My WordPress sites had a maximum upload size of 8MB

Whilst this is quite enough for most purposes, there are always exceptions and I could never find a way to increase the size.
There are all kinds of forums and suggestions and it does look like there’s no definitive answer – I’m guessing because each hosting environment is different.

I must thank the people who’ve taken the time to post on various websites and forums as they did eventually guide me in the right direction – although so far I haven’t seen anyone suggest the final solution that worked for me!

PHP.INI

Many people have mentioned this file as one that’s key to controlling how PHP behaves, and I’ve seen all kinds of different variables and code suggested to make this work.

WP-Admin Folder

The key thing for me was that I realised php.ini relates to php executed in a folder – you would expect sub-folders to inherit the details, but at least for me on my 1&1 hosting package that isn’t the case.

So, in WordPress – uploads are done from the admin area ( /wp-admin) so what I did was put a php.ini file in the root of that folder.

Into that empty file, I added just 3 lines of code:

upload_max_filesize = 64M

post_max_size = 64M

max_execution_time = 300

And for me that worked and increased the upload size to 64MB

Notes and Disclaimer

I’ve found you can change the value of 64MB to larger values and that is reflected in the Media Upload section of WordPress admin – you might also want to increase the max_execution_time if you’re uploading big files – as they’ll take longer to upload – but do keep in mind, this might have repercussions on other code execution.

Also don’t forget that not everyone has super-fast broadband, so you may want to think twice before uploading excessively large files, as it could take people ages to download them from you site.

Finally, it goes without saying that anything you do to your own code as a result of reading this site, you do so wholly at your own risk – and I won’t take any responsibility for any repercussions!

If you’ve found this useful, please do comment below and share your experiences.

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BT Engineer Laying Fibre in Uppermill

You may have read in a previous article that I’ve had a problem with the activation date of BT Infinity on my line that keeps changing
- as it turns out, I’m not alone and share this same problem with a large number of other people – if you’re one of them and want something done about it, then please read on!

It appears that in some cases, a date is given on the BT web site, and then as that date approaches, it is put forwards three months.
To some this appears to happen again and again, sometimes over several years.

Of course, BT Infinity is a great service that many people want, so these constantly changing dates can at be very, very disappointing – some have said may be misleading or even false advertising.

BT Press Office Said…

I contacted the BT Press Office because I wanted to give them a fair and reasonable chance to comment on this before I considered what to do next
Emma from the BT Press Office very kindly got back in touch and wrote this response:

Please remember that BT Retail and Openreach are separate.
BT Retail is a service provider, and takes its information from Openreach like all the hundreds of other service providers.
BT Retail passes onto the public what Openreach passes to them – which is the same information that is passed to other service providers.
BT Retail refreshes the dates in line with the updates it receives from Openreach.
The BT Retail / Infinity map clearly states the dates are subject to change and are only indicative (they are not intended as marketing as such).
As I mentioned before, it is inevitable that with an engineering project of the scale that Openreach is undertaking that dates will sometimes change. Openreach is deploying super-fast fibre-based broadband to 66% of UK homes by end of 2014.

Openreach tries to be as clear as possible about what is possible at any given time.
Every effort is made to ensure that the information given is as up-to-date and accurate as possible at any one time, and that any changes are communicated and updates given.
This tends to be on a quarterly basis. (Therefore, an area due to get it by the end of June, for example, may actually get switched on in May.)
It would be very wrong to suggest that dates regularly go back.
In fact some switch on dates are brought forward.

When an exchange becomes enabled, it does not mean that all lines on that exchange will also be enabled, as called out on the “find out more” link on the BT Retail roll-out map.

As well as unforeseeable engineering issues, ‘switch on’ dates are sometimes put back due to unexpected queries from local planning authorities.
This is why Openreach dates are essentially “as soon as possible” and so appear as the next quarter-end, but might then be pushed back as the planning permissions keep getting refused by local councils.
Hence the point made by ‘Ricky’ on your blog, is a valid one.

