Blog Changes

An article by Rachel    Comments Off

My blog is in a state of flux. I needed to change my hosting provider by the end of the month. I decided to move to BlueHost. Ross hosts his site there. We are allowed to host up to six domains. Cool. Due to too many committments, I waited until Sunday night to move my blog. After hours of effort, I cound not get movabletype to work. UGH! So I decided to bag it. BlueHost offers WordPress with a nice setup of feature.

In less than 1 hour, I setup my blog and imported my entries from movabletype. Regrets? A few. I’ve used movabletype for several years. While it wasn’t perfect, I knew how to use it. Now I need to learn the ins and outs of WordPress.

So far, I’m impressed. It was easy to import my entries. I don’t think I lost any content. I found a template that I can use as a frame for how I want my blog to look. Now I need to make my blog my own. The task include:

• Header graphic
• About page
• Blogroll/favorite sites
• Reduce archive month list to 12 months with a more archives link on the end of the list
• Add a goals section
• Add my webring stuff
• Make sure my rss feed is working

I’m sure I need to do more. I just can’t think of anything else. No matter. This list will keep me busy for a while.

Tonight I give out candy. I’ll post a lovely picture of the pumpkin I carved. I’m quite proud.