The Forgettful Website Developer

moving wordpress site

After copying files and db content:

1. Edit wp-config.php with new db content
2. edit .htaccess (if parent folder name of wp has changed)
3. using phpMyAdmin (as instructioned in the above link)…
4. update all absolute URLs to new domain eg.
   UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’) WHERE option_name = ‘home’ OR option_name = ’siteurl’;
5. UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://www.old-domain.com','http://www.new-domain.com');
6. UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'http://www.old-domain.com', 'http://www.new-domain.com');

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/wordpress-plugins-for-images-photographs-and-graphics/

mostly to set width to 150 when uploading (keep proportional)

Took me about 1/2 day set everything up and understand how it works as well as search for themes. Some time spend on getting it to use a different upload directory…still not working

If you have fantastico or elephante. Use it!

Giving its own directory

themes. Download, upload using cpanel file manaer, uncompress, viola!

Learned that I want simple, white, flexible width, 3 column and a choseable header pic (or easy to switch)

Setup:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Things_to_Know_Before_You_Begin

download/extract alternative:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_1:_Download_and_Extract

beginner?s:

http://www.everydayiselectionday.com/2008/07/22/a-beginners-guide-to-installing-wordpress/

moving hosts:

http://www.bloganything.net/775/how-to-move-your-wordpress-blog-to-a-new-web-hosting

No integration required really - you will need to administer both sites separately. I just made a wp directory in my joomla home. I then made a Joomla menu item to link to my WordPress blog. Apparently, visitors to my blog in a subdirectory of my joomla site will increase my page rank too. If you want further integration, see here.

Why WordPress when I suggested idoBlog? Well I wanted a different look. The blog site that I am using WP for wasn’t to have the same look. Therefore, I need it’s a different template. I understand Joomla can run multi-sites in one instance. But the WP site only needed the blog feature. And I use both: one affiliate site, and one internal blog site.

http://blog.hummerbie.com/joomla-or-wordpress-which-one-to-choose/

http://blog.hummerbie.com/blog-your-joomla-site-up-in-google/

http://blog.hummerbie.com/working-a-wordpress-blog-into-joomla/

http://joomlablogging.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/using-sh404sef-improve-mojoblog-sef-seo/

idoBlog - does the trick and simple. free and professional versions available

mojoblog component uses wordpress-like UI to add blogging functionality in Joomla. However it will NOT work in 1.5 nor 1.5 legacy. Use idoblog.

If you use idoBlog you can ignore all this:

http://blog.hummerbie.com/joomla-or-wordpress-which-one-to-choose/

http://blog.hummerbie.com/blog-your-joomla-site-up-in-google/

http://blog.hummerbie.com/working-a-wordpress-blog-into-joomla/

http://joomlablogging.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/using-sh404sef-improve-mojoblog-sef-seo/