Delete self-pings

It seems that self-pings are bad for Google page ranking. Well, I have never spended too much time thinking about SEO but I find them a bit clutering and thus I’ve decided to remove them. There are some plugins which block new self-pings but none which deletes the existing ones. So here is a mysql command which does just that: Warning: don’t execute sql commands on your db if you don’t know anything about what sql is, it might ruin your base....

July 11, 2010 · len

Plone, WordPress discussion

One week ago I migrated my personal site/blog from Plone to WordPress. As such I’ve decided to write a small comparison of the 2 systems. Let’s pun things in my context. A few years ago I’ve worked on a custom CMS implementation. The goal was to develop a product targeted for accesibility and simplicity of use. And, as it was the golden age it was decided to implement it from scratch using java....

October 20, 2008 · len

Plone to WordPress migration

The task ahead was to migrate my old plone based blog/site to a wordpress site. Here was a short list of items to keep in mind: plone import content (normal content ~ 600 entries, special:ContentPanels) keep old links still valid including RSS !? handle relative links in posts handle google (sitemap, adwords, analytics) design (find theme, modify css, logo/photo, php part) others (the photos, favicon, 404 page, pre style for code snippets) Export data My first idea was to use the XML export of Plone but this seemed buggy in my install so I decided to create an XML export of my own....

October 12, 2008 · len

Len.ro v3 #1

Len.ro new generation. Ma tot gandesc de ceva timp sa migrez len.ro fie intr-o versiune noua de plone fie in wordpress. M-am decis sa aleg a doua varianta si sa merg pe wordpress. Asa ca vineri dimineata cum oricum nu puteam sa dorm mi-am facut clasicul todo si m-am apucat de munca distractie. Rezultatul e ce vedeti. Revin cu detalii tehnice in curand. Am reusit migrez aproape tot continutul si linkurile (sper)....

October 12, 2008 · len