People I need your help I am thinking of blogger.com and moving to self hosting blog based upon wordpress platform
already now as usually I can not take my decision easily except after long study ,I am careful
Beside I don't know which hosting company should I use seriously bluehost or hostgator or what
and the Ultimate question should I leave to wordpress ??
I have a book, Clear Blogging, which says for self-host, "requires at least the ability to set up and maintain a web server; blogging software" (moveable type or wordpress) "does most of the work, but HTML/XML skills are necessary. Costs vary widely depending on your choices." Btw, the author recommends Typepad - sorry.
ReplyDeleteI work with a MAC. On Blogger with Safari, all the links, bolded letters, underlining, italics, etc. I have to do myself. Some things don't work right, like i8ndented quotes, so I just used quote marks. The widgets for all the HTML/XML do not show up on Safari. I just downloaded Firefox (for some reason the past 10 days or so I can't access my "preview page" with Safari.) With Firefox I get ALL that stuff now, even a "compose" page which I never had before. I will say though, doing it yourself isn't that hard. I don't know if you're using MAC or Windows, but if I can do it, anyone can. If I had not had to resort to that to begin with, I think that would make me apprehensive, but there's plenty of information out there on how to do it, which was a major help to me.
hi Zeinobia,
ReplyDeletei am a regular visitor and reader to ur blog every day,
so i have an opinion in what u about to do,
i don't think that transferring from blogger to own site is much deserve because ur blog here don't need anything more to be a complete blog really,
so i don't share u ur thought about changing the server,,
@Vagabondblogger,thanks for the information well already I can set wordpress ,I use it in the POWs site and that's why I am so impressed with its abilities ,Typepad like the rest Sixapart products great but not cheap
ReplyDeleteI know HTML,CSS,few PHP,the problem in blogger that it is not easy as blogging service ,it is too straight forward and believe it or not I can make web design for fansites,coppermine galleries and also now I can know how to design for wordpress but for some reason I can not do what I want in my mind in blogger ,guess what I hate this black design too , of course there are other features
@anonymous ,it is pleasure to know that you are regular visitor and reader
my only problem sometimes I want to present more in the posts but I can't because of the limitations of blogger
I have had recent problems with blogger that have me thinking of changing too, but right now, I have not been able to post as regularly as I'd like. As a result, for me at least, it doesn't make sense to change. But you have a beautiful website and post daily and I can see where you're coming from. I would like to be able to use my iWeb, but everytime I get on it to play around, I have to re-read all the instructions - hahaha. Total insanity and I think we all are for doing this. Good luck with your decision.
ReplyDeletewhy change aslan?what brought the thought?
ReplyDelete@Vagabondblogger,did I mention that I wish to have a Mac before ?? :)
ReplyDelete@fadfadtion ,there are lots and lots of features I found great in Wordpress ,more control in every thing
I think you will reach a wider audience with a google-based blog! But wordpress is quite nice too. from what I have seen, though, people tend to get a bit carried away with wordpress features, and thus make their blogs into an amusement park :)
ReplyDeleteNaj Dear it is not an amusement park only it is like Disney land where dreams come true being a google based doesn't mean a wider audiance believe me
ReplyDeleteThis comment just to let you know that you are a star in France !
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading this magazine http://www.ulyssemag.com/2007-04-egypte-les-bonheurs-du-nil-janvier-fevrier-2007-n-113-202-2.html this week-end, I was very happy to see that in the 'Kiosque des Voyageurs' (an overview of the medias in Egypt), they recommend your blog !! Just a screenshot and a few words but still, if you wish I will be very happy to scan the page and email it to you.
oh Seg mon ami , you made my day ,oh boy I am so happy ,oh yes please if you don't mind can you scan it for me ,my email is Zeinobia@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteoh boy this is my second time in french media ,the first one was in Liberation
thanks really seriously ,already i don't think this magazine will make it to the news stand in Cairo because speaking in some taboos like the Copts and the Noba people unfortunately