I'm considering setting up my company's website on a blogging platform. Since I'm a heavy user of Google services, I was considering using Blogger, especially since it is free. (I use it for my personal blog.) However, my partner said self-hosted Wordpress is more flexible and more professional. Is Wordpress truly better than Blogger? If so, what are the main selling points of using Wordpress over Blogger in 2012?
posted by Bushmiller
on Apr 25, 2012 -
15 answers
Help me fix my Wordpress theme so that my left and right sidebar appears in the source code after the main content as I've changed themes and lost 90% monthly visitors because of the duplicate content coming up first now (there's like 80 links in my sidebar).
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posted by Bacillus
on Apr 23, 2012 -
5 answers
Replaced an old website with a new (better?) version in Wordpress and traffic went down. Why?
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posted by doomtop
on Apr 12, 2012 -
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I have an old WordPress 1.5.2 installation. I'd like to either export the posts to a new domain/fresh install or upgrade the current install. I expected that to be easy, but getting my posts out of my existing blog does not appear to be simple at all. I only care about the posts and titles: I'd be fine with losing existing comments.
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posted by gd779
on Apr 12, 2012 -
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Wordpress users: is the customer service still as shit as it used to be circa 2006-2007?
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posted by divabat
on Apr 8, 2012 -
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I have a self-hosted WordPress blog in which every post is an image (with alt-text) and a single comment. I'd like to move this material over to a Tumblr blog. The site has two years' worth of material, with about three posts per week.
I've done a Google search and it seems there are three methods for migrating WordPress content to Tumblr. All involve exporting the WordPress Blog to XML first, which I've done.
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posted by Legomancer
on Apr 7, 2012 -
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I want to set up a personal web space - a blog, some articles and vanity e-mail address type of affair. Unfortunately, I've spent too long using software instead of making it and all my web design and programming knowledge is a hopelessly outdated. What does a person need to know these days if they want to register a domain and set up a not overly complex web page and blog with a service provider who is slightly more scrupulous than the average Batman villain?
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posted by Kid Charlemagne
on Apr 4, 2012 -
9 answers
Thanks to a lead from a question I posted on
this mefi thread, I finally found the contraption I was looking for to help disabled people go hiking.
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posted by dthm42
on Apr 2, 2012 -
5 answers
This is a pretty basic question about WordPress & Earthlink hosting. I need advice about installing WP through Earthlink's installer in the control panel.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 23, 2012 -
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I'm in the process of transferring my Wordpress blog to a new host. So far everything is working just fine, except the media library.
I copied /wp-content/uploads/* onto the new system. I see the folders and files on the new server via SFTP, but WP doesn't seem to notice them. Is there some sort of "cache refresh" trick? Do I actually have to manually go in and load all the individual images from the past year via the UI?
posted by symbioid
on Mar 15, 2012 -
8 answers
I am running a Wordpress installation on my own domain. It was hacked. For an admin fee, my web host is restoring prior to the hack. What are my best practices going forward to prevent this from happening again?
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posted by netbros
on Mar 15, 2012 -
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I am too disorganized to blog consistently, but I'm also way too verbose for Twitter. Is there a blogging platform that exists somewhere between these two extremes? Is there a platform that's kind of like Facebook as a blog? Do I want a Tumblr?
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posted by thehmsbeagle
on Mar 8, 2012 -
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Does anyone have any tips for dealing with less savvy users of web-based WYSIWYG products like TinyMCE (which Wordpress uses) and/or improving the usability on the back-end? The best users I've worked with seem to universally use the HTML editor, while the rest fight with the visual editor to varying degrees of success.
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posted by yeahyeahyeahwhoo
on Mar 7, 2012 -
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Looking for plugins/software to install stats/analytics for Multisite WordPress (v3.3.1) so that the clients can see the stats for their own site. Google Analytics is already under consideration, but we want to look at other options
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posted by badger11
on Mar 6, 2012 -
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Wordpress Help! My homepage keeps getting redirected to the wordpress install page...I believe I changed all my database table prefix in both wp-config and phpMyAdmin but nothing is working...I am going crazy, please help.
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posted by bluelight
on Mar 4, 2012 -
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I love wordpress but I am finding that it seems to be very unsecure when it comes to viruses and hacking. What do other Wordpress users do to keep their sites secure and safe?
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posted by hellodonna
on Mar 2, 2012 -
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Suddenly, and for no obvious reason, my Wordpress installation seems to have lost its style sheets for all of the admin interface. The blog is fine, by the way. What the heck do I do to fix it?
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posted by tommasz
on Mar 1, 2012 -
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What are the best blogs ABOUT WordPress? I'm especially interested in bloggers who specialize in sharing tips and tricks, etc. Plugins, widgets, tutorials, development... That sort of thing.
