Typo Boy, I don't know who Michael Wolfe is, but I think I may have a gigantic crush on him. 11 years of technical writing and software testing and talking to developers and trying to explain the users' points of view... just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be built into the damned software. Stop making it more and more complicated.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
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Morgana - Feb 01, 2011 2:37:06 pm PST #16012 of 25501
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
meara - Feb 01, 2011 2:41:07 pm PST #16013 of 25501
Hah! I DO sit in front of a computer all day...on IE6 that I'm not allowed to upgrade.
Liese S. - Feb 01, 2011 3:56:10 pm PST #16014 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. I sit in front of a computer all day and I still want a folder. That syncs. So I have dropbox and it's awesome because I think about it not at all. I just put stuff in it, and when I need it, it's there.
Even if "there" happens to be Akron, Ohio, when I was eating a cupcake and hanging out on facebook working with my designer in Kansas and realizing I could just go over to my printer's house which was only a few miles from said cupcakerie.
Yeah, that was awesome.
Shir - Feb 02, 2011 1:42:20 am PST #16015 of 25501
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Awesome indeed, Typo.
I hardly use Dropbox myself, but I loved the description.
Jessica - Feb 02, 2011 6:17:14 am PST #16016 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm in the process of possibly selling a domain name. Currently there's a WordPress blog hosted there that I haven't updated in over a year but would like not to lose - what is the easiest/most idiot-proof way for me to move the blog onto another URL? I have the blog's new location already registered, so I'm hoping there's a if-not-one-then-very-few-clicks way to backup the existing blog and restore it at the new location.
Gudanov - Feb 02, 2011 6:23:14 am PST #16017 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Well, it's all about the database. You'll need to export all your tables and then import them back into the new database.
Also you'll need to edit your wp-config.php file to have the new database information.
The trick is that (at least with MySQL) that exporting will create a text file loaded with SQL commands to recreate the database. You can do a search and replace on that text file to replace the old domain with the new one. Then everything from settings to image/media links is updated to the new domain. Then you import that text file back in and presto the blog acts as if it's always been on the new domain. Then you edit your wp-config.php to point at the new database you've created.
It's more than a few clicks, but it isn't too bad. There might be a more clever way to do it, but that's what I did to move a couple of blogs.
Jon B. - Feb 02, 2011 6:43:14 am PST #16018 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Moving WordPress: [link]
Jessica - Feb 02, 2011 6:57:43 am PST #16019 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, that was actually really easy. Lost my old theme for some reason, but at least all the posts/images/comments are there. Awesomecakes.
Deena - Feb 02, 2011 7:11:34 am PST #16020 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Jessica, download the old theme (FTP), and upload it to the new site (FTP also) and you'll be able to use it again.
le nubian - Feb 02, 2011 7:28:21 am PST #16021 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."