Wordpress Error: The server XYZ at Magic Requires a Username and Password.

Here is a little surprise I received upon returning from vacation. I was editing a blog and when I went to save the post an error popped up reading:

The server (our server domain, e.g. DOMAIN.COM) at Magic requires a username and password.

Well isn’t that special?
The problem is caused by the vars.php file located in [...]

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If you are running a Wordpress website and have noticed that Firefox crashes whenever you try to add an image – here is the solution.
Just Disable Google Gears.
Go to Tools > Add-Ons, select Gears and ‘Disable’ it.
Fixed.

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When upgrading Wordpress you may receive the dreaded Error 500 – Internal Server Error:

Don’t Panic. This usually means that the files you uploaded did not completely replace their predecessors.
Check your FTP settings and tell your FTP program to OVERWRITE existing files on the server. Some thing like this:

I usually have my Uploads option set to [...]

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I just updated the site to version 2.7 and received the error Cannot redeclare is_sticky()
This is caused by the Lester Chan plug-in Wp-Sticky
If you get the error, simply FTP into your Wordpress installation and go to wp-content/plugins/ and delete wp-sticky
In order to use Sticky posts in Wordpress 2.7, look under the PUBLISH section:

You need to [...]

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IntenseDebate is commenting on steroids! I upgraded the site today to take advantage of this outstanding Wordpress plugin. Features include:
*      Comment Threading
*      Reply-By-Email
*      Importing/Exporting
*      Commenter Profiles
*      Reputation Points & Comment Voting
*      Moderation/Blacklisting
*      Widgets
*      RSS Readers & Tracking
*      Twitter
*      FriendFeed
*      OpenID
*      Gravatar
*      HTML Formatting
Details on the features are located here. Feel free to leave a comment [...]

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