“I would suggest that you look into your local council planning applications website and you may find some interesting information… it was refused because the cabinet was considered “VISUALLY INTRUSIVE”,

BT Retail offers to take the customer’s details for if/when Infinity become available to them. We pro-actively write to anyone on this list as soon as they become eligible. So customers can rest assured they will be the first to know when they can get it.

 

First of all, I’m really grateful that BT have taken the time and trouble to look into this and to write back and I think there are some very good points here.
There will undoubtedly be occasions where projects are pushed back by unforseen circumstances like planning permissions, and here I can really sympathise with BT and their struggle to provide accurate information.

However, I’m a little disappointed that this doesn’t really seem to address the actual problem that myself and many people have found in that dates keep getting moved back
- it more seems to deny that there’s a problem and says it’d be “wrong” to suggest there is one.
To me something seems “wrong” if a date is given/promised/advertised and then it consistently gets put back three months, then another three than another three.

Perhaps one or two delays could be explained by problems with planning permissions or engineering trouble, but to consistently push dates back every three months, again and again, sometimes over several years suggests that there is some fundamental problem with the date being advertised
I think I’d summarise that as follows:

If there are problems with an activation date, it’d be much clearer to tell people that they don’t have a date yet, rather than to suggest that it’s coming in three months’ time

- especially if BT (Openreach or Retail) can’t actually say *for sure* that it is in fact coming within that three month period.

I’m afraid I also have to disagree with the point that “It would be very wrong to suggest that dates regularly go back” as it appears, based on the people who have commented, and the hundreds of similar comments on BT forums (such as this link) would suggest this happens to quite a large number of people consistently every three months – this is not “very wrong”, not even “slightly wrong”  in fact, it is the very definition of ”dates regularly going back”!

It’s annoying and frustrating when anyone promises something by a date and that date is missed.
If that “anyone” is an organisation like BT then you might want to complain about it, and expect them to do something to improve the situation.

We can accept that BT Openreach passes information to BT Retail, I think anyone can also accept that BT are going to encounter problems when rolling out such a massive engineering project
But it seems “very wrong” to even give a date if that date is completely arbitrary.

Judging by the number of people who’ve been in touch with me about this, and the number of times that dates have been moved back three months, it does appear as though some of the dates being given are arbitrary.
Even though BT has been broken up into separate companies, somebody somewhere in BT (nowhere else!) could and should be take responsibility for this and act on it, and there should be a way to provide feedback to them.

• I’ve tried contacting BT Retail – who couldn’t help
• I’ve tried contacting BT Wholesale – who don’t offer any way for me to even complain to them about this
• I’ve tried contacting the BT Press Office, who have been kind enough to look into this and reply – but I’m afraid this doesn’t really help either!

Next Steps

Like I say, the BT Press Office have been kind enough to respond to this – and it’s a bit unreasonable to expect that office to be able to actually make a change to BT to help us.  So I don’t want to “have a go” at them.
But somewhere in BT there must be somebody who can sort this out – the trouble is that it that there doesn’t seem to be a way to get this message across to that part of BT.

So what to do about this?

Well in the absence of any action from BIT, it’s been suggested to me that I raise a “Supercomplaint” to the ASA, Ofcom, Trading Standards or even BBC Watchdog about this, that seems like the next logical step.
So if enough people comment below, then I’ll look into doing just that.

I don’t know the numbers, and I don’t know how to get the numbers to see how big a problem this is
It may just be a couple of us, but then again it could be thousands of us!
As a public limited company, a don’t think BT is subject to FOI requests – but I can at least ask you – my readers

So, over to you!!

If you find that your activation date for BT Infinity has been put back – perhaps more than once, then please do comment below
I don’t need your phone numbers or exchange details, but if you could just share roughly how many times your date has been pushed back, then we can get a scale for how many people this affects, and see how many people would like something done about it.

