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Remove custom fields from WordPress database using SQL

I found that over time I had a vast number of custom fields set throughout my posts and pages, put there by plugins which are no longer used. In order to remove these unwanted custom fields, you need to edit each post and click on the delete option for each field no longer required, then save the post.

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SVN Missing in Mac OS X 10.8 – Mountain Lion

Having recently upgraded to Mac OS X 10.8 – Mountain Lion, I was surprised to learn that SVN (Subversion) is not included in this release of the OS. This was a big pain point for me as I use Coda together with Versions for versioning and tracking revisions to my WordPress themes and websites.

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View Source of a web page on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch (using mobile Safari)

After recently implementing WPTouch Pro for mobile devices, I was curious to know what HTML it generated when viewed from my iPhone and iPad. Surprisingly the mobile Safari browser does not have an option to view source, even more surprising is that I’ve just found this out after owning a iPhone for over 3 years!. This little guide shows you how to view the source code for the HTML, CSS and JavaScript code of a web page from Safari on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

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Creating a mobile WordPress site using WPTouch Pro

I like my wordpress desktop site, I really do. It took me a long time to design the layouts in Photoshop, with countless evenings creating the CSS styles, and just as long, if not longer, creating and updating the various WordPress theme PHP pages.

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Replace WordPress database content using SQL statements

I recently change my blog location from the root domain to a subdomain. Following the guide from WordPress everything went swimmingly, except one thing.

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