Software development

How to set the page title and meta fields of WordPress posts

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August 30, 2011

OK so I honestly don’t know if this is a feature of my theme or if this is a standard feature of WordPress itself but when I’m editing a post I can click Screen Options at the top right of the page and I get a list of options, including one called SEO. If I [...]


Versioning databases

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August 2, 2011

I have a create script for the database. The last line in the create script sets the database version (this is stored in the system keys table). The program has a database version constant that has the same value as the version number in the create script. I have an update file per database version [...]


Backing up a WordPress site

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July 25, 2011

As far as I know (I’m a WordPress amateur), the most important parts of a WordPress site to back up are the database and the theme. On most sites posts will be added much more often then the theme updated. Regular database backups are important to ensure that minimal content is lost in the case [...]


Making a multilingual WordPress site

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July 25, 2011

I’m trying qTranslate. Seem simple to use, albeit you probably need to be a programmer to be able to add and edit the available languages. I shall update this post with any problems I find.