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BT Engineer Laying Fibre in Uppermill

BT have just announced their Infinity 2 Service

What is it?  Well it’s an improvement on their Infinity Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) service, doubling the maximum download speed up to 76Mbps

Just to qualify that, an average ADSL broadband connection will get you about 6 to 12 MBps – so it’s pretty impressive if they can deliver it 76 Mbps

Of course, first they’ll have to enable your line – but that’s another story! :)

Infinity 2

The reason behind this name is that BT Openreach are able to provide up to a doubling of speed of their original Infinity service to customers

Although I’m not too sure BT have fully thought through the name though, after all infinity means without limit (which may refer to the time you have to wait for your line to be activated!)
But the idea of “without limit 2″ seems a little contradictory.

Anyway, check your line to see if you can get BT Infinity or Infinity 2

Is it Fast?

At up to 76Mbps download speed, BT Infinity 2 is comparable with Virgin’s Cable broadband which offers speeds up to 100Mbps, although like Infinity, Virgin Cable is only available in limited areas.

Click here and put in your postcode to see if Virgin Cable is available in your area

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Tomorrow (on March 7th) Apple will hold an media event, and true to form, they’re keeping their cards close to their chest about the details.
Their announcement says:

“We have something you really have to see. And touch.”

Which of course, could mean anything!  And there are all kinds of rumours on the Internet, but what seems most likely is that they will release an upgrade of the iPad 2 – so everyone’s calling this “iPad 3″

If the rumour mill is to be believed, then we can expect something with a high resolution (Retina) screen – likely to support full high definition (1080p) and perhaps more, although you’ve got to wonder if you can appreciate full HD with a screen the size of the iPad’s.

The Big Question

Perhaps the biggest question on a lot of people’s minds will be if Apple will be able to live up to the “wow” factor that Steve Jobs was so excellent at delivering in their product announcements.
During his time, he announced some great products with great new features that made them really desirable.

Following the passing of Mr Jobs, some folk were disappointed with the launch of the iPhone 4S, that’s major new feature was Siri voice control (and an upgraded camera) but didn’t really offer so much more to the consumers than it’s predecessing model.  Even less so, for UK customers as Siri functionality over here is not as good as it is in the US.

Some people have suggested there the iPad 3 will have a new Quad core “A6″ or maybe “A5X” processor, others have mentioned improved 4G connectivity, but none of these features will really offer any great attraction to the average user, it needs something special something unique, something never seen before to stand out from the crowd, and it’s unlikely that some new software features like Siri are going to cut it this time round!

In fact that’s what Apple used to excel at, was separating all the specifications and technology that appeal to us geeks and instead identifying the actual benefits of the products with focus on its features and how this product can be of use to its owner and something that they ultimately “cannot live without”

During the time of Steve Jobs, Apple had had a history of launching new iconic devices, from the iPod, to the iPhone to the iPad, but each of these was delivered to the world with emphasis on what it could do for you as the user.  Sure, upgrades of each device came along, but they were explained in simple terms like “Carry all your Music with you” or “Phone Call and Music” or “Video Calling”
- now whilst none of these were unique to Apple products, what really made Apple stand apart from its competitors was that these were explained in terms that you could understand and see a need for in your own lifestyle.

The question now is without Jobs, can Apple still deliver their latest product in the same way with something that seems new and astounding and makes us say “Hey, I want that!”
Or will they fall into line with their competitors and focus on features, hoping to live off the back of their previous releases and instead go for more of the same, but bigger, faster, longer stronger?

Believe the Rumours?

So far, the rumours if the iPad 3 have come from the Internet, so of course us Internet geeks have focused on specification details and completely missed idea that; it’s not what you have, but what you do with it.
Interestingly enough rumours are also burbling of another new device, completely different from the iPad 3 due to be launched tomorrow – so there’s a chance that Apple could wow us with something new.

Who knows what to expect – something like a mind control interface would be the logical next step
Although given the latest advances in science, this seems somewhat unlikely!!!  All the same, you’ve got to ask, who’s else apart from Apple is likely to launch such a thing to the mass market?

Like me there will be a lot of other geeks out there hoping for the best from Apple, with fingers crossed that they’re still going to be able to wow us
But I’m afraid there’s also a little niggling voice in my head that fears Apple will never be what it was without Steve Jobs and mind control isn’t as likely to happen in my lifetime with him no longer around.

