12 blog posts tagged WordPress
WordPress to Jekyll part 6 - A faster build
My site goes back to 2004 and is reasonably sized but not massive even with the comments, so waiting 30 seconds for a change to reflect is disappointing.
WordPress to Jekyll part 5 - Hosting & building
The next stage is considering where to host the site and whether to use a content delivery network (CDN). My preferred approach on other sites has been to:
WordPress to Jekyll part 4 - Categories and tags
Jekyll does support categories and tags directly but doesn't support the pagination of categories and tag list pages. The Paginate-v2 gem does solve this - and also lets you tweak the URL format.
WordPress to Jekyll part 3 - Site search
Site search is a feature that WordPress got right. Analytics also tells me it is popular. A static site is at a disadvantage, but we have some options to address that.
WordPress to Jekyll part 2 - Comments & commenting
I do enjoy discussion and debate, whether designing software or writing articles. Many times the comments have explored the subject further or offered corrections or additional insights and tips. They are vital on my blog, and I was disappointed that Jekyll provides nothing out of the box to handle them.
WordPress to Jekyll part 1 - My history and reasoning
It's hard to believe it was 13 years ago, back in a cold December on the little island of Guernsey, when I decided to start blogging. I'd had a static site with a few odd musings since 2000, but this was to be more regularly updated and with technical content. Blogspot seemed the easiest way to get started.
Five steps to blog (re)design
For some time I’ve wanted to refresh the design here at damieng.com which evolved out of the Redoable theme with my own tweaks to colors, typography, images and background until it was almost my own.
WordPress 2.5 notes from the field
It’s been a few weeks since I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and while the upgrade went well it hasn’t been all plain sailing.
Notes on the move to WordPress
The change to WordPress from Subtext went without major hitch. This was great considering I was tweaking the design and articles right up to going on holiday. I wouldn’t do this in a professional environment but my blog is a sandpit for such dare-devil risk taking.
Moving home
I have been planning on moving my blog off my little Windows Shuttle PC at home onto a hosted service for some time and the latest flurry of activity followed by DSL line meltdown was enough to give me the nudge I needed to get the job done.
Importing BlogML into WordPress
I’ve been trying to get my content out of Subtext and into WordPress – a process that shouldn’t be difficult however Subtext only supports the blog-independent BlogML format and while WordPress supports a number of import formats BlogML isn’t one of them. For export WordPress only supports it’s own WordPress WXR format although the BlogML guys have an exporter available.
From Blogger to SubText: Export psuedo BlogML from Blogger
Getting my blog out of Blogger.com and into Subtext was not as easy as I’d hoped…