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Last week I received an interesting comment on my post about Google Chrome OS:
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Client Tip 2: Word Documents
Everyone knows of Microsoft, and just as many know of Word its flagship Word Processor that comes bundled with the Microsoft Office suite. For many businesses if information doesn’t fit in an Excel spreadsheet it goes into Word. But many that use Word don’t know the frustrations it can cause to web professionals.
Importing Large WordPress Databases
Last year I found that migrating a WordPress blog is a difficult task. In March I redesigned and rebuilt davidnaylor.co.uk with the intention to create a more business orientated website. The site was to become a fully functioning website with a blog attached rather than running everything through WordPress. Because of this the site was built from new on a development area, this was fine until it came time to move the WordPress database.
As the new site was more than just a WordPress theme the new site could not be simply integrated into the old website, the WordPress database would need to be moved. Simply importing the exported XML file from the old website was not possible due to the size of the file. The site had amassed 8MB of data while WordPress stated an upload limit of 2MB.
After failing in my attempt to do the same with the SQL export file, I was left with splitting the XML file into 2MB chunks. This is a long and boring process.
Now the problem has cropped up again, with an even larger XML file and I have tried once again to find a solution.
Premium WordPress Theme: Installing XAMPP
When developing a website I have always worked on a live development server. This allows me to build the site on the exact server setup to that the live site will run. When developing this of course can be a slow process due to the constant uploading of changes to view their impact on the website.
I’ve always viewed installing a local server such as Apache to be a complicated and messy affair. However after reading the Installing WordPress Locally post by the WebDesignerWall the process did not seem as complicated as I once imagined.
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