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GoDaddy Hosting and WordPress
0July 31, 2008
It’s closing in on two months now since I migrated my content from Blogger over to my new WordPress installation at GoDaddy. I must admit that I’ve enjoyed the entire process, from researching the different hosting providers to actually migrating the content and publishing the site.In short I’d have to say that I’m pleased with GoDaddy. I know there is a lot of “hate” out there directed at GoDaddy but the solution has been on par with my expectation of what a $6.64/month hosting plan should provide. It’s no where near as fast as the servers I have at work or home but it works fine enough, what do you want for less than $10/month? The install was as simple as clicking on the “Install WordPress” icon within the GoDaddy hosting connection control panel. Although I did need to fix up the configuration after the installation since I wanted to use the hostname “blog.michaelfmcnamara.com” as opposed to just “michaelfmcnamara.com”. I should probably let folks know I also used GoDaddy to register five different domain names along with their “Deluxe” hosting plan. I should point out to those that are interested that customers automatically get an “Economy” hosting plan with each purchased domain. I only signed up for a single year and didn’t mind spending the extra dollars to try out the upgraded hosting plan.
With respect to WordPress I have just one word – AWESOME! I’ve spent quite a bit of time sifting through the cascading style sheets of the themes and dissecting the PHP code trying to understand all the ins and outs. There is literally a dizzying array of plugs-in and add-ons out there for WordPress that extend the solution’s functionality ten fold. You may have noticed that I’ve been adding a few of the more mainline plug-ins every week (don’t want to overload the site and/or detract from it’s main purpose – educating the readers).
As a side note this blog was recently reviewed by Blogged and received an 8.3 rating. If your interested or just bored why don’t you wander over and post your own review of this blog.
Cheers!
Update: August 19, 2008
I thought I would just post an update with respect to my experiences with GoDaddy. I’m happy to say that I haven’t yet had any issues or problems. The traffic to this blog continues to grow daily but the site still feels fairly responsive. I’ve also added quite a few different WordPress plug-ins and just can’t say enough good things about WordPress.
Cheers!
The little web publisher
0July 10, 2008
I’m starting to feel like a little web publishing company given all the steps I’ve had to go through in order to get myself off Blogger and over to WordPress. Don’t get me wrong I’ve kind of enjoyed the trip as I can now say I know more than I ever thought possible about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and how Google, Yahoo and Live all index sites. I’ve also gotten a chance to hack up the CSS stylesheet for this blog, changing the colors and fonts trying to make the site easier on the eyes (the original font color was too light and very hard on the eyes after reading for a while). There’s quite a bit more to be done but we’re well on our way. You might notice that I’ve finally managed to get Google to remove all search results for my old Blogger account (michaelfmcnamara.blogspot.com). Hopefully over the next few weeks Google will start to index the content on this site. I really don’t care how high or low I show up on a search result but if people can’t find the stuff I put out there than what’s the point of writing it.
A few folks have asked about GoDaddy…. so far so good. Although I did have a brief problem with the MySQL server which seemed to resolve itself in about 30 minutes. And I must say that I’m liking WordPress more and more each day, especially coupled with Microsoft’s Live Writer. Although I don’t know that I’m completely content with Live Writer, so the search continues.
What would you guys and gals like to hear about? I’m probably going to write a detailed article on how to configure two core ERS 8600 for IST/SMLT providing all the CLI commands. It seems there are a lot of folks out there struggling with that topic.
Cheers!
Update: Saturday 19, 2008
I spent a few hours last night and today exploring the CSS styles and cleaning up a few things. I noticed that a Internet Explorer was hanging on my recent article, Domain Name Server Patch. It seems that I had inadvertently copied the <style> tags from the RedHat HTML document and pasted them into my article. While Firefox (my primary web browser) would display the page without issues, Internet Explorer would download the entire page but stop displaying the page when it hit the <style> tags. I also added a poll feature to the blog… looking for some feedback folks.
Cheers!
It’s time for an upgrade or two…
0June 28, 2008
I’ve decided to make the jump… to my own domain. I’ll be using GoDaddy for now along with WordPress. I’m currently in the process of migrating the content from Blogger to WordPress. Once I’m happy with the content I’ll setup a redirect from Blogger to my new domain.
If you would like to have a preview try this http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com.
On a different note my trusty Dell 1.4Mhz Pentium 4 8200 (purchased in 2002) appears to be finally on it’s last legs. So I’ll need to either purchase a new machine or build a new machine from scratch. Here are the components I’m thinking of using;
- Antec Mini P180 Case
- Antec NeoPower 550 Power Supply
- ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo Quad Q6600
- Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR2 1055 (PC2 8500)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA Hard Disk
- EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB Video Card
- Samsung 20x DVD+-R Burner SATA
- Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium
I’ve priced these components on NewEgg and they come in just around $1,000.00. I’m trying to build a machine that isn’t bleeding edge but will last the test of time. I would welcome any thoughts or suggestions.
Cheers!
