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Upon upgrade for Wordpress 2.8 and sometimes even without it I have encountered an interesting problem: when trying to login using OpenID (or add OpenID via admin panel) I was getting this peculiar message: OpenID login failed: Invalid openid.mode ‘<No mode set>’.

As you know, my Wordpress theme ioni2 is highly customized so I though at some stage that this would be a problem within the code, but the solution was just a few clicks away, really.

What happened?

I would input any OpenID (http or https), be redirected to the OpenID provider site (say, blogspot), confirm my identity and then be redirected back. This is where the blog would give me the error so it was clearly the plugins fault.

Interestingly enough, any similar OpenID plugin would produce the same results. Yadis, Another OpenID plugin – all of them. So I figured out – the problem was not with the ioni2 theme but rather with the underlying server configuration!

Moreover I have seen this problem only and exclusively with Hostgator. For instance Bluehost, where my other projects are hosted, does not seem to have it. Line by line comparison showed that their configurations although difference, are more or less alike. So.. support call!

Solution:

It appears that OpenID was triggering a mod_security rule set by the hosting company:

[*] Rule ID: 340163
[*] URLS Affected: /openid/consumer
[*] Description: Remote File Injection attempt in ARGS (MM)

So the solution was to whitelist the domain within this serverrule. Just request your hosting support something like:

I am running Wordpress and OpenID plugins. OpenID is a well-known standard (you can check it at openid.net) and very secure open-source project, same as Wordpress. However it seems to trigger mod_security as it considers is as a intrusion.

Please whitelist my domain

This should solve the problem of No+mode+Set in OpenID.

Moreover, I believe that the same goes for any server configuration with Drupal, Joomla and any other CMS which relies on this absolutely wonderful DiSO plugin

So the final list looks like the following:

1. Fav Icon for ioni2 (what a Premium WP theme without an Icon?)
2. Check translations (currently English and Russin)
3. Open ID. This suka just would not work.

At this stage I can actually call it Known issued with ioni2

However, if there is are porn links, unwanted or unsolicited advertising I would feel free to mark it appropriately and delete them as spam for what they are.

For your blog you can create the same comment policy (which should be made optional in the final gamma version) and utilize it: to make sure who is the owner of the comment, how you can use it and what liability you are willing to accept for the comment’s content. Easy, eh?

So my current list to bugs to address and to do looks like the following:

General

• Wrap counters and get them by Ajax call
• Clean out translation of the theme
• Make translations (German, Belarus ,Chineese)
• Double-cros check for the installed plugins and Wordpress verion internal check
• Ensure the integrity with OpenID is complete
• Make OpenID authorisation optional

Commenting

• Make sure that the Commenting Terms Agreement is checked for the form to be submit
• Make Commenting Terms Agreement optional
• Option to choose any Page as Commenting Terms in Admin Panel

Wordpress Plugins:

• Recreate Submit to comments plugin – so that it addresses contemporary requirements and allow for inline reply

After that I consider that the theme official shall be moved to Gamma Production shate – and would be made avalibale on http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

Clean design is fine; but I need ideas: so, shall we move the Search to the top or leave it totally away, to utilize the Ajax style search for Wordpress? Hard to tell, but I think that something will come up any time soon!

Now I have this idea about the formatting of ioni2: The Tags, Archives, Search and Category pages should be the same – since they pretty much list posts; however the main difference would be the Left Sidebar where I would put corresponding links that are semantically connected for the best SEO.

And I plan to create one plugin like Amazon reading one, but for the local store, which may or may not prove to be an interesting experiment

As you know there are not many Free Premium Themes for Wordpress (be it blessed!). So if you want to be in the heart of the IT revolution – just email at me@ioni2.com and we can discuss.

As it goes now, the price for this ad you have just clicked is USD 25,- / month. Imagine just how many people will see it once ioni2.com grabs attention! I accept Paypal, direct bank payments et al. Even Google Checkout, if you fancy!

PS. The price also includes a few tips in how make your ad better. Trusted tips with good results!

