molly.com

Saturday 3 July 2004

powered by: wordpress

Well, it took all night but I’m proud to say that not only am I happily resident on my new web server, but because of the incredibly generous Matt Mullenweg I also am just about all set up in WordPress.

The process would have been much easier had I been more prepared, but I wasn’t. So, Matt had to help me extract all the data from my Movable Type database and export it. Once that hurdle was overcome, the import went very well, and all my posts, comments, and even uncleaned comment spam are all happily resident now. There are a few glitches to clean up (I know, I know) but I’m going to bed now.

WordPress is a joy to install and not only easy to use, but easy to modify – and I don’t even know PHP. I’m just delighted with the easy interface, the simplicity of working with templates, and look ma – NO REBUILDS! It was getting to the point where I could go for a swim, run to the grocery and read a short novel before my site was rebuilt. And that was with under 200 posts and several thousand comments. Imagine if I’d kept growing?

This is not to dis Movable Type, because I love it too, for different reasons. Although I have to admit I’m not fond of the new interface – I think the navigation in 3.0 looks crappy and is difficult to read. But the program is extremely powerful, there’s no question about it. For my purposes, though, it looks as though WordPress is going to suit just fine.

So thank you Matt, and props to MooKitty for additional assistance and ideas, and the gang in #wordpress. You are all so awesome!

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Posted by:   Molly | 03:49 | Comments (191)

Comments (191)

  1. UK Credit Report says Monday 10 March 2008 at 11:07

    Congrats Molly, WordPress is by far the best blogging platform out there.

  2. Malaga Golf says Monday 10 March 2008 at 11:09

    Your site looks nice and seems like you got WordPress setup neatly. I like wordpress mysel. Aside from it’s easy to use, it’s turning more into a content management system much more now with their new themes available.

  3. Barcelona Beach says Monday 10 March 2008 at 11:10

    I want change my blog to WP too,it’s so easy to use

  5. James J. Barber Cosmetic Surgery says Friday 21 March 2008 at 08:19

    I’ve been using wordpress here is Pittsburgh for several years now, its the best

  7. Mariane says Thursday 27 March 2008 at 00:28

    I have always used blogger but you have given me the confidence to try WordPress now.I understand there ‘s so much you can do with it.

  8. Phim Online says Friday 28 March 2008 at 13:57

    Thank you, WP is the best

  10. woman pictures says Saturday 3 May 2008 at 05:09

    nice article. nice site.

  11. football images says Saturday 3 May 2008 at 05:10

    football and soccer team images

  12. car pictures says Saturday 3 May 2008 at 05:14

    Thanks and best regards.

  13. Tasarim says Monday 5 May 2008 at 11:12

    Thanks for the great article… .:)

  15. Vitamin Girl says Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 10:05

    Wow, nice blog! Where can I get a blog designed like this? I am new to blogging and this one is one of the nicest I have seen.

  16. Trademarked says Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 11:39

    I am just learning about wordpress but your site looks great! Is it easy to use?

  17. dex says Tuesday 3 June 2008 at 11:05

    thanks for the information, very helpful stuff

  18. Euro 2008 Betting says Sunday 8 June 2008 at 08:55

    I wonder if you can transfer WordPress to Drupal. Im gonna do that to my football betting blog after the Euro 2008 championships

  19. Travel Thailand says Thursday 12 June 2008 at 13:47

    This was posted on july 2004 yet 4 years later it still gets comments still. Why is that?

  20. Get More Traffic says Thursday 19 June 2008 at 20:44

    I hope this is of use for any new webmasters out there. I learned about this method a couple of months ago and it’s been amazing to watch my traffic grow.

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  21. Keira H says Friday 20 June 2008 at 00:28

    Congrats Molly! I have also switched to wordpress blog ver recently. WordPress is by far the best blogging platform.

  22. Keira H says Friday 20 June 2008 at 00:29

    Congrats Molly! I have also switched to wordpress blog very recently. WordPress is by far the best blogging platform.

  23. Vitamin Luvr says Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 16:11

    Yea, WordPress rocks! Glad to see you here!