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posted by 2oh1
on Feb 28, 2012 -
8 answers
What is the best Wordpress ecommerce plugin for digital downloads only? I am setting up a small store for digital goods (e-books, etc.) on a Wordpress site.
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posted by matcha action
on Feb 22, 2012 -
5 answers
Our roller derby team needs to stop talking derby on Facebook and into its own forum. We'd like it to be a "members only" area of our Wordpress self-hosted website. What's the best, easiest forum platform these days that integrates with Wordpress and doesn't require yet another complicated login (preferably people can sign in with Facebook, Google or YahooID).
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posted by iamkimiam
on Feb 21, 2012 -
9 answers
I would like to add a paypal 'Buy Now' button for a single item to a self-hosted wordpress website, with a drop-down selection list. I've created the button in Paypal but the code becomes messed once the html is inserted in the wordpress page - the options are all visible as if in a table, not in a drop-down. I've googled but can't find the solution.
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posted by Kerasia
on Feb 20, 2012 -
10 answers
Wordpress quickie: I've just been handed the job of looking after a wordpress blog. One of the pages is set up with a single tab. I want to add another tab, how do I do it?
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posted by storybored
on Feb 13, 2012 -
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I cannot get my 'one click' Wordpress install, hosted by iinet to work, with one or many clicks.... Can you help me troubleshoot, as I have a deadline to meet.
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posted by MT
on Feb 11, 2012 -
10 answers
I want to promote a podcast by auto-posting to social media using the RSS feed. However, the links that post go to my website and not to the individual podcasts. What can I do to make this work?
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posted by aabbbiee
on Feb 8, 2012 -
6 answers
Google's bots are returning 403 errors on all my pages on a Wordpress-based site running the Thesis theme. I'm out of troubleshooting ideas. Halp?
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posted by bitter-girl.com
on Feb 4, 2012 -
17 answers
How do I evaluate the cost/benefits of migrating my org's front-end website from M$Sharepoint to an open-source platform?
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posted by metajc
on Feb 2, 2012 -
4 answers
I like the idea of a content management system for an elementary school, so students can write and publish in a clean system with a back-end database. Help me understand the dimensions of the idea.
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posted by argybarg
on Jan 28, 2012 -
3 answers
I have a question about how best to use RSS feeds for a subscribers-only, paywalled podcast.
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posted by steinsaltz
on Jan 18, 2012 -
3 answers
Should I knuckle down and learn to use Magento, or is there a friendlier option that will do everything I need?
I am building an commerce site for a small business that needs to serve both the general public and their wholesale clientele. I've got some experience with several Wordpress-based ecommerce solutions, but am I going to find them limiting in the long run?
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posted by Magnakai
on Jan 17, 2012 -
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I've been brought onboard by a startup company to fix up their social networking website, which was built for them in Joomla and is a complete glitch-filled mess, both front and back end. After upgrading to the latest Joomla version, the site has more or less broken (does not function at all at the front end). Should I attempt to patch up and rebuild this mess in Joomla, or start over with a better choice of CMS?
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posted by Yiggs
on Jan 15, 2012 -
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Can anyone help me make sense of the javascript/jQuery (and black magic?) behind the category list in the portfolio of this Wordpress theme?
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posted by This_Will_Be_Good
on Jan 10, 2012 -
11 answers
Question about Wordpress: how to restrict its RSS feed to one post type, using Feedburner or another method?
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posted by steinsaltz
on Jan 7, 2012 -
4 answers
I need suggestions for blogging software that will display one and only one line per entry
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posted by Mutant
on Jan 5, 2012 -
10 answers
What's the best way to build a Wordpress feature allowing users to contribute content along the lines of recipes?
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posted by steinsaltz
on Dec 16, 2011 -
14 answers
I'm a graphic designer who does a bit of freelance web stuff, but I’m by no means a web developer. I’ve recently started building teensy (a few pages, a blog, a basic paypal shopping cart plugin) Wordpress sites with customized themes for some tech averse self-employed/freelancer friends. I'm considering offering to host these on my web space for a small fee. What could go wrong? A lot of things, I'm sure... I just don't know what. Have you hosted multiple sites for other people on your web space? If so, what do you wish you'd known going in?
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posted by 100kb
on Dec 6, 2011 -
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How can I track down the cause of periodic spikes in CPU usage caused by a plugin-bloated WordPress install on a LAMP server?
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posted by cowbellemoo
on Dec 5, 2011 -
5 answers
How do i position the 'Share' options to the right of the 'Categories' line on my Wordpress website?
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posted by TwilightKid
on Dec 4, 2011 -
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I'm having difficulty using WordPress to set up a professional website (not a blog). I'm completely new to the platform and have found WordPress.org to be unhelpful. Are there resources for absolute beginners to WordPress?
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posted by kim in chicago
on Nov 29, 2011 -
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