Ourlinktoyou Blog

Found Admin!

ourlinktoyoublog — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:53:54 +0000

WordPress is awesome!

From WordPress.org, I found out how to access the Admin panel and my dashboard.

Thank you, WordPress!

The Metropolis

ourlinktoyoublog — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:27:12 +0000

So, I found Godaddy’s ‘the Metropolis’ and was able to download WordPress to my remote host. While it only facilitates download of the 2.1 version WordPress (latest is 2.2), I decided to try it out. Now I’m going to have to do a little more searching on how to access my dashboard outside of WordPress.com, and how to import my content.

Will keep you posted.

There Goes My Easy Way

ourlinktoyoublog — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:54:32 +0000

Could’nt find any plugins option on my WordPress dashboard in order to create a back-up of my WordPress database: step 1 in Maria Langer’s guide to transferring my WordPress hosted blog to Godaddy: Was able to create an XML file through the export option, but that was about it.

Resigned to the fact that there’s generally no easy way into a good thing, I returned to my PHP and MySQL book: Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL by Hugh E. Williams and David Lane. After reading through the first three chapters of useful, but not at all interest provoking chapters on variables, string literals, expressions, operators, functions, and regular expressions, I made it to the chapter, “Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5. I must say, constructors and destructors are much more fun.

My workspace is a bit warm, and, despite the new level of interest I have for my reading material, I’m still fighting my tendency to fall asleep. In order to break my nodding pattern, I’m stopping to record my meager progress.

Next chapter: SQL and MySQL!

Moving the Infant Database

ourlinktoyoublog — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:03:02 +0000

I’m following the instructions that Maria Langer published last September about how to move your WordPress blog from WordPress.com to a Godaddy host. Afterward, I’m hoping my choice to use WordPress’s Sandbox skin will prove to have been helpful in streamlining the CSS update process, allowing me to easily make my blog page look like the rest of ourlinktoyou.

Current Reading

ourlinktoyoublog — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:33:29 +0000

Currently, I’m reading Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL by Williams and Lane. It’s an O’Reilley. This is my first time reading through it, and it’s new material for me. When I’m finished, I expect to be able to, among other things, host this blog on my own server as opposed to WordPress.com.

Blog 0000000001

ourlinktoyoublog — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:38:49 +0000

Ourlinktoyou.com has entered the bloggosphere!