I finally made the move from WordPress.com to becoming self-hosted.
I was able to bring all my old posts, pages, categories and tags, images and other media, and even subscribers. So if you were subscribed to my .com blog before, you’re now automatically subscribed to this new self-hosted one.
I have yet to pretty it up like before, and JetPack is giving me some grief… but my main to-do items actually relate to the old .com blog…
You see, obviously I’d like everyone to be automatically redirected from the old site to the new one. The only problem is WordPress.com wants $17/year for that. And I’m cheap, an don’t want to spend the money on something so trivial for them to do. So stay tuned to hear about any updates…
But in the mean time, don’t expect new posts on the old .com site, all my posts will come from cmljnelson.blog from now on.
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Congratulations on making this move, Mike. I look forward to reading your updates.
Thanks Donna! Ya it’s a bit strange how I’ve gone one way and you’ve gone the other. I do think our respective choices were better for each of our needs and preferences.