A new blog

After many many months without being to update this site I was finally able to set aside enough time to finish off the migration, moving from Squiz Matrix CMS across to WordPress. This is the second move of this blog. It was originally migrated from Blogspot across to Matrix back in 2007 and it served… Continue reading A new blog

Restoring mySQL database from the file system MT

When you get a flat backup of your server the SQL is useless to you. Unless you’ve run SQL exports and backups your self you’re going to have to recover the databases from these flat unusable files. Fortunately there’s a tool in the Media Temple back end that allows for this. Simple connect to the… Continue reading Restoring mySQL database from the file system MT

Custom Post Type UI | WebDevStudios.com

The Custom Post Type UI plugin adds easy to use control over post types and custom taxonomies in WordPress. New WordPress 3.1 features Create and edit custom post types Create and edit custom taxonomies Attach Built-in and custom taxonomies to post types Advanced labeling for post types Below is a slightly outdated example video showing… Continue reading Custom Post Type UI | WebDevStudios.com

WordPress Bulk Page Creator

If you’ve decided to use WordPress for your site you’re going to need to create some pages. For Websites that are blog/news/article based you will probably migrating a few posts across, however if you’re looking to use WordPress as a CMS rather than simply a blog then you will be building pages to form your… Continue reading WordPress Bulk Page Creator