Dr Alan Howard

Bloggers date stamping posts prior to 1970 will encounter an error using Wordpress as the script processes dates in Unix format. The solution is found here and works well:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/27367?replies=23#post-194153

Where the web server hosting the Wordpress site is located behind a proxy server, the Wordpress admin and user may experience technical problems. Symptoms include:
- very slow loading of the dashboard
- askimet not working
These can be resolved by first setting proxy credentials in wp-includes/class-snoopy.php and then editing the akismet_http_post function in wp-content/plugins/askimet/askimet.php along the lines [...]