Tag Archives: WordPress

Upgrading WordPress: A breeze thanks to version control

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Asim Imtiaz

In my previous post Version controlling WordPress, I discussed my strategy to organize WordPress-based projects using version control (Subversion in my case). The idea was to make WordPress and plugin upgrades easy enough especially when you are running multiple WordPress based … Continue reading →

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Polish spam posts on WordPress

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Asim Imtiaz

The other day I was going through TeaBreak’s headlines on my Google Reader (which, by the way, you guys can follow and sync up with all the awesome things I share) and I came across a polish post. Yes, a … Continue reading →

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Migrating posts from my old blog

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Asim Imtiaz

Last week I realized that almost all the links and inbound traffic from Google on my website were resulting in a 404: Page not found. The reason was straight-forward, all my old posts weren’t there! So over the weekend I … Continue reading →

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Version controlling WordPress

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Asim Imtiaz

Since the time I discovered the full potential and benefits of using version control systems like SVN or Git, my inclination towards using them has transformed into a full-blown addiction. I use it for everything — projects, websites, documents or … Continue reading →

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Let’s go with WordPress

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Asim Imtiaz

If you’ve coded your own CMS — you’ve to overcome your ego, your stubbornness and your obsession when its time to say goodbye to it and go for a better alternative. That’s sort of what happened to me. Continue reading →

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TeaBreak Server Blues…

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Asim Imtiaz

TeaBreak.PK website and server is the busiest I have ever managed after the FAST-NU Karachi one. Ayaz, in both cases has been the go-to-guy and the server Admin. He is one Server / Linux guru and is an expert in … Continue reading →

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