[wp-forums] Re version info

[Jeremy Visser]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 21:10 +0100, Podz wrote:
> Vkaryl wrote:
> > On 9/20/06, Handy wrote:
> > 
> > This idea just gets my little developer beanie spinning.  An (optional)
> > form
> > below the new post field.  *shivers with glee*
> > 
> > --------------------------------
> > Please fill out as much as you can:
> > 
> > WordPress version:  _____  (check the bottom of any Admin page)
> > Web server:  [ ] Apache  [ ] IIS   [ ] other __________
> > Web server version: _________
> > OS:  [ ] *nix   [ ] windows [ ] *bsd  [ ] mac [ ] other ________
> > PHP Version ___________
> > MySQL Version __________
> 
> "What's apache"
> 
> While I think that such information could be useful to the occasional
> person I think for most users it'll just confuse.
> But what _would_ be cool is if someone could code a little script which
> when things get tricky we ask them to upload and run. That way they
> don't need to know anything or find it out - esp bearing in mind that
> some people just want to change links colours while others want the
> earth on a plate.
> In fact, if you get to the stage of using this why not rename the Beta
> forum to be Advanced and move stuff in there?
> 
> P.
> and I do know what apache is :)

Script to upload? I personally like the Diagnosis plugin by Niklas
Lindblad. <http://nlindblad.org/wordpress/diagnosis> Maybe we should
endorse it?

It gives you just about everything you would want to find out about your
web server setup, plus it gives you Wikipedia links for the meaning of
just about every result it gives you.

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