Posts Tagged ‘ wordpress

Typepad -> WordPress Migration Assistant

While helping a client migrate his blog from Typepad to WordPress, the most tedious part was updating the post slugs to keep old links intact. I wrote a script that will go through all WordPress posts, and change their slugs to typepad format. This  can be combined with the forward old slugs plugin to keep old links intact, while still using WordPress’s much cleaner URLs. The script is available on my download page or can be bought with a donation through my store.

MySpace Crosspost

Even though I hate MySpace, I am making an attempt at using it. This blog has now been setup to automatically post a copy to my MySpace profile in an attempt to show people what a real blog looks like. And this way, I never even have to see the MySpace interface! Also if anyone knows of a WordPress plugin that will allow me to crosspost to another WP blog, tell me about it!

Mimbo Theme Live

Kelson Consulting has now fully implemented the Mimbo theme on our site. Mimbo is a wordpress theme available for free. I will be customizing the colors and such on the theme to my liking. From the Mimbo site: 

Mimbo is a magazine-style WordPress theme which makes extensive use of WP’s template tag system to create a non-traditional layout. It contains no images and only minimal CSS styling. Mainly it exists as a clean, grid-based starter layout for designers to install and style to their own liking: