I started with LiveJournal, then MySpace. \u00a0Finally I wanted a site to compile all of my journal entries so I went with WordPress.com (it is ‘free’). \u00a0That has served me well for years but as they have grown, so has their ‘add on’ fees so I decided to get my own website (I already owned my ‘shawnna.org’ domain name) and installed WordPress.org software. \u00a0Converting my WordPress.com journal to my WordPress.org website was easier than I imagined.<\/p>\n
I should qualify that by saying it isn’t a simple click and it’s done.<\/p>\n
You must have the proper version of the WordPress importer for the version of WordPress.org you installed on your own site. \u00a0That took a bit of searching to figure out.<\/p>\n
Also, images don’t automatically transfer so I’ve been busy checking each post and uploading the images to my new site. \u00a0To get through eight years of journaling will take a while, but fortunately I didn’t upload many pics prior to using wordpress.com.<\/p>\n
My own domain\/site with WordPress.org installed is a lot less and I can do so much more with it.<\/p>\n
I am leaving my old site up with posts redirecting folks to the new site – just to be sure no one is lost in the conversion. \u00a0I don’t get a lot of visitors (that isn’t what this is for).<\/p>\n
However, since I posted the briefs related to the WA State Supreme Court case – Bain vs MERS – I’ve had a little more traffic.<\/p>\n
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