Darrell Schauss

You could make a php file in your root (mysqlbackup.php)
Replace the HOST, PASSWORD, USER DATABASE. -h, -p, -u should stay there, replace just the cap words. Not sure if GoDaddy disallows exec().
<?php exec("mysqldump --opt -hHOST -pPASSWORD -uUSER DATABASE > ./db_backup.sql"); ?>

If you want to zip it put this next in the file.
<?php exec("gzip ./db_backup.sql"); ?>

Then access http://www.yourdomain.com/mysqlbackup.php

If you want some user friendliness for admins you can install Admin Bar http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/wordpress-admin-bar/

When logged in this will put a bar across the top with same links as WordPress panel. So you can browse around the site while logged in and click edit on a page and jump to editing that page quickly.

To only show something on a page while logged in as admin.

<?php if(is_admin()){
//stuff here
} ?>

I found this one on experts exchange I think it is for Admin pages.

<?php global $user_ID; if( $user_ID ) : ?>
<?php if( current_user_can('level_10') ) : ?>
     //stuff here
<?php else : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

To export from WordPress.com account
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

Another discussion about possible concerns.
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/export-wordpress-to-self-hosted-specific-concerns

Quick way with css is .entry-utility{display:none;}. If you have comments disabled (Settings > Discussion) the form should not display either.

Or inside the index.php and single.php remove everything inside and including the <div class=”entry-utility”>…</div> and remove comments_template(); to completely remove the form.

I haven’t actually looked at this theme’s files but it should be similar.

I looked into the default the_category() which ultimately uses the function get_the_category_list where in wordpress core files I don’t see any spot for injecting other attributes such as a class by using filters.

Maybe try doing it manually.
$categories = wp_get_post_categories($post->ID);
Then loop through the $categories array and generate your own links how you want. I haven’t tried this out so Im not sure how much information it will give you such as the URL, etc.

It is parsing for me in Firefox just fine. Looks like WP Super Cache latest version of it is today 5-13. Maybe it was cached at a bad time? Or maybe your parser doesn’t like the HTML comments at the bottom from WP Super Cache.

You could hide it with css. Or it should be in the index.php,page.php, and/or single.php of theme. I put my css modifications at the bottom of the style.css to override the themes defaults. So I don’t create a mess.
.entry-meta{display:none;}

You can edit themes within admin then download it as backup or edit on your computer through FTP. Whatever you prefer for workflow.

comments_template() is another function you will find most likely in the single.php. This shows the list of comments.
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/comments_template