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The guys over at WooThemes have a crazy scary deal going on now through tomorrow at midnight. To celebrate Halloween they are offering up for a limited time a three for one deal!
So, what that means is if you’re in the market for or have been contemplating purchasing one of the killer premium themes from WooThemes…now is the time. If you purchase a single-site license for any theme…you can choose two more for the low price of $70 ($150 if you want the developer license).
Buy a Single License for $70 USD and get any 2 other themes (on Single Licenses) of your choice; or
Buy a Developer License for $150 USD and get any 2 other themes (on Developer Licenses) of your choice.
That’s a pretty sweet deal, but there’s more! If you’re interesting in joining the WooThemes Club; you can also get a bonus deal. If you sign up between now and tomorrow at midnight for either a three or six month subscription they will toss in three months free of charge. So instead of three months you get six, and instead of six you get nine months…THAT’S A KILLER DEAL! (pun intended).
GrandmasterB is also going to go in on offering up something special. If you purchase a theme during this limited time special offer using my link, and verify the purchase via email and comment here. (more…)
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Last night while checking the stats on GrandmasterB, I noticed a something new in the Plugins box on the admin panel. The Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin, is well, just that…a plugin that will automatically upgrade your Wordpress installation. I’m usually not one to mess around with things that claim to be “automatic”, but this plugin actually works. I decided rather than try it out on my live version of GrandmasterB dot com; I would try it out on a local install I have for development.
The installation was very easy, just like every other WordPress plugin. The only thing that I had to do was unzip it and upload it to the wp-content/plugins directory and activate it. After activation you will need to create a new directory in your WP root and name it ‘wpau-backup’ and CHMOD it to 777 (check out the Q&A with GrandmasterB - August 21 for more detail on directory permissions). to enable the plugin to do it’s thing. The great thing about this plugin is that before upgrading your WordPress installation it does a complete backup of your install and database before doing the upgrade. It guides you step-by-step through the process and provides you with the links to download the backups before you continue on.
Through the entire process I think it probably took about 10 minutes to complete; which really isn’t too bad. The great thing about the plugin is that it does exactly what it’s supposed to and it is “automatic”. If you manage multiple blogs and spend a lot of time upgrading them all to the latest version of WordPress; I highly recommend this plugin! If you’ve installed it already on your blog, let me know what you think of it. I’d be interesting in hearing your opinions.
~ GrandmasterB
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the fall television premiers since early August, and tonight my favorite show on FOX returns…Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I still need to watch the season one finale and get caught up before tonight’s premier. When the first season ended my DVR went on a recording spree and deleted the finale, so I had to wait until it aired again last week and get it recorded again. I don’t know what it is about this series that I like so much…could be the fact that Lena Headey plays Sarah Connors, but I’m fairly certain that Summer Glau keeps me coming back every week. Yeah…that’s gotta be it. Summer is packin’ heat and ready to kick ass!
GrandmasterB is also ready to kick some ass. After a lackluster month of blogging, I’ve decided to refocus my efforts and concentrate on building up the flagship of the GMB-Network. In July I had my biggest month ever, and rather than busting my ass to capitalize on the success I mailed it in last month and didn’t do nearly as well as I could have. Of course, I’m not one to make excuses but a lot of my time was spent working on the new forums for the MountainWest Sports Network and a custom wordpress theme for a client. I didn’t have much time for anything, so I’ve gotta cut myself a little slack…but not much.
