wpmu md5 database conversion script

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:44:20 +0000

I wrote this script when I moved my wpmu site freeblogit.com from a single database to a multi-database, using md5 as the routing key. I was amazed that this script didn’t exist when I converted to multi-db, as it would have taken forever to move the blogs one by one. The script itself is pretty simple, and the code is documented. My original script was modified slightly by the folks at wpmu dev premium to match their naming convention. Although I wrote this with the premium multi-db plugin in mind, it should work for any wpmu md5 database move. It has built in support for 16, 256, and 4096 database conversions.

Also included in the zip is a little utility for displaying the md5 hash id in numerical order. This can be handy when trying to figure out which db a specific blog is in.

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Hope this helps someone!

easyphp and wpmu

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:46:39 +0000

I decided to play with the latest beta version of wpmu 2.7 locally to see how a local backup of my wpmu site would perform. I’ve used xampp previously, but decided to try easyphp. The results of the testing were pretty positive. The vast majority of plugins worked immediately, and the new backend admin panel is a huge improvement over the current wpmu backend. I had to disable wpsary gallery to get the new version to run. For anyone else attempting this excersize, here are some pointers.

EasyPHP setup:

Install EasyPHP
Modify the http.conf file to match your current server settings
If you use mod_rewrite on our web server, enable the module in the http.conf file
Move your site backup into the www folder inside EasyPHP
Modify the php.ini file to match your current server settings
Start phpmyadmin via the EasyPHP admin panel
Add a mysql user with the same name, password, and permissions as your web server mysql
Import your DB backup
Restart EasyPHP

Setting up your local WPMU

Change the configuration file to use 127.0.0.1 as your db host instead of localhost
Using phpmyadmin change the URL for blog 1 to 127.0.0.1

If you use multi-db (from wpmu premium website)

Change all of your localhosts in the db config file to 127.0.0.1
Find the db with blog 1 in it, and change the URL for blog 1 to 127.0.0.1

If you use sub-domains on your web server, you will not be able to test them locally, only blog 1 will work. The problem is ( test.127.0.0.1) isn’t a good url.

Hope this helps someone.

Ron Dillehay » wpmu

wpmu md5 database conversion script

easyphp and wpmu