I found I wanted to direct a few people to my blog for information. Why? Well, the blog really serves two purposes. First, it is an organized note area for me. I figure out how to do something, I post. Also, when I have a bunch of links of interest to me, I post with comments. When I listen to a podcast that is particularly interesting, I post their locations on the right under “Recent Podcasts”. The second purpose it to cut down on emails. Everyone I know is suffering from email overload. If I have something that might be of interest, I can post what would otherwise be sent as an email. People can read the posting when they have time. It does not get buried in the mailbox. The blog can also serve as something people can leave comments on. Someone wants to leave a comment on IdM and/or include some links, they can post it.
Rather than have people sign on to the system where I originally setup the WordPress server, I set up a site on one of my Go Daddy domains. I had been only using the domain as a mail address. Moving the data over was rather easy, once I found instructions.
Maria Langer posted very good instructions, “Backing Up a WordPress Blog Database.” Maria Langer, author of “WordPress 2“, posted excellent instructions on moving WordPress over to Go Daddy in the posting, “Moving a WordPress Blog to GoDaddy Hosting Account.” Maria site is a good reference site on all matter involving WordPress. Another good source is the WordPress Community Podcast.
Thanks for the link!
I’ve been using GoDaddy for some time now and am very pleased. There ARE limitations — the most glaring is 100 concurrent MySQL database hits — but for most bloggers this is enough. I have a “deluxe” hosting account that enables me to host all 12 of my domain names for less than $10 a month. Seems pretty good to me!