Anyway, tomorrow’s event is due to start at 10 am Pacific time – which is 6pm UK time, and I think it’s a pretty safe bet that whatever is launched the World’s press will make a big thing out of it!

If you’re the kind of (normal) person that is interested in what technology can do for you, but don’t want to get wrapped up in the technical details, then Urban Haze is here to help – we can provide you with sensible advice about products that are suited to what you need from them, which might not be the latest shiniest thing with the flashiest lights.  Contact us or give us a call free on 0800 612 2845 to find out more.

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BT Engineer Laying Fibre in Uppermill last October

Last August and Last September I blogged that super fast fibre optic broadband was being rolled out across the UK and that it, was coming to Saddleworth soon.

So the big question is what’s happened since then?

Well, it’s good news for some, as indeed some areas of Saddleworth now have this super-fast broadband.

Although others are left feeling rather disappointed.

In fact, some of us have been left feeling rather disappointed by BT again and again.  Here’s why…

BT have a rather nifty web page that allows you to put in your phone number and see if Infinity, or other services are available
Click on this link to go to that page and see if or when you can get Infinity yourself

Warning – you should take any date mentioned here with a HUGE Pinch of Salt!

When I first clicked on this link in early 2011, it said I could get Infinity by 31st March 2011 and that you could register your interest and BT would get in touch when it was available

But 31st March came and went
Checking again in April, the page had changed to say I could get Infinity by 30th June 2011

Checking again in late June the page had changed again to say I could get Infinity by 30th September 2011

So checking again in early October, the page had now changed to say that I could get Infinity by 31st December 2011

On 12th December I checked again and discovered, this message had changed yet again to say that BT Infinity was not going to be available in my area (at all!)
Which seemed rather strange considering other people a few just a few yards away in my village already had Infinity

So, at that point I decided to ring BT Customer Services, who I’m afraid to say were unable to help and could only relay the same information that “it wasn’t available in my area”

Not one to give in easily, I decided to escalate the call, and after discussions with several people I eventually reached a very helpful press officer, who explained that with an engineering programme of this huge scale, all sort of factors can affect dates which is why they update websites as often as possible but that the work for my line was likely to be completed between February and May 2012

Now whilst I appreciate that rolling out BT Infinity to 20 cabinets is indeed a huge engineering programme, I can’t help but wonder after putting the cabinets into the street, and laying the cable into the ground, then what huge factors could possibly cause so much disruption that they say it would be available by March 2011, then push that back to June 2011, then push that back to September 2011, then push that back again to December 2011, then u-turn and say it wasn’t going to be available, then u-turn again and say it will be available in March 2012.

I do feel a bit sorry for those engineers that have done so much of the major work, but then had at least five huge factors that have so regularly disrupted their plans every three months and forced them to change their programme to another three months time, then change it again and again and again!

So where do we as consumers stand now?

I tried to point out to BT that they are happily advising customers of availability dates over the phone, by email on the web and in writing, then those dates are being continuously pushed back leaving customers disappointed.  Eventually I spoke to somebody in BT who at least listened to me

They wrote me a nice letter to say “They are sorry I found it necessary to complain” and they also wrote that “they had checked the web site using my phone number and advised me that it states the service will be available from 31-March-2012”

Indeed as of Feb 29th 2012, the web site stated in black and white:

When Can you Get it? – 31-March-2012

Anyway, the letter went on to say that they understood my complaint was actually that the date keeps changing, but unfortunately they were not able to control the release of products and could only sincerely apologise for the delays and that “hopefully the new set date for March will complete”

To me, something doesn’t quite seem right here.

I’d love to think these were just a few hiccups with BT and it’s a very limited problem, although I’ve found a forum with about 100 comments that suggests it’s not quite so small scale

But BT published an activation date on their web site in black and white (although they do also say “dates are subject to change“)

• If they change the date once, that’s unfortunate
• If they change the date twice, that’s forgivable
• If they change the date three times, that’s disappointing
• If they then change that to say it’s no longer available, that’s quite shocking
• If they then change that again to say it’s now coming in another 3 months, that’s just plain unbelievable

Let’s hope they don’t change that yet again, as I’d struggle to come up with a suitable hyperbole!

