Comments on: From Blogger to Wordpress…. Soon! http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/ Your Quest for Better Windows and Web Browsing Experiences Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steve Yu http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Steve Yu Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:10:07 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-269 Karl > Ya, I know that. But then I am hosting my blog on a self-hosted Wordpress blog. :D So no problem to me. Karl > Ya, I know that. But then I am hosting my blog on a self-hosted Wordpress blog. :D So no problem to me.

]]> By: Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:37:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-263 Free wordpress accounts do not allow Adsense! Free wordpress accounts do not allow Adsense!

]]> By: Moses Francis http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Moses Francis Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:29:05 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-210 Welcome to the WordPress world, it's definitely better than Blogger. As for plugins, there are so many out there, you need to decide what you want first than begin searching for it, or browse through some plugins to get and idea of what you would like. The usual plugins needed are: Akismet Contact form Feedburner Feedsmith Most Popular (by Alex king) Thanks for using my theme by the way, and that "Most Popular" plugin will ensure you popular posts appear below on your footer under "Popular Entries" Welcome to the WordPress world, it’s definitely better than Blogger.

As for plugins, there are so many out there, you need to decide what you want first than begin searching for it, or browse through some plugins to get and idea of what you would like.

The usual plugins needed are:

Akismet
Contact form
Feedburner Feedsmith
Most Popular (by Alex king)

Thanks for using my theme by the way, and that “Most Popular” plugin will ensure you popular posts appear below on your footer under “Popular Entries”

]]> By: Steve Yu http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Steve Yu Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:17:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-208 new trendy > you can see it clear from the title, it's wordpress! :-)<br/><br/>icalvyn > Hopefully everything is fine, with the blogger redirector plugin around, I have nothing to worry. new trendy > you can see it clear from the title, it’s wordpress! :-)

icalvyn > Hopefully everything is fine, with the blogger redirector plugin around, I have nothing to worry.

]]> By: iCalvyn http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-207 iCalvyn Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:35:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-207 transfer is easy, just import all the topic from your blogger... <br/><br/>i have done before for my friend blog transfer is easy, just import all the topic from your blogger…

i have done before for my friend blog

]]> By: New Trendy http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-206 New Trendy Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:56:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-206 so have you decided which blog platform do you want to use?<br/><br/>you may interested to read 20 popular blog platform <a HREF="http://webringnet.com/?p=111" REL="nofollow">here</a><br/>let make the blogsphere merrier so have you decided which blog platform do you want to use?

you may interested to read 20 popular blog platform here
let make the blogsphere merrier

]]> By: Steve Yu http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Steve Yu Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:46:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-205 deimos tel'arin > I think I will go for oversea webhost.<br/><br/>make money online > Oh yeah, you should get your own domain too asap. deimos tel’arin > I think I will go for oversea webhost.

make money online > Oh yeah, you should get your own domain too asap.

]]> By: make money online http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-204 make money online Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:28:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-204 they say wordpress is better than blogger.. I do plan to get my own domain at wordpress too.. i don't know yet.. but do blog about your experience with wordpress. <a HREF="http://spaceofinfluence.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Make Money Online</a> they say wordpress is better than blogger.. I do plan to get my own domain at wordpress too.. i don’t know yet.. but do blog about your experience with wordpress. Make Money Online

]]> By: Deimos Tel`Arin http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Deimos Tel`Arin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:22:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-203 Go for ipserverone.com <br/><br/>You can't get any better local deals that this. LYN is using this web host as well.<br/><br/>Shared Server Hosting<br/><br/>RM149 per year , prepaid 2 years.<br/><br/>100GB Web Space<br/>100GB Monthly Bandwidth<br/><br/>Try and beat that. Go for ipserverone.com

You can’t get any better local deals that this. LYN is using this web host as well.

Shared Server Hosting

RM149 per year , prepaid 2 years.

100GB Web Space
100GB Monthly Bandwidth

Try and beat that.

]]> By: Steve Yu http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Steve Yu Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:41:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-202 hello, thanks you all the responses. I am hoping for more and more opinions and suggestions from you guys. <br/><br/>pablopabla > I have emailed you. Can't wait for the details. Agree, wordpress is better in term of control and customization. <br/><br/>michael aulia > I don't know, I just scared to do the migration. LOL! I will put lunarpages in my list, lunarpages offers good package also. :-)<br/><br/>kamigoroshi > Thanks for the long explanation. Okay, I am ready to put more money for fast and reliable webhost. Compare to blogger, wordpress has way more plugins to choose from, that's what give me headache. <br/><br/>dunn > hostgator, okay I will consider it. Thanks! hello, thanks you all the responses. I am hoping for more and more opinions and suggestions from you guys.

pablopabla > I have emailed you. Can’t wait for the details. Agree, wordpress is better in term of control and customization.

michael aulia > I don’t know, I just scared to do the migration. LOL! I will put lunarpages in my list, lunarpages offers good package also. :-)

kamigoroshi > Thanks for the long explanation. Okay, I am ready to put more money for fast and reliable webhost. Compare to blogger, wordpress has way more plugins to choose from, that’s what give me headache.

dunn > hostgator, okay I will consider it. Thanks!

