Blogger to WordPress and Back

September 7, 2012Julia

Did you all miss me yesterday when the blog was down for a few hours? Did you even notice? LOL.

I got a burr in my hair and decided I was going to move from Blogger to WordPress. I purchased my host and installed the WordPress plugin. Eventually, I figured out how to point my domain to something or other and the website was working.

Then it stopped.

I cussed. I screamed. I cried.

I emailed the host, took down my WordPress page and came crawling back to Blogger.

I am too busy to mess with a blog that doesn’t require coding… but, in actuality, does…

Change this file. Change this folder to this root.

I couldn’t get my page set up the way I wanted. I didn’t like my sidebar. I didn’t like the plugins.

So, this busy momma is back to Blogger.

And, for now… I am here to stay.

Julia

Julia dreams of a world where Hogwarts is real, dark chocolate comes bundled with good books, and houses magically clean themselves. Until that day, she’s a tired twin mom, an overwhelmed farm wife, a snarky blogger, occasional crafter, curious traveler, devoted napper, recipe tinkerer, lost geocacher, and a finger-counting bean counter.

5 Comments

Emily S

September 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm

I very nearly did the same thing on Tuesday…but don’t have the time to fuss with more than I am already fussing with!

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Ducky

September 7, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Glad to know I am not the only one. I have threatened it multiple times over the last three years but, like you, end up wanting to smash my computer into a bazzilliontrillionelevntythousand smitherines and then dump bleach on it and possibly set it on fire.

Oh…you weren’t quite that dramatic about it, were you…

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dinoheromommy.com

September 7, 2012 at 4:51 pm

I moved to wordpress and got worried but it;s not too bad. I do wish I had a little more control over my site seeing as how I paid for the domain.

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But I Want Cake

September 8, 2012 at 3:41 am

Hi! I found you from the bloggymom blog hop.

I’m scared to move to wordpress. I might have to do it at some point, but for now I’m happy with blogger. I am a newbie so code and all that talk makes my eyes start to cross.

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Pam

September 11, 2012 at 12:11 pm

I’ve been considering the switch to WordPress, but didn’t know if it would be worth the trouble. So your post was kind of good for me to hear right now! I see many very successful blogs on blogger, so I’m sticking with it (at least for now!)

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