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Omni · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject: Hosting Questions

When I started Random Curiosity, I wasn't sure what type of readership I'd get and what I'd need in terms of hosting and stuff. So I used Blogger, which I'd been using for a while for other stuff, cause I knew my way around.
Recently, I've been a bit dissatisfied with the stuff you can do with Blogger (Categories being one of the main issues). Thus, I've been thinking of moving off of it and getting my own domain and hosting, etc.
So the questions I have are:
1. Are there any good hosting places that I could put my site and run, say, WordPress? I'm currently hosting my images in a lot of various places and ideally would like to put it all on one place. And while I don't get nearly as many hits as some other bloggers, I still go through quite a bit of bandwidth. Also, money is an issue as I can't afford mega-hosting just for my little blog. Wink

2. Should I even think about moving? There's stuff I have to consider like having to redirect people and potentially lost readership. I also don't know much of anything about PHP or MySQL, so I don't know how much work it would be to set up WordPress.
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moyism · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:

I think blogsome uses Wordpress if I'm not mistaken. I'm going to assume it does most of the work for you, so setting up shouldn't be hard. Plus if you have any problems, there's plenty of us on the forums that know how to do it and are more than willing to help.

As for images, I can set you up space over on my server. Since I basically took the "free" galleries down, the rest of my alloted 2.4GIG space will eventually be eaten up by screencaping. So I don't mind sharing since I doubt between the two of us we'll kill the space anytime soon. Bandwidth I have no issue with since at worst, only 60GIG out of my 120GIG gets killed and that's usually because I temp host matthew's fansubbing Wink

PM me if you're interested Omni.
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Maestro4k · Site Admin Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 1397

Don't forget we offer free hosting too Omni, although we're still finalizing a few things. E-mail or message me if you're interested, while we're not officially fully open, I can make exceptions (and I think being both an established blogger and one of my core moderators qualifies for one. Very Happy

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Oh yeah, we use Word Press by default.

Kabitzin · Global Moderator Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 110

Maestro seems to have a pretty good offer (you know... free...), and you get a lot more control over your plugins than with some of the free sites that have Wordpress pre-installed.

I have moved two sites from Blogger to Wordpress and it's not too bad. There are instructions on the Wordpress Codex, but I believe you'll have to go back and reassign all the categories to the old posts you've made. You shouldn't need to know much PHP or MySQL, and the recent additions of themes should make it fairly painless to give your site a unique look.

The one thing you will need to worry about in the move is spam. Make sure you get yourself at least one good spam filter (we use Spam Karma 2.0, and I have heard good things about WP Hashcash and Bad Behavior), or you'll be kicking yourself later on.

If you have the database and everything prepared, setting up Wordpress should not take more than 10 minutes, and less than a day to make everything look how you want. Of course, make sure to back everything up beforehand Wink

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Omni · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the suggestions!
Maestro, I sent you an email Wink

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Kabitzin · Global Moderator Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 110

While a lot slicker than the original WP theme, the "Kubrick" theme that defaults with new WP installs is actually horrible for personalization. About 90% is impossible to understand, unless you have a deep deep understanding of how WP works. Also, trying to customize it is exceedingly difficult, because everything is made to fit perfectly together. Fortunately, there are tons of great themes out there to download (check out Alex King's WP themes contest).
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moyism · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

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Washi · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Australia

Well the hosting suggestions you guys have put forward certainly outclass my own. I'm currently paying $2.50 a month + $15 a year (AUD), for 100 mb space, and 10 gb bandwidth. I figured that, if the blog actually became popular enough to warrant any more, I could just upgrade to 1.5 gb space and 25 gb bandwidth a month, for $2.50 more a month.

Is there a better alternative, then? I tried to find out what animeblogger actually IS, but failed.
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Washi · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Australia

wow! That sounds awesome. I wish you guys the best of luck! Hopefully I can get involved when it's ready! (I'd help but I'd be of know use. I tutorial my way through everything).

You obviously can't host any tom, dick, and harry, so what kind of selection process do you have in mind? (Just out of interest now)
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