Entries from October 2007 ↓

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I have been stressing the move to Bluehost for about the past month.  I have been digging up everywhere looking for the answer.  Cheryl has started playing with WP.org and offer some advice…ALL THE ADVICE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL, but it didn’t answer my the specific question I had in my mind…Ya See, here was the situation…I spent soo much time on my wordpress.com blog and google was loving it, Everyone was reading my blog via readers, and accessing it through my domain http://focusonfrederick.com/  My domain was a part of Wordpress.com.  My mind was racing…how do I get this over to Bluehost without disrupting service and risk losing my google juice.  I first ran a couple test blogs on Bluehost, but I never took that last step…make the change to the domain!!!  Well, it turns out…that is the first thing you do and the rest falls into place…whew!!!  So here you go:

1. On your wordpress blog (you can move others here too) go to manage
   1. Click export 
   2. Save this xml file on your hard drive (remember where you put it)
2. Move Nameserver to bluehost on your godaddy domain.  You can click either one to change it.
3. In cPanel goto manage domains 
   1. Create Addon Domain
   2. This is your domain with godaddy
   3. Get EPP code from godaddy 
   4. Paste it in the space & hit verify.
   5. Close that new window if you aren’t transferring the domain
   6. Scroll to the bottom click accept or ok.  (I forget what this says because at the time I created a ticket for my “problem” The problem was me.)
   7. Verify that your domain was just created as an addon domain.
4. Now go to your cPanel and find Fantastico De Luxe 
   1. You will see Wordpress on the left hand side
   2. Click New Installation
   3. Pick your domain
   4. Follow the instructions for creating your account
   5. Now you are set
5. Open a new browser window and type in your URL.  You should see a generic looking blog.
6. On the bottom right you will see the admin link.
   1. Click on it and sign in with the name you used in the set up with Fantastico
   2. Bookmark this page.  This is how you will go back into it.
   3. It looks just like your wordpress.com panel with some changes.
   4. Click manage and then import this time
   5. Browse for your file.  The one you saved in the 1st step.
   6. Wahlah… you have all of your post and comments
7. Now you have to set up your themes and widgets.  That will be a different post
8. All of your pictures will be links to your old blog…so don’t delete your old blog until you transfer all of your pictures.  Otherwise leave it up.

The process was pretty painless (20/20 hindsight)  If you don’t have an outside blog yet, I would suggest Wordpress.com as a place to start.   If you already have an outside blog, I suggest Bluehost.com as a place to host it.  There is a lot of bundled up software in there…I will have to figure it out and get back to you.  (like photo gallery software to create your own gallery website) See below for more information.

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How are you relating to people? This is our future…be a part of it.

Edit: I decided to add the rest of Mike Wesch’s videos. The theory is amazing. You don’t realize it until you really see it.

Introducing our YouTube Ethnography Project This is the beginning. You have just watched the first project above.

A Vision of Students Today The one that Cheryl mentioned. Sucks, I was in school before this was popular. I can so relate to this.

Informations R/evolution This is his latest project.

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I apologize, I have not been back here much lately… I have been adjusting to my new job and have been trying to make new systems for my business and prioritize it all…oh yeah and have a life too.

Cheryl was showing how to use a new widget, and Chris was complaining about being dugg by a old widget. I believe we have been taken over by widgetopolis or driven to websitemania… When will it stop? We are doing this in the name of Web 2.0 and google rank. Jeff is looking to help us understand everything by video tutorials…thank God you can access his stuff at all times of the day.

I decided to centralize my online experience in one folder on my Favorites. See illustration. Man…I know there is a whole lot more going on out there just forgot were I have been. Everywhere on the web that I list my business or blogs.

I put it all in one folder under favorites. I kept forgetting where I place listing or an ad. I know some of my pages automatically list my information on affiliate sites…I’m glad I don’t have to maintain them too.

So, where are you on the big WWW? Have you even thought about it? I googled my name and websites to see where they were listed. I also used other search engines like dogpile, lycos, etc to help out…some places don’t get index you the same way.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy all of these little nuggets that are out there…because it is one more way someone can find me and my business. All of these little sites tied together also create a great SEO experience too.

They can be fun and most are very social. That’s what is all about right? Turning a cyber experience into a real face to face experience. I wouldn’t have met all of you if it wasn’t for this little nugget called Active Rain…shoot, that’s not on my list…

Keep in mind these are not just where I surf, this is where I have a presence or created an account.

Forgot PollDaddy.com… darn and bravenet…man…see what I mean?

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