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- Sep 18, 10
I have recently completed a site for a client, Frankie Small, which required me to import their previous blog posts from Blogger.
When I tried using the built in “Import” service of Wordpress I kept getting the following error.
After searching numerous forums I couldn’t find a straight forward fix. After playing around with some suggestions I combined them into my own solution.
- Firstly log in to your Blogger Account and go to “Settings” and choose “Export blog”. This allows you to export and download an .xml file.
- Second, go to http://blogger2wordpress.appspot.com/ and upload your Blogger .xml file. Then download the Wordpress compatible WXR file.
- Third, in your Wordpress admin go to “Tools” > “Import” and select the Wordpress option. Upload your WXR file and assign the blog posts to yourself or create a new user. All of the images and comments from Blogger are also imported.
So there you have it. One thing you may want to look at is re-uploading the images into your Wordpress Media Library. This means you will be loading your images from your Wordpress blog rather than relying on Blogger to render your images, which I have found is sometimes terrible. If google is running slow then Blogger is running slow, which means the images in your Wordpress blog will take ages to load or in some cases won’t load at all.
- May 13, 10
I had a thought recently…(I DID!!!) I should create a site where people can share all of their online activities and identities and display them in one personal profile site.
This would include things such as Twitter Profiles, Facebook Profiles, Personal Blogs (tumblr, wordpress etc), Flickr and YouTube. You get the idea.
Seems I’m a bit late. I recently came across flavors.me and decided to create my own account after viewing the Intro video. The user interface for creating your own profile looked so simple and effective, so much that it won me over.
In the free version there are three main areas you can edit/ add things to.
Firstly the “About” area which is basically your home page info including your name and info about yourself.
Secondly there is the “Services” section where you add your profiles from your other Social Networking Sites such as twitter etc.
And thirdly is the “Design” area where you pick your layout, fonts and color scheme.
I then decided to do some research and found some other sites that do the same thing, maybe not as well as flavors.me, but a lot of people find them useful.
Here’s a small list.
Of these other Personal Micro Sites I have to say magntize looks awesome. I will probably create my own account very soon.
If you have any suggestions for some other fantastic Personal Micro Sites, please feel free to suggest them by leaving a comment.
- Apr 15, 10
Up until fairly recently the web only allowed a limited number of display fonts. This is because the web relied on using the fonts the end user had on their computer.
View the post on WebDesignDev “16 gorgeous web safe fonts to use with css” to get an idea of fonts you can use safely.
However I recently discovered @font-face
@font-face
I recommend using it mainly on Headings like I have done here at Bling Bling Bookkeeping especially if you are using a complex looking font, as it won’t display nicely at a smaller size such as 10px.
A great resource for implimenting this technique can be found at Perishable Press and agreat reource for @font-face kits which contain all required font formats and example code can be found at Font Squirrel.
- Mar 24, 10
I found a great JQuery Plugin today that allows the user to click on a link and scroll to an anchor on the page rather than jump directly to it.
It also allows you to add a “back to top” link.
I have implimented in a site I am currently working on. go to www.amorica.net.au and click on the “About Me” link in the main nav to see it in action.
This awesome plugin is from Position Absolute and can be found here.
- Mar 24, 10
I have recently (yesterday) uploaded my new site, the one you’re looking at now. It’s not that the old one was no good, it’s just that this one is better.
I’ve gone for a whiter, brighter look and feel with a minimal colour palette to allow my portfolio pieces to shine.
I have incorporated Red Green and Blue (RGB) into my new logo and site design , in reference to the colour format used for screen display ie. used in web design.
I built this site on the Wordpress platform, creating my own theme using themeshaper’s framework as a blank canvas.
The Main Nav icons are courtesy of Tutorial9 and the Social Icons are courtesy of webtreats.
I came across a fantastic JQuery Slider months ago and am glad I have been able to take it and give it my own flavour. So thanks to CSS-Tricks for their Anything Slider Plugin.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the Dutchism Overhaul. Feel free to drop a comment.
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- SummarySpecialties: PSD to XHTML, CSS, Flash Animation, Web Design, Print Design, Logo Design, Wordpress, Corporate ID, Social NetworkingExperience
- 2011 - PresentFront-End Web Developer / Wine Selectors
- Jan 2007 - PresentDirector / DutchismWebsite Design incorporating Front End Development, SEO Strategies, Brand Development, Custom Blogs and Easy Usability.
- 2010 - 2011member / New Lunatiks
- May 2006 - Feb 2011Graphic/Web Designer / AOK Health
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