Comments on: GoodNCrazy.com is Now On Wordpress!

By: WPSecurityLock

WPSecurityLock — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:14:47 +0000

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

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:12:10 +0000

Oops — wrong twitter handle in the last comment.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:11:42 +0000

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.

By: trina

trina — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:49:45 +0000

Congrats Carissa, you did it…and it is sassy…love love love your layout/brand, everything!

By: Danielle Hunter

Danielle Hunter — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:11:41 +0000

Love the name GoodNCrazy! Aren’t we all a bit good and crazy anyway?

By: Kristina P.

Kristina P. — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:45:08 +0000

I love the new digs! And yay for easier commenting!

By: Karie

Karie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:27:57 +0000

Can I say I am UBER jealous. I need to get off my arse and do it! LOL

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:34:29 +0000

See…I am SO wordpress naive that I posted my comment on the wrong post. Ugh. anyway…it looks great!

By: Jen Singer

Jen Singer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:21:39 +0000

Looks good. Nice and clean and the navigation works. I’ll add you to my RSS. Congrats.

By: CathyWebSavvyPR

CathyWebSavvyPR — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:50:39 +0000

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!