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Backing up your WordPress database in cPanel

Gerae Lindsey — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:05:11 +0000

I just added a new tutorial on making a backup of your MSQL database in cPanel.

Though titled Backing up your ZenCart database in phpMyAdmin, the instructions will work the exact same for WordPress database files.

See Backing up your ZenCart database in phpMyAdmin

Backing up your WordPress files in cPanel

Gerae Lindsey — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:05:46 +0000

I just added a new tutorial on making a backup of your files in cPanel. Though titled Backing up your ZenCart files in cPanel, the instructions will work the exact same for WordPress backups.

See Backing up your ZenCart files in cPanel

How to add HTML into a WordPress post

Gerae Lindsey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:05:52 +0000

If you have tried adding straight HTML in your posts, you may have noticed that WordPress either deletes your code or it alters the look of your theme.

This tutorial will show you how I add HTML to my own posts.

First, to add HTML to your post, you need to encode your HTML.

To do this, I use http://centricle.com/tools/html-entities/

Paste the HTML you would like to use in your post into the box:

Now click on “Encode”

Highlight and copy this code.

Head on over to your post in WordPress, click to view the post in HTML view:

Locate where you would like the HTML code to appear in the post. Before pasting the special encoded HTML, click on the “code” button.

Paste your HTML after



Now click on the “/code” button:

This will place after the HTML you pasted into the post.

That is it, the HTML will now appear in your post unaltered.

You can switch back to “Visual” view to continue editing your post.

Widgets no longer working after upgrading to 2.8

Gerae Lindsey — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:54:21 +0000

You may have noticed that your widgets no longer work after upgrading to WordPress 2.8.

This issue was brought to my attention a few days ago by a client who upgraded and then found they could no longer edit, add, or delete widgets. After toying around with things, I found the solution:

Deactivating plugins that use their own version of the standard WP Script files (jQuery, jQuery UI, Scriptaculous, etc). In my clients case, this meant deactivating the Google SEO Positioner plugin.

This was simply trial and error. I deactivated plugins using JS files one-by-one, checking widgets after each time. If it didn’t help, I re-activated the plugin and went to the next one.

Since not all plugins use JavaScript, I was able to find the culprit quickly.

Hope this helps someone out there

How to upgrade to WordPress 2.8

Gerae Lindsey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:05:35 +0000

You may have seen this message that last time you logged into your WordPress admin area:

It’s letting you know that a new version of WordPress is ready for you to install.

Upgrading to 2.8 is not only fast, it’s easy.

First, click on “Please update now.”

The following page will appear:

AFTER making a backup of your files and database, click on “Upgrade Automatically” to continue.

In a few moments, the following message will appear:

All finished!

You have successfully upgraded to WordPress 2.8.