For me, this raises a couple of interesting questions:

Is the promise of a schedule that is missed and regularly changed to another 3 months’ time misleading?
And could that possibly be interpreted as false advertising?

Now I’m no expert here, so I’d be interested to hear what the professionals think

Anyway, we’ve just arrived March (pinch, punch first of the month!), and as of midnight, the availability checker is strangely unavailable

But the last promised date is just a few weeks away so for now, let’s give BT the benefit of the doubt.
I’m interested to see what happens next and you can expect updates here on the Urban Haze blog, so please check back soon!

UPDATE 16/4/12

The end of March date was missed and now shows as another 3 months time – no surprise there, although even more disappointment.

I’d like to thank the hundreds of people a month who’ve been coming to this page, and especially those who’ve taken the time to comment.
Clearly this is not such a small problem if over 700 people a month are finding and reading this article.

Today I got back in touch with the BT Press Office, and they have said they *ARE* looking into this and have promised a response within the next 2 weeks.

Whilst we can’t expect BT’s Press Office to be able to fix this problem directly themselves, we can at least draw attention to it, and hopefully with their help, ensure it falls on something other than deaf ears in BT as it has done so far.

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iPad, iPhone4 and MiFi Router

If you were lucky enough to have been given some spending money at Christmas, then it might be burning a hole in your pocket leaving you desperate to dash out and buy the latest gadget

But beware – starting in less than a week is CES – the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas!

This is a huge annual event where all the major electronics manufacturers get together and release their latest products.

So gadget lovers this is good news and bad!

If you’re the kind of person who can’t wait for the latest model, then you best hold your horses until January 13th when CES closes and all the latest gadgets will have been launched.

If however, you’re a bargain hunter, then you should find that the previous generation of gadgets are starting to drop in price now and will continue to drop as the new ones are launched starting on January 10th.

You can expect to see a variety of “Smart” TVs launched from various manufacturers over the three day event, also likely to include some partnerships with big companies like Google, offering a new breed of Internet connected Televisions with additional video services being provided online

Apple fans should note that whilst nobody knows when or if Apple will release new products, the iPad 3 is rumoured not to be released until later this year (March perhaps!) although CES is expected to bring a large number of tablet devices from other Manufacturers that will push Apple to launch something special to stay ahead of the game.

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The update offers a few features, but the major one is that it fixes what has been a major problem for the iPhone 4S in that the battery drained way to fast.

How to Install?

If you want to add the 5.0.1 update to your iPhone without using your computer you’ll need to have iOS 5 installed on it already.  If you do, then here’s what to do:

 Go into the settings

Then choose General

Then choose Software Update
If you don’t see this then you probably don’t have iOS5 installed yet – In which case, plug your iPhone into your computer, load up iTunes and follow the same procedure you’ve done before to get the latest update

If you’ve made it to Software Update, then click the “Download and Install” button

Then you’ll have to agree to the Terms and Conditions – have a good read of the legalese here (you probably won’t, but we have to tell you to!) then that’ll start the download.

It warns you to connect your machine to power to save battery – but with more than 50% battery life, I decided to ignore this!

The download itself came down in just a couple of minutes, and even that seemed to eat through the battery

Once downloaded it starts “preparing” the update which takes another couple of minutes

Then it verifies the update

Then finally you get a 10 second warning the your iPhone will restart

By this time the battery power had dropped to 49% on the iPhone 4S

This was the only stage that was a little shaky in the installation – you get a few black screens, pinwheels, Apple logos and a progress bar which moves along until it completes then you finally you get a black screen.

This leaves you wondering “is it finished?”

To answer the question yes, it was finished, but there’s nothing to tell you that, and actually the update says it’s going to “restart” your iPhone when actually it doesn’t

You have to then hold down the top button for a couple of seconds and your machine comes back to life

It doesn’t quite seem to have a normal start here either – which again is slightly worrying, it takes a minute or so, with a black screen, an Apple logo and another progress bar – but don’t Panic!
…just let it do its thing and eventually you’ll get back to the normal lock screen.

For me there was another little problem here in that it made some complaint about the “Apple Find Friends” app that I’d installed not being logged in, but entering the password solved that problem.

Is it worth it?

Right now it’s too soon to say if this has actually improved battery performance although I have read some good (if not amazing) reviews on the Internet from people who’ve been Beta testing this update.

If you’ve got an Australian accent, then this update is also supposed to help Siri better recognise what you’re saying (no mention on if there’s improvements for people with Scottish accents) and it’s also supposed to add some security updates, so since it doesn’t do any harm, then yes, I think it’s worth it!

Having said all that, the installation for the iPad2 went completely smoothly, and it did reboot itself and there were no complaints about the Find Friend App.  So I could have just been unlucky.
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What an amazing place – a huge estate of land with pieces of artwork dotted around the landscape.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park also welcomes Dogs (on leads) so Rufus and Sox were able to join in and have a great day out too.

Here’s some of my favourite photos taken on the day:

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This is a long overdue review of that rather funky piece of machinery.

Price

First of all, this Sony Machine does not come cheap, retailing at £119.99, although shop around, you may find one for less than £90.  Having said that, the cost is pretty justifiable, as not only is this an alarm clock and iPhone charger, it also has a 7 inch display

Compatibility

Although the display was originally designed to work with iPods although I’m pleased to announce it works with the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on iOS5 (although this does require a firmware upgrade – see below) and this is where this machine begins to live up to it’s “Dream Machine” name.

There’s a hidden dock that pops out of the right hand side of this machine.   Once extended, you’ve got a choice of dock “templates” – although if you remove all the templates, you’ll find that an iPhone 4 or 4S will connect properly and stand up nicely even with a case on it like the Griffin Reveal Etch, although the iPhone doesn’t actually rest on the plastic of the dock, it does need the connector itself to stand upright – but after using this for a year I’ve found it’s solid enough

The 7″ Screen

One of the great features of this alarm clock is its 7″ screen – this displays the time in nice big numbers, useful if you’re going a bit short sighted!

It’ll also display a slideshow of your favourite pictures, copied from either USB or memory card.  But this screen really comes into its own when it’s used in conjunction with the iPhone.  Just to be clear up front, it doesn’t display everything – although the list of what does work is quite impressive:

• YouTube videos
• iPhone Movies / TV shows
• Video Streaming from Web Browsers

What this means is that if you subscribe to the free TV Catchup service and can access WiFi from your bedside, then you can actually watch about 50 TV channels on the 7″ screen.

Having said that, I think our friends from Sony may have missed an obvious flaw in their cunning plan – in that one of the main feature of this device is that it’s designed to be a bedside alarm clock, and the nature of being by the side of a bed usually implies that the viewer is lying down in bed, and looking to the bed-side at the device.

Quite simply, this means in practical terms is that you’re looking at the screen either sideways or at an angle – which takes a bit of getting used to!!

Speakers and Sound

One of the other great features is the sound quality – this is something Sony have plenty of experience of, and I’m pleasantly surprised that for such a little machine the sound is clean, clear, covers a wide range of tones, has nice bass quality and not at all tinny – much better than the speaker on the iPhone, so this makes listening to music in sleep mode before you doze off a pleasant experience.

Firmware 1.10

In order to use an iPhone 4S, you’re going to need to follow the instructions provided by Sony to upgrade the firmware on this machine to the latest version (1.10 at the time of writing)  If you use an earlier version of Firmware, the iPhone 4S will still charge, but the ICF-CL75iP won’t recognise it to play its music or videos.

When you do upgrade the Firmware, make sure you follow the instructions carefully – I made the mistake of using a small SD card and kept getting the following error: “There is no system.img AND resource.img file in memroy card, update can’t continue…” (yes “memroy”, not memory!)

But when I put a larger card it, the upgrade went very smoothly and I was pleased to find that it had still remembered all my images for the slide show – so no need to reload those.

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