I’ve been running Thesis on my blogs for the last year or so. With the upgrade of Thesis 1.7 and its built-in SEO features, it’s due time to get rid of my all time favorite All-in-One-SEO WordPress plugin to reduce clutter and redundancy on my server.
Less clutter is good but at the same time it introduces a new problem. All my SEO-friendly meta tags are stuck in All-in-One-SEO-made fields in my database. To continue to use them I need to port the values to Thesis values.
Gladly, for every problem there’s a solution.
I hope you have access to your webserver’s control panel. From there fire up phpMyAdmin and select your WordPress database. Then hit the SQL tab and run the following SQL query on your database. Please don’t forget to first backup your database. I won’t be responsible for any loss.
PS: this is for All-in-One-SEO version 1.6 and up only.
insert wp_postmeta (post_id,meta_key,meta_value)
select post_id, concat('thesis_', substring(meta_key,10)), meta_value
from wp_postmeta where meta_key in ('_aioseop_title','_aioseop_description','_aioseop_keywords');
When you’re done, you can go to your WordPress Dashboard and disable All-in-One-SEO from your plugin list. You could also delete it if you like.
For those of you who don’t use Thesis, I strongly recommend keeping All-in-One-SEO because it really kicks ass. It’s just done its time in my case and I need to say good-bye.
A friend told me a couple of weeks ago “I don’t like to cook, I’m just a picky eater!” At the time I thought she was being exclusive, that nothing out there is good enough for her. But then I figured there are so many benefits to cooking yourself at home.
- You save money.
- You eat healthier foods (should you choose so).
- You get that privacy of a one-on-one dinner with your loved one.
- You don’t have to drive.
Ok so is was around dusk I got hungry. Normally Vie would be in the kitchen cooking but today she was napping. I opened the fridge and out of nowhere took out some chicken, tomatoes and butter. What to do? Hmpphh I’m not a cook. I looked at the spice rack and found some oregano, garlic powder, chili powder and olive oil.
So here we go. I cut the tomatoes into tiny little pieces and I beat it to a pulp. I put water in the pan, threw the chicken in with some oregano leaves and some weird looking chilies I found on the kitchen counter and let it boil for some time. When the chicken is cooked I took them out and put them aside. Took another pan, well.. a skillet, melted the butter in it and added some olive oil. When the two fats heated enough to make a weird looking mix I threw the chicken and the pulpy tomatoes in. Sprinkled more oregano on it, added salt, the chili powder and garlic powder and mixed them good. Took them out, put them on plates with some garlic bread I magically made with my other hand while I was cooking and Vie woke up. We had dinner and surprisingly none of us got sick.
I thought it was all right. Vie thought it was good. I think she was just loving me. Either way I need to perfect it for next time, so until then I’m labeling this little invention, Chigano.
If you haven’t heard the buzz Facebook recently released their Social Plugins. In their words:
Social plugins let you see what your friends have liked, commented on or shared on sites across the web. All social plugins are extensions of Facebook and are specifically designed so none of your data is shared with the sites on which they appear.
Out of many different choices, the Like button is my favorite. First it looks nice and clean as you can see below this post. Second it gives you instant promotion. Everytime a user clicks on it your post link will be posted on his/her Facebook profile.
Are you sold yet? Ok here’s how to add it on your blog. Just copy and paste this block of code under your post template:
<iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink()); ?>&layout=standard&show-faces=true&width=530&height=60&action=like&colorscheme=light” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:530px; height:60px”></iframe>
And you’re done. You can modify the settings here if you need to customize it. And if you have problems feel free to comment below and I will try to help you.
For the few of you that still read my blog, you probably noticed the recent design change. While I’m dumbing things down around here, a user experience experiment is actually underway. This blog will serve as my playground for the testing stages until things are set for my other production (read: money making) blogs.
To cut this short so I won’t bore you with little details (which is one of my expertise), these are what I have been doing in the past few days:
1. Playing with Thesis
Why Thesis? Because it simply works. Before Thesis I had to handcode everything. Now all I need to do is write little code snipplets here and there to make the blog fit my design and Thesis takes care of the rest. Even on-page SEO.
2. Adding the Facebook Like Button
I like the simplicity of the Facebook Like Button so much I figured I should have it here. Now you can Like my posts and they will instantly show up on your Facebook profile. Kick ass huh? You can find instructions here if you want to do it too.
3. Intense Debate
Intense Debate allows you to comment with your existing Facebook, Twitter, OpenID, or WordPress.com credentials so you don’t have to type things in anymore. It also adds user interactivity with user ratings, comment replies, etc. Not that commenting is all that around here but I figured if I had a better system maybe people would start to actually comment on this blog. Or not. Either way if this system works then this will definitely improve interactivity on my other blogs.
4. WP Greet Box
Why even bother? Because unlike me, most people like to be greeted and acknowledged. This plugin does just that. Whether you find this blog through Google, Flickr, Twitter, or anywhere else, you’ll be pleased that I have a personalized greet for you on the landing pages.
That’s all for today folks. Please browse around and try the new features if you have a minute.
I bought a Huawei E160 modem about a week ago as a back up for when I feel like getting online someplace other than at home. The Mac driver that came with the modem, however, kept crashing on my MacBook. So I went searching and found the following on Google:
Huawei Device Driver for Mac OSX 10.6
So if you have a Mac and you happen to grab any Huawei modem, there’s your solution. You could also download the driver directly here.
Hi my name is JErm and this is my blog. I'm just a simple guy living a simple life on a simple island.
