Comments on: Combining Post Authors in WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Two Months of Blogging and WordPress Tips « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-1002301 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:57:57 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-1002301 […] Combining Post Authors in WordPress: I found myself with two Lorelle’s on one of my blogs after importing blog posts. This is the technique you use to fix the cloned authors on your WordPress blog. […]

]]> By: Новое окно http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-915274 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:56:54 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-915274 Мой сайт вчера добавили Яндекс Каталог.
Это здорово, я вот сел и специально пару десятков страниц его пролистал.
Пурга редкая, у меня даже вопросы возникли не по знакомству ли туда добавляют. Нет, я знаю о том, что за денежу можно оперативно добавиться. Но ведь не платят же общество любителей волнистых попугайчиков. Я не шучу, оно там правда есть. Жесть. Вообщем для себя принял решение все свои проекты попробывать в Яка добавить.
Вам тоже рекомендую, сайт хороший, я уже видел где-то что Вам об этом говорили в комментариях.

]]> By: wess http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-613322 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:39:00 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-613322 Thanks for the help, I’ve been needing to take care of this for quite some time.

]]> By: Virtualbiz4u http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-596849 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:30:44 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-596849 This is a great lesson. I have had the very same issue when importing posts. As always your word press tips are great.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-596450 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:10:03 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-596450 Not true. I just tested it.

Deleting an author only removes their access to the blog’s WordPress Administration Panels. It does not impact posts.

To remove an author and their posts, you can delete the posts from the Manage Posts Panel and delete the author from the Users Panel. You have to do both to remove both.

You can also delete posts without removing the author. The author will still have access to the Administration Panels.

If you remove the author and you want the author’s name removed from the byline, you will have to go in and edit the post. I recommend that you do not remove the author’s name if you want to leave the post there. It’s their work. If you leave it published publicly on your blog, they still get the credit. In this case, it is better to delete the posts rather than change the name.

Also, I was very curious about the article from Nick’s Search Engine Optimization Journal but could not find it and the link was malformed. Can you try again. That would be helpful. Thank you.

]]> By: Allen Taylor http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-596191 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:20:30 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-596191 If you delete an ID then the posts will delete as well unless you tell them otherwise. Believe me, you want to pay attention to No. 7 and make sure that you do No. 6. If you don’t, bye bye posts. There is a great post over at the Search Engine Optimization Journal on what to do if you lose your posts.

It’s a big pain in the butt if you delete a user and all the posts along with it. Best solution: Back up your blog on a regular basis.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595740 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:57:52 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595740 Otto: Did backup get put back into the latest version or only the import/export functions are there?

]]> By: Otto http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595598 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:03:16 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595598 The newest versions of WordPress also have a feature built in that allows you to import and export the WordPress database. It doesn’t use the same methods as described above, however it’s a lot easier to use.

While I personally prefer an SQL dump of the database, the Import/Export method is safe to consider as a “backup”, IMO.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595588 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:48 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595588 pelf: The posts will not go away, however, as I’m mentioned before, your legal problems might arrive when you remove author credit. If you want the posts to go away, delete them first, and then remove the author. I believe if you delete the author, the posts revert to the admin. I’d look that up in the Codex to be sure.

Brad: Well, let’s see, I’ve done this…hmm…many times and haven’t had a problem. For information on backing up, see Backing Up Your Database and for restoring, see Restoring Your Database From Backup from WordPress Codex, the online manual for WordPress users.

]]> By: Brad K http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595085 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:03:58 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/combining-post-authors-in-wordpress/#comment-595085 Lorelle,

I spent 17 years as a scientific programmer. Before that I studied Fortran at Iowa State University, using mark-sense versions of punch cards (use #2 pencil to blacken ‘punches’ on an IBM card with 40 columns rather than 80 – they were short of keypunch machines).

You mentioned something that scares me spitless, ‘back up your database’.

How do I know if I got a good, useful backup, and is there a way to practice *restoring* the database? Several times in the last 37 years I have encountered a backup that wasn’t complete, or was done in such a way that restoring didn’t work. How do I know if I *can* restore a given backup, or restore a backup for a given database?

Thanks,

Brad K.
Ponca City, OK

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