Comments on: It’s been awhile http://davesmidlife.com/2006/04/18/its-been-awhile/ Musings of a middle-aged guy waiting to see what he'll be when he grows up Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://davesmidlife.com/2006/04/18/its-been-awhile/#comment-96 Dave Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:22:00 +0000 http://davesmidlife.com/?p=34#comment-96 Okay, Sir Fluffy and Simran, you've convinced me. I think Sunday is my WordPress conversion day. I'll go onto my server and make a backup copy of everything there, then set up a directory for the Blogger blog to dump it all into the new directory, and then... (gulp) install WordPress. Then I'll try to import from Blogger. That's the thing I'm most worried about. If I were starting WordPress from scratch it wouldn't be so daunting. But I've already got, like, 33 posts in this blog on Blogger. And I don't want to lose either the posts or the comments. Okay, Sir Fluffy and Simran, you’ve convinced me.

I think Sunday is my WordPress conversion day. I’ll go onto my server and make a backup copy of everything there, then set up a directory for the Blogger blog to dump it all into the new directory, and then… (gulp) install WordPress. Then I’ll try to import from Blogger.

That’s the thing I’m most worried about. If I were starting WordPress from scratch it wouldn’t be so daunting. But I’ve already got, like, 33 posts in this blog on Blogger. And I don’t want to lose either the posts or the comments.

]]> By: Anonymous http://davesmidlife.com/2006/04/18/its-been-awhile/#comment-95 Anonymous Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:17:00 +0000 http://davesmidlife.com/?p=34#comment-95 Dave, I have just started a blog about growing older, midlife and any other ideas I may have. I am using Wordpress and I am in no way knowledgeable in terms of computers and Internet. I made it work and I am happy with it. I like being in control even if the learning curve is somewhat steep. Good luck with your switch. Cheers, Sir Fluffy Dave,

I have just started a blog about growing older, midlife and any other ideas I may have.

I am using Wordpress and I am in no way knowledgeable in terms of computers and Internet. I made it work and I am happy with it. I like being in control even if the learning curve is somewhat steep. Good luck with your switch.

Cheers,

Sir Fluffy

]]> By: Simran http://davesmidlife.com/2006/04/18/its-been-awhile/#comment-94 Simran Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:28:00 +0000 http://davesmidlife.com/?p=34#comment-94 Hey Dave, It would be nice to see a post on the changing media landscape from someone actually involved in this revolution - you. The Word Nerds is really a podcast I immensely enjoy and will have more time for now that I'm done with my 6th German course. Btw, I got a Sehr Gut on my Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung! I'm certified by the German government now. Ready to help whenever you want. Just remember 2 things, Blogger is also slowly expanding, because of its growth in popularity and Blogger is a lot easier to set up and maintain. Wordpress would involve wiping out your Wordpress files on your server clean everytime there's an update and ftp-ing the new files. But I'm sure you would be a lot more satisfied with Wordpress. The possibilities are really unlimited when it comes to plugins and now widgets. Also, on Wordpress YOU have control and not Google. So, you'll never get in trouble for removing a search bar or changing a CSS value. Take care, Simran Hey Dave,
It would be nice to see a post on the changing media landscape from someone actually involved in this revolution - you. The Word Nerds is really a podcast I immensely enjoy and will have more time for now that I’m done with my 6th German course. Btw, I got a Sehr Gut on my Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung! I’m certified by the German government now.

Ready to help whenever you want. Just remember 2 things, Blogger is also slowly expanding, because of its growth in popularity and Blogger is a lot easier to set up and maintain. Wordpress would involve wiping out your Wordpress files on your server clean everytime there’s an update and ftp-ing the new files. But I’m sure you would be a lot more satisfied with Wordpress. The possibilities are really unlimited when it comes to plugins and now widgets. Also, on Wordpress YOU have control and not Google. So, you’ll never get in trouble for removing a search bar or changing a CSS value.

Take care,

Simran

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