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Tag Archives: sql
WPMu Multi-DB Tutorial
Sooner or later we had to do it on UMW Blogs, and over a week ago we made the jump to a multi-database setup for our WordPress Multi-User environment. We have a subscription to the WPMu Dev Premium service, which … Continue reading
Posted in wordpress multi-user, wpmu
Tagged database, mapped domains, multi-db, MySQL, phpmyadmin, sql, tutorial, UMW Blogs, upgrading, WordPress, wordpress multi-user, wpmu, wpmued
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WPMu Text Encoding Hell
Important Update: In the following discussion I talk about how changing the UTF8 setting in the wp-config.php file for WPMu to UTF-8 fixed my encoding problem, and this is true. That said, this change has led to a far bigger … Continue reading
Posted in wordpress multi-user, wpmu
Tagged database, encoding, sql, utf-8, wordpress multi-user, wpmu, wpmued
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Server Admin Tips: SQL Command for Mass Deletion of Moderated Comments in WordPress
Tim Owens and I hung out in a coffee shop for a couple of hours before our afternoon visit with the folks at Georgetown’s CNDLS about UMW Domains (more on that in my next post). We were doing some maintenance … Continue reading →