Hi everyone! Hope you’re all having a swell Friday!
I’m going to be in the process of changing web hosts this weekend, so hopefully everything will go smoothly and both the blog and the nail polish database will be up and running properly by Monday.
My blog should still be working now, but there may be hiccups here and there (for example, right now my sometime image host is down, so some of my pics are not showing up).
I’m seriously toying with the idea of self-hosting with WordPress.org, like my other blog is. Part of the reason I set it up was to mess around with self-hosted WordPress, and I have to say I like it! The main drawback is then the blog can’t show up on WordPress Reader, unless you’re already subscribed to it, I believe. I think the benefits might outweight the cons, though.
Anyway, I won’t have a fivezero blog post up today (due to the image host issues), but I do have a Rolo candy review up at julesfifty, if you’re so inclined.
Cheers and thank you for reading!
Chris
Congrats !!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see xo
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Don’t congratulate me yet! 😀 lolol
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lol … WELL – i am a futurist …… Lol xxxx ❤ ❤ ❤
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Hahahahahaha!!!
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There is a way to connect to wordpress reader, I did it for the shopping channel I used to work with, it’s actually pretty simple if you need help give me a shout, I’ll have to remind myself how I did it!
You just can’t link the comments system up, but people will be able to see you’ve posted.
Also thinking of moving to self hosted, I can’t decide which is the best route to go for. I know if i move self hosted I’ll constantly be tweaking the design (job hazard) instead of blogging though!
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Oh that is great to hear! I’ll look into it — if I can’t figure it out I’ll be pleading to you for assistance! 😀
Yeah I know what you mean about the temptation to tweak! It’s just too easy to get sucked into that. “Oh THAT font looks nice…” I am pleased with how easy it is to muck around with the WordPress.org themes, though.
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I love your julesfifty blog. 🙂
There are quite a few bloggers whose blogs are self-hosted but whose posts still show up in the reader. I’m sure there is an easy way to do it.
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Thanks! 🙂
And yeah, now that you and Rachael mentioned it, I recall seeing that, as well. I think I was looking up articles about switching from .com to .org, and this was listed as a drawback of .org a few times. Maybe they were just outdated articles!
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I think you need to google!
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That’s how I was misinformed in the first place! Heh. But yeah I’m going to look it up specifically. It’s probably something pretty basic in the settings.
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Fingers crossed! Isn’t there a wordpress support forum that might know the answer?
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Everything I’ve found on the wordpress.com and .org forums says it can’t be done unless a person is already subscribed to your blog on WordPress. (e.g., https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-get-reader-and-follow-on-self-hosted-wp/)
I’ve installed Jetpack on the self-hosted blog, julesfifty, so WordPress accounts can follow, though. So the capability is there, but maybe they haven’t wanted to mix the .com with self-hosted blogs yet. I understand .com and .org are two separate entities.
I’ll keep looking for tips/tricks, but at the moment I’m not immediately planning on going self-hosted with fivezero, just continuing the mapping to my domain.
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OK, I see. Anyway, good to hear you’re not in a rush. 🙂
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Not at all! 😀
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Good luck! I’m too scaredy to move to self hosted at the moment. I love the ease of commenting through wp.com. Please do a post to document how you find the move to .org!
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Very true – commenting is easier this way. I’m just moving the web host for now. Might just keep the .com and .org blogs as they are for the time being.
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