Final Update: Fall #Bloggiesta

How did I do on my second-ever Bloggiesta? Accomplished my major goal of moving from WordPress.com to self-hosting!

Otherwise, a big zero.

  • Move to self-hosting with WordPress (Eek!)
  • Start some personal “Best of 2012” lists (still undone from my spring Bloggiesta list)
  • Catch up on reviews (maybe by doing mini-reviews) (ditto)
  • Create a page of book lists and readalikes (ditto)

Migrating my blog to a new web host and setting it up again in the new space took up a lot of time that probably would have been better spent doing the other items on my short, but time-consuming, to-do list. About halfway through the process, I strongly sensed that I was making a mistake, and would regret leaving the WordPress.com community and safety net behind.

BUT, I persevered (mainly because I had already waded far enough in that it would be a real hassle to change my mind at that point) and I DID IT!

Thank you to Suey of It’s All About Books and Danielle of There’s a Book for hosting Bloggiesta and doing a great job of organizing.

Thank you also to those who cheered me on in the switch to self-hosting during Twitter chat and in comments!

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Julie
11 years ago

Congratulations on accomplishing that! I don’t know if I’ll ever take the plunge and leave the security of Blogger, even though I know I could do a lot more outside of it…

D. Ann
11 years ago

Well if there was anything that you could accomplish, the move to a self-hosted blog is AMAZING to complete in a weekend. Especially since you had to move all your comments, posts, and pages over.

That’s one of the reasons why I only got 2 or so reviews posted before I switched to self-hosting. I didn’t want to deal with trying to move a whole blog and deal with paying for site redirect so people didn’t have to update their bookmarks.

Hollie @ Music, Books and Tea

Congrats on making the move! I was in two minds about adding the Networked Blogs widget, but I figured that unless it’s on my blog, people won’t follow me with it! I meant to catch up on reviews too…and I just knew it wouldn’t happen, haha!

Joy Weese Moll
11 years ago

That is one big accomplishment. I hope it works out for you. I’ve been happy with my self-hosted blog.

Coffee & a BookChick (@CoffeeBookChick)

Every year I always plan on joining Bloggiesta and I keep forgetting. Which sounds like that should go on the ever-growing “to do” list…! It sounds like you had a lot accomplished, which is fantastic. There’s always something to do for the blog. I am so comfortable and feel very safe in the Blogger world, I’d be terrified to make the change!

bermudaonion(Kathy)
11 years ago

Moving your blog is a major accomplishment!

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