GoodNCrazy.com is Now On Wordpress!
2010 February 25
photo credit: SEPBLOG
HOO-RAY!!
It’s taken me several months but here I am. Wordpress UP, yo.
And now I am super busy learning everything I can about Wordpress and my Theme (Vigilance). Wow, I feel like a 3rd grader attempting to learn calculus.
“Sorry Miss Ashley, how do I locate the CSS file again via my FTP client? I can’t remember where my pink crayon is….”
I’m gonna need a lot of help. So if you already invented the Wordpress wheel… will you please share a spoke or two?
Thanks.
16 Responses
leave one →
Oh Carissa!!
It’s beautiful! Congrats my friend *HUG*
Twitter: MadHatterMom
It looks amazing! I am soooooo happy for you. Seriously… UH FREAKING AWESOME!
Twitter: sahans
It looks fabulous.
You will love it- I am so happy we made the switch!
LOVE – are you not thrilled!!! Now you can start a whole new series of tutes.
YEAH!!! It looks awesome. I LOVE IT!!!
Carissa – It looks great! Welcome to the WordPress pool – the water’s fine. I’d love to hear about your process – was the conversion from Blogger (or was it typepad) difficult? BTW – I love the image you found – it’s perfect!
I’ve been a WordPress.org girl from the beginning. You know I love what you do, feel free to give me a call next week and I’ll be glad to help. You know, make sure you have the most useful plugins, share shortcuts etc. I’ll be glad to answer questions; you’ve helped me with plenty of mom blogger questions/connections.
I had not idea that in your former life you were a molecular biologist; my brother is a plant geneticist.
Cathy
Oh – I just read your post about the change-over and wanted to share one thing – too late for you, but it might help your readers –
Godaddy.com is not only one place you can buy your own domain name from, but you can also buy hosting from them (along with many other places – just be sure they meet the requirements of the http://www.WordPress.org software). Now – the COOL thing at this point in time Feb. 2010 – Godaddy recently launched a “wordpress hosting.” That is a specific package that comes with the Wordpress.org Software ALREADY LOADED onto your site – at no extra cost – that’s even easier than their one button Wordpress installation. You still have to select a free or paid/premium theme to style your blog – but the wordpress installation is one of the most intimidating parts for many non-tech types – no FTP needed!
Looks good. Nice and clean and the navigation works. I’ll add you to my RSS. Congrats.
See…I am SO wordpress naive that I posted my comment on the wrong post. Ugh. anyway…it looks great!
Can I say I am UBER jealous. I need to get off my arse and do it! LOL
Twitter: KariewithaK
I love the new digs! And yay for easier commenting!
Love the name GoodNCrazy! Aren’t we all a bit good and crazy anyway?
Twitter: ohiodh
Congrats Carissa, you did it…and it is sassy…love love love your layout/brand, everything!
Ooooo . . . another one bites the dust!
It looks absolutely fantastic!
One of these days, I might just get over being intimidated and join in the WP fun.
Twitter: Rachel_L
Oops — wrong twitter handle in the last comment.
Twitter: Rachel_L
Carissa, welcome to the world of self-hosting WordPress! Duong Sheahan sent me over to see your new site. Looks fantastic!
WordPress takes a little while to get used to, but I’m sure you love it!
Here’s me sharing a spoke or two:
A book I highly recommend reading is WordPress for Business Bloggers by Paul Thewlis.
And be sure you make regular backups of your database & essentials directories/files, keep your WordPress installation and plugins up-to-date with the latest stable version, and do your best to secure your FTP, hosting, database and wp-admin account. Being prepared and prevention is key. You don’t want to start all over or reconstruct anything.
Check out this automatic WordPress backup plugin that integrates with Amazon S3 – http://www.webdesigncompany.net/automatic-wordpress-backup/
Good luck with your site! Let me know if you need any help.
Take care,
Regina Smola
Twitter: WPSecurityLock