I hope I’m not cheating too much using a hyphenated term, but this week has been all about going…
On Saturday I tweeted:
So, what do you reckon Twitter… Can I go self hosted in a weekend? Albeit a long weekend, but: new site by Tuesday??!
Well, by Sunday my new domain was registered and visible. On Sunday evening we did the first import to test it all out (my husband was a wonderful second pair of eyes, and understood the more technical terms!). On Monday we did a second import, correcting a couple of minor mistakes made first time round and by Monday evening it was live :)
The rest of the week has been spent tweaking and trying to decide on a design. So, my week has definitely been all about my new self-hosted blog.
I will be posting my step by step guide at the weekend, I took lots of notes! It really was relatively straightforward :)
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Fantastic – well done! Glad it all went pretty smoothly for you. I started up as self-hosted, so never had to deal with this, but it sounds like you’re going to write a great post for others, too -lovely of you. Thanks for joining in with #WotW x
Thanks Jocelyn x
Well done! I nearly made the switch last night but I really need to make myself wait until I have a few days off in case anything goes wrong!
I certainly wanted the comfort of doing it over the weekend, but it really was easy :)
I’ll be waiting for your post, been thinking about doing the same for a while now myself ;-) Glad it all went well and was nice & easy xx #WotW
I’ve published the guide :) The fact that it’s all still wordpress is just brilliant!
I love you! I have just decided I need to do this but I am so scared and have NO idea, so will really look forward to your guide. Well done! x
Ha! I’m here for questions, will help if I can :)
Well done you! The thought of going self-hosted scares me….I am rubbish with computers and technical things…lol
Kim don’t be scared do it! I don’t know anything technical at all and I did it. Way to go Sarah!!!! Congratulations for doing it in a weekend! So proud of you! It’s great isn’t it! Do you feel free and powerful now? Lol
Jenny is right Kim :)
And, yes, it’s a great feeling – just need to get some time to really play with it all though :)
Oh I am the same, only been on self-hosted for a few months.I have so much to learn and I know nothing about code so it’s a little frustrating on the design front. I know what I want just don’t want to pay an arm and leg for it. lol Youtube tutorials are a dream for help.
The CSS code is scary – I’ve just about got the hang of the HTML, and now have to learn all new stuff! Annie over at Mammasaurus reviewed a good plugin editor… Thinking of investing in that :)
Oh thank you. I basically used the sugar and spice theme and then changed everything bit by bit now it’s asking me to update and I will lose everything. Didn’t know I should have stuck with a child theme and then editted. EEEK. Think I might need to just pay someone to design it for me. ;)
I’ve only just heard of child themes, but thankfully before I did any modifying :)
Moving from WordPress was easy, every step was clear to follow… Not sure about blogger, but I can’t imagine it is that different. But, you’d have to learn wordpress :)
I look forward to your step by step guide!
It’s on the blog now :) Hope it’s useful!
It most certainly is thanks. I even made notes! :)
Oh, I am pleased :)
Well done for making the jump! Mel
Thank you!
You’ve inspired me to do it! I’m just waiting for my domain to be transferred over then I’m officially self/hosted!!!
Woo hoo!
Congratulations! Feels really good, doesn’t it?
Thank you! It really does feel good :)
Ditto what a lot of the others have said – seems like a great idea to take complete ownership of your work (although i really rely on all the great features of WordPress at the mo) but the thought of letting go of the safety net is scary! #WotW
Ah, but a self-hosted WP blog has the same features as the free one (with the addition of some plugins!)… I’ve published my step-by-step guide now and I’ll post some more guides as I start to learn more about the whole thing!
Well done! Looks good.
Thank you! Working on a new header and badge at the moment :)
I left the self-hosting step for years and years. Well done you. Like many things, it is far scarier when anticipating it that it is in reality. Well done
Absolutely! I’m looking forward to having more freedom :)