So you finally get around to buying that domain name for your WordPress site. You export a backup of your database and do a search and replace on the database file. But when you import the database back in, your widgets are not there. How do you fix it? This plugin is a lifesaver! […]
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A Quick Way to Remove /index.php From WordPress Permalinks
This assumes that you are using Lighttpd as your web server. But this trick should work with all web servers. If you are using Lighttpd, add the following line to your site settings in lighttpd.conf. server.error-handler-404 = “/index.php” You now need to restart Lighttpd. sudo service lighttpd restart Now login to your wp-admin console and […]
How to Switch WordPress from Apache to Lighttpd
If you are using Ubunutu, there are a couple of packages that you need first. This command should get you what you need. sudo apt-get install lighttpd php5-cgi Now, let’s edit the /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file. You need to add mod_fastcgi to your server.modules line. It should look something like this when you’re done. server.modules = ( […]