OS version 7.0.7004.0) there is no way to lookup the MAC address of a Windows Phone 7 device on the device itself. A good place to look for this kind of information is the about screen that can be found as part of the device settings.

Windows Phone 7 - About Screen

But as you can see there is a lot version information shown on that but no MAC address.

This is unfortunate if you have set up your Wifi network to allow access only based on a white list of MAC Addresses.

The only way for me to get the MAC address of my HTC Mozart was to turn off the MAC address filtering in the Wifi router, then connect the device to the Wifi network and check the DHCP client table.

DHCP Active IP table

Since I have only few devices in my MAC address filter list I could easily identify the MAC address of my new device. This might be more difficult in a large corporate environment.