Nudge

Blogger to WordPress Import

I recently had to transfer a client’s account from Blogger to WordPress. Although I had done as much research as I could beforehand (even tweeted the question out), I was surprised to find at how incomplete the information was out there.  I’ve listed all the steps I needed to get this particular site transferred.

1. Import from with WordPress using the Import tool
2. Convert Categories to Tags using plugin.
3. If some of your posts aren’t linked to any categories (even Categorized) use Assign Missing Categories
4. Cache Remote Images by using Cache Images
5. Export missing data from Blogger, Import to a dummy WP.com account, export missing data, import xml into hosted WP account

I really should write a full post on this since the previous steps don’t explain much. But at least for now you have an idea of the complexity of the process and that a full day’s work is ahead – especially if it’s an image heavy site.

Liquorice

Last year I create a theme called Liquorice which I submitted to the WordPress theme directory. After weeks of back and forth it was finally accepted and added to the repository. Hooray! Read more

WordPress Custom Header

I know i’m a little late on this, but I finally got the chance to play around with the custom header feature which rolled out with WordPress 3.0. It gives users the option to add their own custom image in the header of the site. The question was asked a few times for the last theme I created, so I decided I would enable the feature for the one I am currently working on.

Except for the last bit, all the code you see goes in your functions.php. I’ll try to explain each chunk to my understanding and as best I can.

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The Power of WordPress

I came across this interesting infographic. It breaks down the evolution of WordPress along with some statistics showing how it’s being used. It’s surprising to see that 57% of users are still v2 considering all the new features they added in v3. Full graphic here.