As you can tell, the new site is up and running. Obviously it’s not perfect yet. I still have a lot of work to do! Nonetheless, even if it’s currently bare bones, it’s up-and-running. And as of this post, there are no ads anywhere! (Note to blogself: get ads on pages soon!) More importantly, I can at least blog since the site is functional even if it can’t earn me any money just yet.
The process it took me to get the site to this state was not as easy as I thought. In fact, it would’ve been easier to just start from scratch rather than bringing an existing site over. There were a few emails between my hosting company (GoDaddy.com) and I but at the end of the day, all it took was a little elbow grease. In future posts, I’ll be blogging about how I’m using wordpress, since it’s really a different animal.
For now, my other blogs will reside on blogger.com until I get settled into my new home.
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Hi Gabe,
I too migrated from Blogger to WordPress … but I went with WordPress Direct which is a slightly different animal in that it is much more of a “done for you” system using the wordpress platform. I really love it – no ftp, cpanel, html, or other things to learn (a little of knowledge in that area can be helpful though). I had a set of other blogs that were with another platform, also based on wordpress but not as effective and at a monthly fee of $97 – I moved each and every one of them to WordPress Direct. Before you move your other Blogger blogs, I encourage you to check out the WordPress Direct thing.
best…………..valentina
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I’ve never used WordPress Direct but I’m glad it’s working out for you.
Personally, I think the process of creating and running a blog is a wonderful learning experience. Much of the learnings can be leveraged later to fine-tune the site.
Nevertheless, if someone has no interest in getting their hands “dirty”, WordPress Direct might be a good alternative.
Good point Gabe … especially if someone has a good techie backbone upon which they can build (mine is total spaghetti – cooked!)
best……….valentina
.-= valentina´s last blog ..Residual Income – The Holy Grail of Affiliate Marketing =-.
nice blog and thanks for this useful information:-)
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