Back to the Philippines » hosting http://www.backtothephilippines.com a blog about my return to the Philippines after 12 years Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A new domain and a new home! http://www.backtothephilippines.com/a-new-domain-and-a-new-home/ http://www.backtothephilippines.com/a-new-domain-and-a-new-home/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:05:52 +0000 mixxy http://backtothephilippines.com/announcements/a-new-domain-and-a-new-home/ A few weeks ago I bought my own domain backtothephilippines.com and today thanks to my husband my blog is now hosted on his server. With his help, I have installed Wordpress MU and now this site has the ability to host multiple blogs. You would probably notice that I am inviting guest authors as well. Who knows, maybe someday it will not be just me blogging but a whole community of bloggers!

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Fortunately, I have exported all my posts and comments successfully and now the posts are arranged in Categories. I have also installed several plugins such as:

Coming from Blogger, it was a bit of learning curve for me. After several hours of downloading and configuring plugins, searching and choosing from dozens of themes and editing php templates I have finally come up with a “look and feel” that I am very happy with. Wordpress is indeed a serious tool for bloggers. Once you dive in there’s no turning back! But kidding aside, I do suggest the following must read sites if you are starting a Wordpress blog (I still have a LOT to learn myself):

Wordpress Lessons

Problogger: Which Wordpress Plugins to Use

Virtual Earner: aLinks

Yugatech: A Guide to an SE Optimized Wordpress setup

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