Journal
Some ideas, advice, information and the occasional rant
18Jan
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.
Continue reading “Importing Large WordPress Databases”
14Jan
The customer is always right, and when they’re paying for a service it’s their decision that is final. But at times a client can bypass all experienced views and proven testing to impart their own personal tastes on a project. This may be suitable for a personal website but not for a business site.
In most cases a clients modifications can be worked with to ensure the final website is still an example of good design. However there are cases when a clients wishes result in a website more at home in the 20th rather than 21st century. Luckily at this stage of development you can disassociate yourself from the project if you wish.
Continue reading “Help! A client ruined my work”
9Jan
After writing about my highlights of 2008 it seemed appropriate to now look forward to 2009 and write about what I will be doing this year and what I hope will happen, my New Year’s Resolutions I suppose.
The Killers
Obviously not web related but after a few years of trying I finally got tickets to see The Killers at the O2 in February. Although I’m still warming to the new Killers album I’m really looking forward to seeing them live as Hot Fuss is one of my favourite albums of all time and really want to see my favourite track ‘Jenny’ performed live.
Continue reading “Welcome 2009″
6Jan
Let’s get this straight before I start, I’m not an Apple fanboy, I don’t see the point in spending over the odds for a laptop or PC equivalent just because it gets less viruses and it’s pretty. That being said I do own an iPhone, still a bit over priced but I feel it’s a product without equal. As I own my little piece of Apple technology I do keep up with the new developments to see if there’s anything new on the horizon to supplement or enhance my iPhone.
Continue reading “Macworld 2009″