Monthly Archives: July 2010

Basic HTML for bloggers

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Viv
tech_support

Every now and then I get asked about this, so I’m listing a few good resources here so that they’re all together in one place. Continue reading →

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Migrating a HUGE WordPress blog

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Viv
A flock of birds is moving across the background of a big bank of cloud against a bright blue sky - WordPress logos accompany them, and the text *Migrating WordPress to a New Server* has been added to the picture

If you don’t have full server access to take a MySQL dump and a wp-content dump in order to migrate a blog, you can still do it using the native WordPress export feature, splitting the export .xml file into smaller components using a WXR splitter, then using the native WordPress import feature to upload the archives. Continue reading →

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How to change your display name on wordpress.com

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Viv
an icon for articles about blogging - it displays a thumbtacked post-it note saying *Blog*

This is coming up for me every now and then as a question from the perplexed.

It’s obviously not quite as obvious as it could be. Continue reading →

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