Happy Friday Y’all! So my little blog has been chugging along this week. I’ve been busy trying to do all the fun stuff like adding new plugins and designing. I also experienced my first 500 internal error and realized deleting even just one tiny symbol in the wrong place can throw your site offline. Yay for learning! From that experience I learned how to manually delete files using a wonderful program called Filezilla. I’ll be a little more careful next time I go messing around in the php files.
I decided to just do it myself when it came to moving which was a little scary. I didn’t just jump blindly in and expect for everything to work. I knew there could be some errors or losses and I am o.k. with that. I also knew a little bit about transferring, hosting, and coding. I figured I could eventually get myself out of whatever hole I dug.:) For those of you who are contemplating making the switch, I wanted to share a few posts that have been so helpful for me this first week.
–Blogging with Amy I think I read this post like 50 times before the switch. I like how she gives you the pros and cons about switching. Her post gives you the fine details you might not know.
–Mama Blogga I followed her directions step by step to move my blog. I started preparing my server and word press blog (with a temporary site) before my blog went live. Her directions were very easy and straightforward to follow. The only hiccup I experienced was transferring my domain. I didn’t realize you must turn your privacy setting off before transferring! Once I did that it was smooth sailing.
–Making Sense of Cents She sent me the link to her post the day before I transferred. It was very helpful to read!
Now for the fun stuff:
– Studio Press I decided to use the Genesis Framework as the foundation for my blog. They also have a ton of themes to choose from. When choosing a theme I went for layout of posts and how the menus look. I know anything can be changed with a little coding but I’m a newbie. What is currently running is the Pretty Young Thing template. I have just customized it and changed what coding I could. I’m still trying to figure out how to get that menu centered. #drivingmecrazy.
–The WP Chick Awesome tutorials on how to do things like changing the footer codes and plugin help. Super user friendly to read too!
–The Thinking Closet Love this blogger! I give her full credit for my new super awesome project gallery! YAY!
A week in and so far I am not regretting making the switch at all. I love all the new stuff I can do and responding to comments are so much easier now!
Hi Tori,
Thanks so much for the nice compliment and for including me here! Your site looks great.
Let me know if there’s anything else you need help with, a lot of my tutorials come from questions I receive.
Thanks again,
Kim Doyal
The WordPress Chick
Thanks Kim! You have helped me out SO much this past week. I can’t say thank you enough! Have a wonderful week! Tori
Hey – saw just stopped by.. your blog looks great!
Thanks Marni!