]]> By: Dunn http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Dunn Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-201 While I was in your position, I found several posts suggesting HostGator for the webhost. And that's what I'm using now. Here's my post about it : http://www.simplydunn.net/2008/01/28/choosing-web-hosting.html/ While I was in your position, I found several posts suggesting HostGator for the webhost. And that’s what I’m using now. Here’s my post about it : http://www.simplydunn.net/2008/01/28/choosing-web-hosting.html/

]]> By: Kamigoroshi http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Kamigoroshi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:30:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-200 There is a rule about choosing webhosts, fast, reliable, cheap, pick two. Fast and reliable webhosts don't come cheap. That being said, the best way to reduce the cost webhosts is to share them out. That's what I used to do in the beginning before I started getting hosted for free. <br/><br/>Dreamhost is good, but they oversell their servers. A Small Orange and Lunar Pages are good hosts. More so if you share it with a friend.<br/><br/>As for plugins. I use over 50 plugins for my WordPress run blog. Since I also alpha and beta test WordPress nightlies, I can tell you one thing about plugins. Use ONLY what you need. <br/><br/>The thing about WordPress is that because you have absolute control, you should already know what you want to do with your blog. So know what you want to do with it, and you can find the right plugins accordingly. <br/><br/>Otherwise, you'll have a lot of trouble updating your plugins you don't really need. Especially in newer versions of WordPress <i>(not security patches)</i>.<br/><br/>Being on Blogger a long time ago and having worked on migrating a lot of blogs, it's pretty easy I can say, especially if you follow the documentation properly and you didn't hack your Blogger codes much. There is no reason for any complication. Just don't skip any steps and you'll be fine. There is a rule about choosing webhosts, fast, reliable, cheap, pick two. Fast and reliable webhosts don’t come cheap. That being said, the best way to reduce the cost webhosts is to share them out. That’s what I used to do in the beginning before I started getting hosted for free.

Dreamhost is good, but they oversell their servers. A Small Orange and Lunar Pages are good hosts. More so if you share it with a friend.

As for plugins. I use over 50 plugins for my WordPress run blog. Since I also alpha and beta test WordPress nightlies, I can tell you one thing about plugins. Use ONLY what you need.

The thing about WordPress is that because you have absolute control, you should already know what you want to do with your blog. So know what you want to do with it, and you can find the right plugins accordingly.

Otherwise, you’ll have a lot of trouble updating your plugins you don’t really need. Especially in newer versions of WordPress (not security patches).

Being on Blogger a long time ago and having worked on migrating a lot of blogs, it’s pretty easy I can say, especially if you follow the documentation properly and you didn’t hack your Blogger codes much. There is no reason for any complication. Just don’t skip any steps and you’ll be fine.

]]> By: Michael Aulia http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Michael Aulia Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:22:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-199 Wordpress is so much better, you won't regret it! (I once moved from Blogger with skepticism too)<br/><br/>Which host? Lunarpages! I've been with them for years and never regret it! <br/>Review: http://www.michaelaulia.com/blogs/2007/10/lunarpages-web-hosting-review.html<br/>Even during the recent hiccups, they still provide the best service and most understanding among all! (http://www.michaelaulia.com/blogs/2008/03/my-blog-was-hogging-the-server.html) Wordpress is so much better, you won’t regret it! (I once moved from Blogger with skepticism too)

Which host? Lunarpages! I’ve been with them for years and never regret it!
Review: http://www.michaelaulia.com/blogs/2007/10/lunarpages-web-hosting-review.html
Even during the recent hiccups, they still provide the best service and most understanding among all! (http://www.michaelaulia.com/blogs/2008/03/my-blog-was-hogging-the-server.html)

]]> By: pablopabla http://mytechquest.com/blogging/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-198 pablopabla Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:35:00 +0000 http://mytechquest.com/web-tool/from-blogger-to-wordpress-soon/#comment-198 Hi Steve!<br/><br/>Email to me and I will give you all the details. Too much to mention here lah. I have migrated from blogspot to wordpress on some blogs and now blog from both. I must say that wordpress is far better. And if you want to know which host, email me lah! Hi Steve!

Email to me and I will give you all the details. Too much to mention here lah. I have migrated from blogspot to wordpress on some blogs and now blog from both. I must say that wordpress is far better. And if you want to know which host, email me lah!

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