Comments on: WordPress 2.7.1 Now Available

By: Gem

Gem — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:41:06 +0000

@Jan
I was in also in blogger, but when I moved to Wordpress (thanks to Jaypee), I don’t want to look back. It made my blogging work easier with all those tons of plugins (and not to mention, forced me to learn additional technical skills too and earn from it).

Anyway, like Jaypee had mentioned, I’ve also ran across webhosts that offer unlimited bandwidth and space, if that’s the only issue why you don’t want to move to Wordpress. I also know some free webhosts (but limited bandwidth and support) where you can also host a Wordpress blog.

And I think your uber blogger friend had already estimated that he has really room for more… so I think it would be a good “temporary” start while you gather all your finances for a self-hosted one.. I have a feeling that you’ve realized that you like blogging.

Gems last blog post..Positive Energy for Friday the 13th

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:00:22 +0000

@jan - Oh I see. If you're serious about blogging, having a self-hosted WordPress blog is the only way to go. Regarding finances, there are a lot of affordable hosting providers that cater specifically to WordPress blogs. I believe there are some who offer $5/month hosting with a lot of disk space and bandwidth. All you need is a domain name.

Hopefully that uber blogger friend of yours or someone else can help you. I'm sure you're gonna love WordPress. :D

By: jan

jan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:57:13 +0000

“…what keeps you from moving your Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress blog?”

Logistics. A good online friend suggested he’d take me in his webhost. There’s room for me, he said. But he’s an uber blogger, and uber blogger needs all the bandwidth and resources for his uber blog. So I restrained my excitement and strike on my own in my own sweet time.

I love him for that. To this day, I still kept his text message encouraging me to take his offer.

Matt will just have to restrain himself too, if he’s thinking of sending me mail. :)

jans last blog post..Little Known Way to Overcome the Fear of Blogging

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:50:29 +0000

@elmot – Better safe than sorry is what I always say. I’d rather spend a few minutes of my time upgrading WordPress than having to go through the stress and hassle after something goes wrong with my blog.

By: elmot

elmot — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:47:48 +0000

your right jayps...it is better to have security from attacks. just read some bloggers who are quite annoyed with constant upgrading. threats are getting nastier and sophisticated and wp is constantly responding to it with precision.elmots last blog post..EDSA People Power Buried into Ashes

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:05:36 +0000

@loy – Cool! So you moved to your new web host already? Installing or upgrading to the latest version of WordPress will keep your blog safer than having an old version. If you want to make it more secure, you have to set some rules on your .htaccess file and set proper file/directory permissions.

By: loy

loy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:02:45 +0000

I upgraded to 2.7.1, finally, after I moved to a new web server. With regards to security issues, is this version really safe and secure? I read somewhere that we have to tinker with the .htaccess to really "harden" our Wordpress installation. And then of course, setting the file and directory permissions properly.loys last blog post..Obama Doppelgangers on the Loose!

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:05:27 +0000

@Raju – Oh okay. I guess the first one was a long time ago and I already forgot about it. Hehe

By: Raju

Raju — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:01:22 +0000

@Jaypee, Naah, it is the second time it seems.Rajus last blog post..3 Ways to Find out Who is Hosting That Website

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:10:17 +0000

@jan – You didn’t get the email? Why not? Hehe..you really need to switch to WordPress man! :D