In the wp-config.php file there are two lines that define your MySQL database charset and collation. define( ‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ ); define( ‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘utf8_general_ci’ ); These lines should match those of your database but it’s not always like that; maybe you want to migrate the database content into another one (which is CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE…
I’m not new to blogging but I wanted to make something unusual (based on my standards). What I wanted was simple: Google Compute Engine WordPress Just enough themes, plugins and optimizations to get things done. Fast. This blog is the result. In the coming days I’m going to write the steps I’ve taken (and the…
Whenever I say this WordPress blog is hosted in the cloud, people automagically assume I’m using Amazon AWS. Wrong! I’m using Google Compute Engine and let me show you why. Setup: These were the plugins I installed, activated and configured in both instances. Akismet: 3.1.5 Bulk Images to Posts: 3.3 BulkPress: 0.3.4 Google XML Sitemaps:…
