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WordPress on GoDaddy = Easy!

By Mike H

Services for Real Estate Pros with Mike Hendren Photography

July 18, 2010 03:49 AM

I just moved my blog from Wordpress.com to a self-hosted Wordpress installation on GoDaddy . . . and it has been SO easy!

This is a move I've been considering and reading about for several months, dreading all of that setup that I had read about. Well, GoDaddy and Wordpress.org made it a very painless process.

So, here's the quick synopsis:

Called GoDaddy and they setup Wordpress hosting on my desired domain name.
About 24 hours later, the process (on their end) was complete and I was able to log-in to my "new" Wordpress.org Dashboard. By the way, it is virtually identical to the Wordpress.com Dashboard so there was very little "learning curve" there.
After exporting my blog from the .com site, I them imported it to my new WP installation and it brought in everything: posts, comments, medial library, and pages.
Next, I located the same theme I had been using, Vigilance, and activated it so my blog had the same look as before.
Done! Well, almost - after that is where the fun begins. A self-hosted Wordpress.org installation gives you much more control over your blog with many additional capabilities. You can read all about it at Wordpress.org.

Just a quick reminder - if you were not already using your own domain on WP.com, be sure and write a final post telling all your readers the new address for your blog so they can continue to read your updates.

You can see the end result at my photo blog:

www.Mikes-Viewfinder.com

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Matthew Caulk

MoveInNashville Real Estate Services - Nashville, TN

MoveInNashville

Awesome! Wordpress is such a gem!

Jul 18, 2010 03:51 AM

Doris Freeman

Zach Taylor Real Estate - Gallatin, TN

Broker/Agent, 615-961-7799

You make it sound so easy. I don't have an outside blog at this time but am considering it.

Have A Great Day!

Jul 18, 2010 03:55 AM

Rick Cordisco

Pocono Mountain Lakes Realty - Lake Harmony, PA

Pocono Real Estate Professional

Awesome! I will check it out!

Mike H

Mike Hendren Photography - Cloudcroft, NM

Thanks Matthew, you're right - Wordpress is great!

Doris - it really easy and I highly recommend GoDaddy to buuy your domain and then host it. Their tech. support people are awesome - fast, knowledgeable, helpful, and they don't make you feel like your questions are stupid. (Like mine sometimes are!) :-)

Pocono Mtn. - Check it out - you'll find it very easy to implement.

Hey Harrison, thanks for the comment. I did check out your blog "Live at Newport Beach" and it is so well done! What theme did you use for that?

Jul 18, 2010 05:42 AM

Sandy Nelson

Riley Jackson Real Estate Inc. - Olympia, WA

your Olympia area Real Estate Specialist

I have a regular Wordpress blog, and did not know that there are advantages to switching to Wordpress.org. I'll be reading up on it and will consider switching over.

Jul 18, 2010 06:31 AM

Sandy, be sure and think about the differences to see if they are important to you. I think the biggest is just more control and flexibility - like adding some things to your sidebar using html.

Jul 18, 2010 07:01 AM

Kathy Streib

Cypress, TX

Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Mike- I'm going to check this out. I use GoDaddy where I first designed my website. I use them to host it as well as my business email. I started another outside blog using WP.com Based on your answer to Sandy (#6) I'll have to see if it would be worth my making the switch. BTW I agree with you, I've always had great customer service and tech support from GoDaddy.

Jul 23, 2010 02:55 PM

Hi Kathy and thanks. Yeah, sometimes self-hosted is good - sometimes not.

Hey Andrea, glad I could help and thanks for the comment. How about sending me the link to your selfhosted blog - i'd like to check it out.

Mike

Jul 25, 2010 03:49 AM

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