  24. iddaa says Wednesday 25 June 2008 at 01:49

    Nice. The big ones are starting to use WordPress. Matt must be happy.

    And get some nicer URI’s.

  26. ttnetvideo says Wednesday 25 June 2008 at 03:22

    thanks good article….

  27. Geoff Dodd pi says Wednesday 25 June 2008 at 05:45

    Yes, that is true: Word Press rules da blogging world. I have a few blogs on GG’s Blogger but they’re inflexible compared to WP which is infinitely variable with all those free themes out there. Long live WP, hey?

  28. Nasrettin Hoca says Thursday 26 June 2008 at 23:29

    hope this is of use for any new webmasters out there. I learned about this method a couple of months ago and it’s been amazing to watch my traffic grow.

  30. Sonia.gadde says Thursday 3 July 2008 at 07:24

    I am new online and found this site. this is great place with loads of information. I have saved it in my favourites. keep posting new stuff plz.

  31. Grace says Saturday 5 July 2008 at 11:43

    I can say the same about wordpress, such a versatile cms. Easy to develop themes, easy to setup and all those useful plugins that you do not have to develop. What else can one ask?

  32. Botox Botoks says Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 02:31

    Thanks every bodys my site is perfect seo

  33. Xavier says Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 10:00

    I don’t know PHP either and I don’t seem to have a problem using WordPress. Cheers.

  34. Kevin says Friday 18 July 2008 at 05:12

    Sites looking fine, wordpress just makes it easy!

  35. Adrianna says Monday 21 July 2008 at 03:45

    Welcome to WordPress Club! WordPress is by far the best platform for bloggers.

  36. TruthBehindHypnosis.com says Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 19:18

    That’s really interesting… I agree that the mind & hypnosis are powerful tools, but there’s more truth behind it than people expect.

  37. Self Improvement Advice says Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 20:26

    I’m glad you’ve made it. I think it took a little time management to rebuild your blog. I really like the simplicity of this blog, the white, blue and green combination is just pleasing to the eye.

    -Jan

  38. Handbag Lover says Thursday 24 July 2008 at 00:27

    Good job! By the way, my name is Molly, too! (It’s not really handbag lover, lol)

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  41. Maxwell says Thursday 14 August 2008 at 13:49

    I wake up in bed crying covered in plantain chips. The goldfish are floating in the aquarium and my head feels like it has been repeatedly hammered by a cricket bat. The sun is down, so I assume it’s either early morning or late evening. The dog is scraping at my door, I let him in and he jumps into my arms and pisses all over me with excitement. I laugh; I could have belted him but it what’s the point?

    The phone rings. I answer to shut it up.

    Apparently Ed was found wandering in the park yesterday off his brain on Ecstasy and cheap speed and could I come over and check on him? Well, he’d got himself into this and he could fucking well get himself out, as far as I was concerned.

    I crack some eggs into the frying pan and watch the milkyness of them cooking like it is some kind of miracle.

  42. wasawa says Sunday 17 August 2008 at 02:18

    Thanks. It’s a nice articles

  43. njppa says Friday 22 August 2008 at 17:05

    Congratulations on moving to WordPress. My site has probably been moved three times, eventually ending up on WordPress. I am very glad to have it there and I’m sure only beginning to scratch the surface.

  44. makemoneyonline says Monday 1 September 2008 at 04:56

    I like Worpress also. Quick and easy 🙂

  45. Curt W says Monday 1 September 2008 at 05:11

    Congratulations on switching to your new server! Hopefully you’ll have greater service than your last.

  46. Dennis says Monday 1 September 2008 at 12:05

    WordPress is taking over the world.

  47. quick money says Sunday 7 September 2008 at 16:22

    WordPress is much easier to use that some of the other autoring tools out there, and there are lots of great addons.

    WordPress gets my vote 🙂

  48. vikram says Thursday 25 September 2008 at 02:13

    welcome to the wordpress world love to help you if u want any

  49. bufalo juan says Monday 29 September 2008 at 13:12

    its true as they say word press is numero 1 best time

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