Need Help with Wordpress - What Plugins are Good?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by WhoJayBe, Mar 10, 2008.

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    Okay, so I'm trying to switch my blog DatMoney.com over to Wordpress and I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing this. I think I have an idea but I'm hesitate on doing it.

    Also, what plugins are good for my site? Are there any particular ones you guys like? Anything I should know?

    Any help with the switch over would be greatly appreciated!
     
    WhoJayBe, Mar 10, 2008 IP
  2. QiSoftware

    QiSoftware Well-Known Member

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    I see you are hosted with GoDaddy. Are you using a Windows or Linux platform? The reason I ask-- currently WordPress is only supported on a Linux/Unix platform and MySQL and PHP must be supported. Once these conditions are in order, it is a simple matter of importing your blogger blog to WordPress.

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    arwen54 Active Member

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    I use GODaddy as a registrar but their hosting sucks.
    If you have a busy active blog you are going to experience some problems. I strongly suggest that you switch hosts

    WordPress Plugins:

    Copyright Feed
    Akismet
    All In One SEO Pack
    Comment Timeout
    Dagon Design Sitemap Generator
    Do-Folow
    Exec-PHP
    Fancy Archives
    Feedburner Feed Replacement
    Fold Page List
    Google XML Sitemaps
    Maintenance Mode
    Simple Trackback Validation
    Sociable
    Taragana's Del.icio.us mp3 Player Plugin
    Viper's Video Quick Tags
    WordPress Database Backup
    WP-ContactForm
     
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  4. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    Adsense deluxe is a must, it lets you place any kind of code anywhere you want with the usage of a tag.
     
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  5. WhoJayBe

    WhoJayBe Peon

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    I'm planning on switching to Lunarpages as my hosting service so I should be able to easily import my blogger stuff to Wordpress, right? And after I transfer everything over, what happens with my blogger blog? Do I just delete it or something?

    And I heard they don't transfer images over... but then someone told me that there's a plugin which will transfer it over as well...

    Oh, and thanks for taking the time out to help me out with this... I'm obviously a newbie when it comes to Wordpress...
     
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    micksss Notable Member

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    I don't know of a simple way of doing it like a script. Here is a helpful guide I found by searching around on google on transferring your blog in blogger over to wordpress.
     
    micksss, Mar 11, 2008 IP