WordPress 2.2 has just been released about 14 hours ago. There are a lot of new goodies with this release, among the big ones are Integrated Widgets, Full Atom support, New Blogger importer, Infinite comment stream, protection against plugins or edits that will break your blog, and also a hook for a future WYSIWYG support [...]

My better half was complaining that she can’t find a suitable plugin for displaying random posts on her sidebar. I tried to look myself, and there were some reference to the plugin but nowhere to be found. One good plugin I found is Random categories with random posts by Mike Stickel but it uses categories [...]

Since I am maintaining several WordPress installation now, I feel that it is quite a tiring chore to backup the databases every now and then. I used to do it once a week, and it is even a recurring event in my pocket PC. It was WordPress Database backup 0.8 and every time I clicked [...]

If any one of you just updated to the newer version of WordPress, make sure that you also update to the latest version of the plugin. A fellow blogger encountered this error on WordPress 2.1.x yesterday, as he still had the version 2.1 of the plugin. This is caused by the removal of generate_page_rewrite_rules function [...]

Hey, did anyone realize that there’s an upgrade available? Or February is the busiest time for everyone? WordPress 2.1 is upgraded to 2.1.1 while WordPress 2.0.7 is upgraded to 2.0.9. Files changed in 2.1.1 from 2.1: wp-includes/post-template.php wp-includes/cache.php wp-includes/formatting.php wp-includes/category.php wp-includes/post.php wp-includes/version.php wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/wp-scriptaculous.js wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_config.php wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-mce-help.php wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php wp-includes/capabilities.php wp-includes/cron.php wp-includes/functions.php wp-includes/bookmark-template.php xmlrpc.php wp-admin/admin-ajax.php wp-admin/admin-functions.php wp-admin/custom-header.php wp-admin/options-general.php [...]

I wrote a plugin to import everything that can be found from the feeds Blogger provides. Many people has emailed me since asking me why I would do such a thing, as Blogger is a great platform for bloggers. This is my answer to all of those questions. Why do you write this script/plugin? A [...]

Update #3 (26 April 2007): This plugin has been broken by changes made to feeds on Blogger, and is pretty much unusable anymore. The download links are still there so if you want to try it anyway you can do so. Try to see the method described in TechCounter (the last one) for a good [...]

Wow! That was fast. WordPress 2.1 has been released. Users of my Blogger Beta importer, please be aware that the script might not work with WordPress 2.1 I shall have to look into it later. Update: A kind soul tested the script to a fresh install of WordPress 2.1 and it still works. Update: This [...]

I do keep track of the subversion repository and the latest I just updated from the server is 2.1 beta4. I can see lots of improvements for the management interface although I don’t have the time to take a look at the internals yet. The interface runs smoother and faster – or is it just [...]

There’s a new update for WordPress: version 2.0.7 Most of you who are currently using WordPress would be able to see it on your dashboard. This is a very minor upgrade, involving these files: wp-admin/inline-uploading.php wp-admin/post.php wp-includes/classes.php wp-includes/functions.php wp-settings.php wp-includes/version.php Download it now.

WordPress Suicide is a useful plugin, particularly if you are running tests on your freshly installed WordPress. Also, if you are trying to import your posts and comments from the New Blogger this could prove useful – if you are unlucky to have problems during your import. Some people succeed the first time, but some [...]

Well, this is not a complaint to the great plugin, but for some themes. Themes like Intense, and AquaGreen does not have any wp_footer call so the tracking code will not show. How to fix it? Open up themes/[themename]/footer.php and add <?php wp_footer(); ?> before </body> resulting in: <?php wp_footer(); ?> </body> </html> Hope this [...]

For those who are still thinking whether or not to migrate from Blogger to WordPress, here’s a good insight by Anita Campbell. Although it was written more than a year ago, it’s still relevant. Blogger (non-beta) users will be able to use the built-in import function and while you’re at that you might want to [...]

Following the post Import Blogger Beta to WordPress, here is a working example after an import. Before: homemakerdiary.blogspot.com (Blogger) After: www.homemakerdiary.com (WordPress) (Images are imported using the plugin mentioned earlier) P/S – to my current one and only web development client, I am doing this as a hobby during breaks. Please be assured that the [...]

This page is outdated. Please click here for the update. Comments are closed on this post. As I have not heard anything about the solution to this problem, I wrote a script. This script is a simple but powerful script which extracts the posts and comments from RSS feeds at blogger.com. Instructions: Copy the script [...]