Некоторые вещи, конечно, жестко закодированы – так работают темы. Конечно, зная PHP и понимая Wordpress вам было бы легко настроить ioni2 по своему вкусу, но большинство обычных пользователей интернета, хм, скажем так, скорее менее, чем более продвинуты в этом вопросе.

Общий вид

Пожалуйста, ознакомьтесь с прилагаемой картинкой – она показывает области, о которых я буду говорить в этой статье.

Первая страница блога имеет несколько блоков, которые закреплены жестко, а также несколько, которых могут быть легко изменены. Отличие ioni2 в том, что большинство вещей, которые вы можете изменить, находятся в панели администратора Wordpress, во разделе Дизайн, «настройки ioni2».

Вы можете добавить свой собственный код для основного баннера Google - для того, чтобы заменить эту прекрасную рекламу ioni2. Просто войдите в свой аккаунт Google Adsense, скопируйте код Adsense и поместите его в соответствующее поле. Убедитесь в том, что это код большого баннера, который называется Доска почета – ioni2 не проверяет правильность кода AdSense, и в случае, если вы что-то напутаете, что вверх страницы может выглядеть смешно!

Кстати, говоря об Adsense, вы сразу можете скопировать еще и код под названием Большой Квадрат – 336 X 280 пикселей. Это объявление, которое показано на первой (и некоторых дополнительных) страницах.

Вы можете выбрать столько категорий на верхнем меню, сколько хочется – однако обратите внимание на эстетику – ioni2 может поддерживать две и более линий верхнего меню категорий – но лучше, если все они перечислены в одной строке. Выбор категорий осуществляется так же а панели администратора.

То же самое относится к категории Лучшее. Какова бы ни была настройка плагина Featured Cateogry в административной панели, выбор категорий для темы осуществляется в настройках темы Ioni2. Вы можете выбрать столько, сколько Вы хотите – но ioni2 все равно выберет только три (и выведет их в общем порядке)

Два боковых сайдбара, левый и правый – динамичны, вы можете добавить код через Wordpress панель Виджетов, но прошу вас – уделяйте внимание эстетике!

So while I create the Free Wordpress theme, which also is premium, please hang around and comment wherever you like.

Some things are, of course, hardcoded. This is the way themes work. Of course, having php knowledge and Wordpress understanding it would be easy for you to tweak ioni2 for your liking, but for most common users things like php are.. well.. less the understandable.

Please review the attached picture – it shows the appropriate areas i refer to in this article.

So the first page has several blocks that are hardcoded and some that may be tweaked. The difference of ioni2, from why it is so popular – is that most of things you can tweak, are located in Wordpress Admin menu, ioni2 under Design tab.

You may want to add your own Google Leaderboard code – to change that lovely advertising spot that is taken by ioni2 advertisment at this stage. Just log into your Google Adsense account and grab your code from Adsense panel and put it into the appropriate box. Make sure that this is Leaderboard code, ioni2 does not check for the right AdSense code, so in case you mix things up the page may look funny!

Speaking of Adsence it may be a good idea to grab, cut and paste the Big Square code as well – under the 336 X 280 px. This is the Ad that is shown on the first page.

You may choose as much categories for the top menu as you wish – however note the aesthetics of the theme – ioni2 may support two and more lines of top category menus – but it is better if Categories are in one line. So you may pick them up in ioni2 Admin Panel.

The same goes for Featured Categories. Whatever the markings are on the plugins page, ioni2 uses its own Featured Category picker – in ioni2 admin panel. You may choose as much as you want – ioni2 support currently 3 Featured themes (in general order)

The two sidebars – left and right, are dynamic; you may add code there via Wordpress Widget panel; But again, consider the aesthetics!

Sp to come up with all necessary ideas, I decide to make this little post (never mind the Latest in Developments).

So, in no particular order:

• Single page. I really want to add some kick into it with style.
• Comment template
• Home page
• Index page (page , 3 et al)

These are the most important things now

To the work!