The latest release of Wordpress was made public earlier today. Since I've stopped using Wordpress I wasn't aware of it until I caught up with my RSS feeds a short time ago.Whether the new release brings enhancements or new features won't really matter to anyone, as the new release brings with it a new "phone home feature":Our new update notification lets you know when there is … [Read more...] about WordPress Release Raises Privacy and Security Concerns
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Quick Lunchtime RoundUp
Congratulations to Bernie who finally tied the knot! I re-read his post from yesterday and the penny dropped !Segala's WP optimisation article is useless apart from the one tip on disabling unwanted / unncessary plugins. A lot of the other supposed "tips" have very little to do with Wordpress or are simply technically incorrect. My optimisation tip is simple - move to something … [Read more...] about Quick Lunchtime RoundUp
Migration Howto
I posted a howto on migrating from Wordpress to MovableType 4. Hopefully it will be of use to some people. … [Read more...] about Migration Howto
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What's the significance of that number?It's the number of lines in the Wordpress "XML" export that I used to migrate from Wordpress to Movabletype.I put the XML in inverted commas as it doesn't validate. You have to "massage" it quite a bit to get rid of junk and make it pass a simple validation test.Thanks to Niall for pointing me in the direction of XML Starlet, which is a … [Read more...] about 156935 lines
Post-migration Sanity Check – Report any oddities please
I'm still cleaning up after the migration from Wordpress to Movabletype, so if anyone spots any weird errors or anything please let me know. … [Read more...] about Post-migration Sanity Check – Report any oddities please