To All My Special Blokesters: Happy New Year 2009!
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Well we made it to another new year and may 2009 be better than the last one! Do I hear an amen to that?
This is just a quicky post to wish all my Blokesters a very special Happy New Year. I plan to write a compilation of last year’s trials and tribulations which should go up soon. But right now I gotta grab all those last minute holiday specials, including possibly a new blog host.
See you soon…
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Look forwards to hearing your stories. Sharing honest trials and tribulation stories when it comes to MMO is always a treat. Thanks for all the tips in 2008.
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Thanks for dropping by and Happy New Year!
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Blog Bloke (@blogbloketips) reply on January 1st, 2009 10:30 pm:
Happy New Year Bloke. I hope you recall all the good stuff in 2008 and plan to have a great 2009. -t
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Thanks sweety and I hope 2009 will be great for you!
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Blog Bloke (@blogbloketips) reply on January 2nd, 2009 1:00 pm:
Happy New Year to you as well, Bloke. And to start the New Year off right, I have a question for you. When I set up my WordPress blog, I left the permalink option set to the default format of http://www.tarheelramblings.com/?p=123. What are the implications of going to a different format? Will all of my previous links be broken, or does the new format take effect only on posts and pages published after the change?
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Thanks Lee and the same to you and your family.
Yes, changing your link structure will break links. But if you are going to change it then I recommend doing 2 things:
1. Change your custom permalink structure to /%postname%/ .
2. Use a plugin like one of these for Wordpress.
http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/permalinks-migration-plugin/
http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/
They promise to change your permalink structure without breaking the old links to your website and not affect your search engine rankings either with a “301″ Permanent Redirect.
I haven’t tried any of these personally so use at your own risk.
If you don’t like it you can revert back to your current permalink structure again.
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Blog Bloke (@blogbloketips) reply on January 2nd, 2009 12:59 pm:
Hi Lee and Bloke ! Happy New Year !
I saw Lee’s question about changing the permalinks. Just to let you know that with my hosting provider, I got troubles doing so.
Few weeks ago I changed the permalinks with Wordpress standard feature (1), and I got an error : file not found on all articles. Oops !
It was due to an automatically generated file, .htacess, located at the root of the site. And this file content was not compatible with my hosting system. I had to delete the file to keep the blog back on tracks (and with the pretty permalinks).
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fanta78 (@blogbloketips) reply on January 9th, 2009 12:53 am:
Happy new year buddy! Lookin forward to seein what you got for us.
Dennis Edells last blog post…Top Commenter Contest - January - Is On!
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Thanks Dennis and the same to you! I’m still waiting for that guest post
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Oh man I know, sorry about that.
Dennis Edells last blog post…Top Commenter Contest - January - Is On!
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Dennis Edell (@blogbloketips) reply on January 2nd, 2009 2:56 pm:
Blog Bloke (@blogbloketips) reply on January 2nd, 2009 1:01 pm:
Happy New Year to you too!!!
Thanks for so many great tips in 2008.
Taos
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Thanks for hanging in there with me Taos and all the best to you too. I’m just about ready to come out of hiding and this year I’m gonna blow you away with even better blog tips. That’s a promise!
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Blog Bloke (@blogbloketips) reply on January 5th, 2009 7:09 pm:
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