OMG. I’m preparing for Day Two of Wordcamp Atlanta 2012 (#WCATL). I’m there with my friend @3pupsinapopup. Thank God. Funny how you don’t feel as lost when you share that experience with somebody. As lost.
Cove Blue for Jiyu: In the end, it's about respect. This is how she looks now at .com.
We’re both poised on the precipice of leaving .com and going over to, gulp, .org. I know, I know. I shouldn’t make it sound like a scary thing. If you’ve told me once, you’ve told me a thousand times, it’s easy!
But when you talk about widgets, and plug-ins, and things that aren’t widgets or plug-ins but they’re something else, god knows what; well, let’s just say that I’m feeling a little uneasy about it all. As if I will never know what you guys who know .org know – the plug-in talk was outstanding by the way. Don’t you just get a trillion trillion trillion calls?
I do take some pride at being further along than those who still don’t know the difference between a category and a page.
Anyway. I’m scared. But excited. So that I can select the right plug-ins and put them in the right widgets to create and optimally deliver to you what I would consider to be pretty close to the mark (Miss High Standards, to you) what I want to say and how I want to get it across to you.
I just backed up and extracted my file. For the first time. I’ll have to do it again in about five minutes to catch this post. For the migration. Cool.
I wonder if @3pupsinapopup has done this.
saw your tweet via #wcatl… excited for you! i have a post, as well that can help, just in case… looks like you’ve got everything you need though…!
http://tentblogger.com/migrate-wordpress-com-org/
Thought I backed up, but hmmm… After 3 hours of my engineer husband doing all the work for me, we got .org installed, but none of my files transferred! Yikes!!!!
@tent -Thank you!! I’m so glad I know how to find you!
@3pups – I’m puking!
Good luck, ladies! All this struggling keeps you young! I teach this stuff and I can’t keep up. It does seem like the free version of WordPress is getting more limited, while the free version of Blogger is getting a bit more expansive, with more customization features and that seamless interface with other Google products. I set my site up in Drupal a few years ago, and I needed a programmer and a designer. It provides room to grow, but it’s a bit clunky and easy user interface is not it’s strong suit.
Ha, my drupal site is fiftyshift.com.
I know, I know, I need an update. It never ends.
Thanks! I’m still bobbing and treading water as hard as I can. I’ll check out your site when I come up for air! Jules knows who you are – she’s light years ahead of me. Gulp.
Wishing you the best on your transition!
Thank you. The guys at @zippykid are helping, so I’m hoping . . .
How’s the move? Let me know if I can help in any way.
I’m still posting in .com because I haven’t migrated yet. Probably one of those waiting period things between the place where I registered my domain (plusplushosting) and my hosting guys (@thezippykid).
Thanks for asking; I’ll keep you in mind!
The new site is http://www.coveblueforjiyu.com – and the migration is still in process. Almost there.