Just a day or two ago I wrote about helping people get from 2.x to 3.x in word press. WP creator Matt Mullenweg took the unusual step today of announcing 3.0.4 via email and indicated it is because of a critical flaw that was discovered and now fixed. So don’t put it off, update today! […]
Stuck in WordPress 2.0.x? Ready for the Latest WordPress Upgrade?
You might not have guessed that the Blog Wranglers perform WordPress version upgrades for clients since it does not involve migration, but we do just about anything that comes our way. Just this week we were contacted by a client who hosts at DreamHost and was stuck in WordPress version 2.0.1. She wanted an upgrade […]
Thunderbird Email Configuration v3 – correcting IMAP to Pop3 After Auto-configuration
Nothing is good about the “new and improved” version 3.0 to 3.0.11 that has continued through to Thunderbird 3.1 through 3.1.7 which is current as of December of 2010. When you add a new email account (tools > account settings > account actions button (bottom left) > Add Mail Account) Thunderbird 3.x.x attempts to auto-configure […]
Just a momentary break from Hubspot to WordPress Night Here
We have moved a fair amount of Hubspot blogs to WordPress the last two weeks and I am beginning to significantly improve a couple of processes that I use for the moves. But I had to take a momentary break to download Microsoft Visual Basic Express 2010 tonight … only MS could give you something […]
Facebook — I don’t like you even with a new profile page
For those who missed it, I hate Facebook — that is right HATE. And this weekend they rolled out a new Facebook Profile (link to CNN article) — great, make it even more confusing for those of us who find it hard to use, navigate, and understand. Now I do get Facebook as a great […]
Highlight Current Page Only in Meall Dubh’s Fold Page Menu Widget
I have always loved Meall Dubh’s Fold Page Menu Plug-in. For many complex projects, it is a great way to keep menu’s fairly well controlled. Even better, he has now made it into a Fold Page Menu Widget. I can also confirm that it works fine through WP version 3.0.2 that was recently released. Unfortunately […]
Saving Files to Local Folders – How to Create a Custom Save-As Dialog
I move a lot of data for customers in any given week. We move blogs from all manner of current platforms including lately a lot of HubSpot and Blogger sites, but also custom platforms and cms (content management systems). Sometimes it is a static site that is moving to WordPress. Sometimes it is comments from […]
BlogWrangler Display Ads
First set of BlogWrangler Ads out of the Hopper Round Two Round Three Now we need to get the copy sizzling. We Move Blogs to WordPress We move you to WordPress Want to move to WordPress? Corralling sites into WordPress Over 15,000 posts moved Moving Blogs Since 2009 WordPress Move-In Specialists Move MovableType to WordPress […]
Happy Wife, Happy Life
But when it comes to our duties here at blogwranglers – blog migration – we think of our customers as our wife in some respects, we want you to be happy. Over the weekend we helped a couple of customers with their blog migrations. One, Brett Kelly wrote a nice article about his experience with […]
Export Disqus comments and Import Comments into WordPress
Disqus has some distinct advantages, but also is undergoing explosive growth. Some people are simply not happy staying with Disqus and need to move comments from Disqus to WordPress. We recently completed a project to move Disqus comments as part of a blog migration to WordPress. If you need help moving your Disqus comments to […]