The video from my WPCampus 2016 talk, Getting to WordPress, is now available! https://youtu.be/cUx2raLevD4 Huge thanks to the WPCampus crew for their hard work on getting all these videos edited in their copious spare time. … [Read more...] about Video for Getting to WordPress (AKA how to import anything into WP) from WPCampus 2016
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WPCampus 2016 presentation: Getting to WordPress
Here are my slides from my WPCampus talk, Getting to WordPress (AKA How to Import Absolutely Anything): http://www.slideshare.net/stephanieleary/getting-to-wordpress The video should be up soon! … [Read more...] about WPCampus 2016 presentation: Getting to WordPress
Upcoming events for 2016: WPCampus, Content Strategy Summit, HighEdWeb
Tonight (and about once a month from now on), I'll be at the College Station WordPress Meetup. We're going to build a site from scratch as a demo for newbies. The second, smaller conference room will be available for advanced developers to chat. Locals, I hope to see you … [Read more...] about Upcoming events for 2016: WPCampus, Content Strategy Summit, HighEdWeb
Redirect imported content to WordPress URLs
Are you importing posts from another CMS? Do you want to avoid an .htaccess file with a million redirects? Of course you do! Step 1: store your old pages' paths in a custom field during your import. Step 2: adapt this little function to your site. When a user lands on a 404 … [Read more...] about Redirect imported content to WordPress URLs
HTML Import update: HTML in custom fields
The HTML Import plugin got a new feature this week: custom fields now have an option to allow HTML. This is useful for custom fields that are more than just a number or a short phrase. I worked on a site that had unique information in every page's sidebar, and we needed to import … [Read more...] about HTML Import update: HTML in custom fields
HTML Import 2.1 fixes your links
I've just released version 2.1 of HTML Import, which includes a new option to fix internal links. As the importer runs, it builds a list of old paths vs. new permalinks. You'll see that list reflected in the .htaccess redirects when the import is complete. This new function runs … [Read more...] about HTML Import 2.1 fixes your links
Plugin updates galore: HTML Import 2, Content Audit, Dashboard Notepad, and bonus! LiveJournal Crossposter
I have been a coding fool this week. The big news is that I'm now working on the LiveJournal Crossposter. If you use it, you've probably been pulling your hair out all week because it stops WordPress in its tracks when LJ is down. I've fixed it so it just shows you an error … [Read more...] about Plugin updates galore: HTML Import 2, Content Audit, Dashboard Notepad, and bonus! LiveJournal Crossposter
HTML Import 2.0 beta
The new version of the HTML Import plugin is just about done. It's completely rewritten and has several big new features: It imports linked images. (OMG, I KNOW.) It can handle all of the following paths, as long as they lead to actual image files: <img … [Read more...] about HTML Import 2.0 beta
