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Anyone migrate their blog from BlogSpot to WordPress? I would say it is a terrible experience. My sister has a Chinese life blog. She asked for help and I promised to migrate for her.

The orignal blog is on free BlogSpot. As I suggested, better go for own domain name and web hosting if you are serious blogger. She did and need to migrate all post and comment to new housing.

Migrate BlogSpot to WordPress

I tried to use the Import Blogger function in WordPress manage but failed. It prompt connection error due when accessing to Google HTTPS secure session. Lots of people face the same problem when migrate from BlogSpot (or Blogger.com) to WordPress. I’m using WordPress 2.6.1, not sure other version.

After some research, found a workaround to migrate BlogSpot’s blog. (more…)

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This is my first mobile blogging from iPod touch. I know I should try out the recent WordPress for iPhone. But as I said, I have to upgrade my iPod to OS 2.0 if I want to do so. Since it might not compatible with my apps, I have to keep it a side first.

I’m thinking to compile the WordPress for iPod myself since the source code has been released. I want to download iPhone SDK but it only available for OS X version. Sorry, no window version.

The WPhone Plugin

To experience mobile blogging(moblog), I’ve installed the WPhone plugin (http://wphoneplugin.org) for WordPress.

It works great for moblog! Can write post, manage comment, tags, categories, plugins, dashboard, etc. Basically, it has all basic features to write post and simple WordPress blog management task.

The only drawback is it does not support insert picture. You have to upload picture or photo seperately. Anyway, it still a cool plugin!
Some WPhone screenshot after jump. (more…)

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It’s too cool to say WordPress for iPhone and iPod touch is available for download now! The developer is so kind to make this software open source. I think it should be the first open source application that available for free download at iTunes!

WordPress for iPhone Features

The WordPress iPhone 1.0 Features:

• Support for WP.com blogs and self-installed blogs version 2.5.1 and higher
• Embedded Safari for true previews of posts
• Full tag and category support
• Photo support for both camera pictures as well as library photos
• Support for multiple blogs
• Ability to password protect a post, save as a draft, or mark the post for later review
• Auto-recovery. This will recover posts which have been interrupted by phone calls

This mean your iPhone or iPod now become a full featured mobile blogging device. Cool! (more…)

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WordPress 2.6 has been released for quite a while. Many has upgraded their blogs to the latest WordPress 2.6 without any problem. So, I decided to upgrade my WordPress 2.5 to WordPress 2.6 too.

I hate to reinstall and setup back whole things. So, I’ve come out a manual way to upgrade WordPress in minutes. 3 easiest steps upgrade to WordPress 2.6:

1. Download Wordpress 2.6 (~1.2MB)

2. Unzip it, Upload and Replace your WordPress hosting, except: wp-config.php file and wp-content folder.

3. Point your browser to “http://yourdomain/wp-admin/upgrade.php“. Follow the instructions on screen to continue and upgrade within seconds.

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