The process is a bit tricky because you do not want to mess your other databases in the hosting account because that can destroy your other sites !

I thought it will be a simple matter to import the file but as always sql never works without giving errors.

During the import of sql (through phpmyadmin), I kept getting the following error,

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SQL query:

–

– Dumping data for table `wp_flickr_post`

–

INSERT INTO `wp_flickr_post` ( `uid` , `name` , `value` )

VALUES ( 1, ‘commercial_only’, ’1′ ) , ( 2, ‘legacy_support’, ’1′ ) ;

MySQL said:

#1062 – Duplicate entry ’1′ for key ‘id’

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

OK so how did I fix this ?

Simple,

Dropped all the tables inside the database so that I had an empty database and nothing else.

Then I tried to import the sql file and it went very smoothly without any problems.

So the lesson I learnt was that If I am importing an sql file, especially to setup a new site or to move a site, then I should always remove all the tables within the newly created database and then do a fresh import.

It really helps if you know at least the basic SQL commands because then you will be more confident to troubleshoot. After all the SQL dump of the site that you get in a .sql file is nothing but SQL statements.

As always if you have any question as always leave a message below.

www.yoursite.com/tag/keyword

What you actually wanted was

www.yoursite.com/keyword

Because this would be better for SEO purposes and the Search Engines like Google would prefer this format and rank you higher.

Another problem with this is that the same page is reachable through both urls above, so there is a chance that the search engines might get the wrong idea and think that you have duplicate content on your site ! This is simply not good for your site as far as search engine traffic is concerned.

The solution to fix this problem is to use “Redirection” [http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/] which is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections. With a 301 redirect the search engine bots will be forwarded to the correct format of the URL so you can avoid any duplicate content issues as well.

OK so this is how I fixed it ….

Redirect Tag pages
==================
/tag/(.*) => /$1

This will match any URL that starts with /tag/, and will redirect it to the same URL but without /tag/. For example,

http://onlinembadegreeprogram.co.uk/tag/university-of-maryland-university-college-umuc-business-administration-mba-degree/

will be redirected to a URL without the /tag/

http://onlinembadegreeprogram.co.uk/university-of-maryland-university-college-umuc-business-administration-mba-degree/

I’ve tried various things including modifying the php files within wordpress but still without any luck until I tried this….

So if you wanted to get rid of this category keyword here is what to do…

In the Permalinks options, set the "Custom Structure" to

/%category%/%postname%/

and your "Category Base" to

/.

By the way if you still have not improved your URL structure for WordPress then I would do it immediately because it is very important for the SEO for your site. For example it is always a good idea to include the keywords that you are targeting within the URL.  Things like the domain name and URL count heavily with search engines when they rank your site for specific keywords.

Please let me know whether this worked for you, and if you have any suggestions or questions by leaving a comment below.

So lets try to increase the limit to 100 recent posts….
You got to be careful about the maximum number here because of 2 reasons

1. It delay the site load time because the site has to load all the links, and
2. SEO says more than 100 links on the home page is a bad idea !

It’s a bit of a pain to do this because you need to modify the default-widgets.php located in wp-includes

Before you play with the file make sure to BACKUP
I am not responsible if anything goes wrong !

Find the code below

$title = apply_filters(‘widget_title’, empty($instance['title']) ? __(‘Recent Posts’) : $instance['title']);
if ( !$number = (int) $instance['number'] )
$number = 10;
else if ( $number < 1 )
$number = 1;
else if ( $number > 15 )
$number = 15;

and modify to

$title = apply_filters(‘widget_title’, empty($instance['title']) ? __(‘Recent Posts’) : $instance['title']);
if ( !$number = (int) $instance['number'] )
$number = 10;
else if ( $number < 1 )
$number = 1;
else if ( $number > 100 )
$number = 100;

if you have setup widgets for the sidebars then modify the maximum number of recent posts to display to 100.
Before the hack you could put any number, even 100, but it simply ignored it and displayed the 15 recent posts because the code we modified is actually what controls this maximum number

else if ( $number > 100 ) $number = 100;

Hope this is useful, feel free to leave comments below…

The error I got was

Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_site_admin() in /home/techmonkey/public_html/ittrainingexpertblog/wp-content/plugins/sem-google-analytics/sem-google-analytics-admin.php on line 20

So what did I do…
Googled the error message (excluding the names specific to me in the path)
Google search
Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_site_admin() in /wp-content/plugins/sem-google-analytics/sem-google-analytics-admin.php on line 20

This
http://menoob.com/wordpress/google-analytics-plugin-problem-in-wordpress-2-8/

was the best answer and I managed to get back into the admin panel after I renamed the directory for the google analytics plugin in
/home/techmonkey/public_html/ittrainingexpertblog/wp-content/

So far I have tried 3 on the Mac

1. Blogo, I quite like the bunny icon, but functionality is rather buggy, it leaves a great big space before the first sentence, and this has been a well known problem for years !. Another problem is that this costs $$ !

so moving on to

2. MarsEdit, I am writing this post using MarsEdit, however one of my major problems with this is that when I copy and paste from MS word or Google docs, the markups like bolding etc are not retained. SO this is not a WYSIWYG editor !. Disappointed, that I have to do bolding etc manually. On the positive side this is great if you want to review and modify your existing blogs. Cost $$$
More problems with MarsEdit, when inserting images !, really wish this was WYSIWYG !. Now I am using Windows Live Writer !

3. Macjournal, again another disappointment, i this is not a WYSIWYG editor !. The interface looks better that the other 2 but again the same problems.

I might look for more clients and even might try the windows based ones, especially the free one from Microsoft. Will keep you updated might be useful for someone who is looking to make wordpress maintenance easier.

This might be a good problem to solve, because there is a requirement or a gap in the market for a wordpress desktop client with the following list of requirements

1. WYSIWYG editor
2. Free or cheap
3. Drag and drop for images, videos etc
4. Ability to manipulate and edit comments
5. Ability to manipulate input for various popular plugins as All in One SEO
6. Accurate preview view for drafts and published posts
7. Preview with Theme (like in WLW)

Development will need a good knowledge of XML RPC know how etc. The XML RPC is a well documented protocol !

Until I find a wordpress client of my dreams, I will continue to use MarsEdit Windows Live Writer on my Mac Windows Laptop  
 

OK, now I read another article which said that Windows Live Writer (WLW) is the best. So I am on my Windows laptop writing this.

So testing Window WordPress clients as well

1. Windows Live Writer 2009, WLW looks very impressive so far. It’s free and offers a nice preview with your blog template !. That’s great ! .

What I like :

1. The preview facility with your WP theme
2. When it publishes the the post it will automatically open it in your selected web browser. I am impressed that it does not force you down the Internet Explorer router because I use Firefox
3. Smiley (:)) support

Problems with solutions:

• .png images –> WLW crashes when dragging and dropping or inserting .png images !, the current solution I found is to convert pngs to .jpg and drag and drop or insert. Works fine

 

• If you are using a very narrow column theme on your WP blog, then the edit area on WLW will be very small to match the size of the post on your front page ! so what you need to do to get this sorted is to

  Untick

  View –> Edit Using Theme

  CTRL + F11 will toggle between Edit using theme and Edit without

 

If you have any suggestions or would like to add to these experiences then please let me know by leaving a comment below.