Moving A WordPress Site To A New Web Host
Recently I decided to move many of my WordPress websites to a new server. The initial process I took was slow and complicated, and just wasted my time. I had created a new WordPress installation and imported all the posts, pages, comments, etc, into the new site, and had to manually install the plugins, losing [...]
WordPress Android App 2
Ok, day one with the new phone went well. I need to get used to the onscreen keyboard, and I have found a few annoyances related to specious apps. Aside from that, it is easy to use and handy for checking email over the wifi network.
WordPress Android App
Today I got a Vodafone 845 Android phone, so I decided to try out the WordPress app for posting directly to a site. This is basically just a test to see how it works. I can’t try uploading a photo yet as I don’t have a micro SD card. Maybe tomorrow!
Converting A Website To WordPress The Easy Way
Many websites have a similar layout, basically dividing the screen into three main parts. This is the header, the content, and the footer. Additionally, websites often have the following layout features: A menu may be placed between the header and content; and/or a menu, or additional content area, may be placed to the left or [...]
Post Last Modified Date Shortcode
Updated 30/12/2011 The following function creates a shortcode (usage: [last_modified] ) that displays the date that the post or page was last modified. This is useful for pages that are occasionally updated with new information, such as resource lists pages. function display_last_modified_date() { global $wpdb, $id; $o = ‘<p>Last modified: ‘.get_the_modified_time(‘d F Y’).’</p>’; return $o; [...]
Unable to uninstall WP Super Cache
Problem Trying to uninstall WP Super Cache gives the error “UNINSTALL_WPSUPERCACHE must be set to a non-blank value in uninstall.php” Solution Go to Plugins | Editor and navigate to the WP Super Cache plugin files, specifically wp-super-cache/uninstall.php. Delete all the conditional statements at the beginning of the file, as pictured below. When you have completed [...]
WordPress List Child Pages Shortcode
It has been several months since my original article on the WordPress List Child Pages Shortcode, and since then I have done a lot more digging through the WordPress API, functions, filters, and related things. I started wondering why it was necessary to directly query the WordPress database, to get a list of pages, when [...]
Converting a Website to WordPress: 5. Tips and Suggestions
Now that you’ve decided to change your website to WordPress, it is a good opportunity to evaluate and tweak various elements of your website. Optimise your website for users, search engines (SEO), and speed. WordPress, with the plugins described in the previous article, improves navigation for users and search engines. Speed is enhanced by caching [...]
Converting a Website to WordPress: 4. Plugins
There are a number of plugins that I recommend for newly converted sites. The only one that I believe is essential when converting a site to WordPress is the first one, which handles redirection. All of the other ones are very useful, to varying degrees, but not essential. I will cover the usage of various [...]
Converting a Website to WordPress: 3. Themes
WordPress uses themes to display the articles and pages from the database. This means it is a simple process to make site-wide changes to the look of your website. You can even radically change the design; simply upload or modify the theme. This is really one of the main attractions of using a content management [...]
