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The Official Move

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As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been playing around with a self-hosted blog site. I was able to export the existing content from Tombrarian and import it into the new site very easily. The move was as simple as using the export feature of the existing site which generates an xml file and then using the import function of the new site. I expected moving content from one WordPress blog into another to be straight-forward, but it was even easier than I expected. The process probably took less then 2 minutes.

I’m glad I was able to transfer the content because I can maintain a complete run of Tombrarian and its short-lived predecessor dating back to April 2005.

So, this will be the last post for the WordPress hosted Tombrarain. I registered www.tombrarian.net. If you would like to continue following Tombrarian, please update your links and/or reader.

Changes to Tombrarian

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For a while, I have wanted to make some changes to Tombrarian. Mainly, I want to move it to my own host so that I have more control over look and functionality and to be able to learn more about CSS and other design options. A few months ago, I found a host (Bluehost) and began fooling around with a personal site. I created a space for Tombrarian and planned on moving it at the beginning of the year but got busy and never got to it. I am optimistic that I can get to it soon and figure the process itself is a topic worthy of Tombrarian. I want to learn from the process and can share that with other people who may be thinking of moving from a WordPress site to their own hosted site.

In chosing Bluehost, I picked a few brains for suggestions and a couple people recommended it, so I decided to go with it. Although I haven’t done much with the site yet, I have no complaints about Bluehost. It was easy enough to set-up and they have a desktop client that allows you to drag and drop files. The other option is to uplaod them through their website which is slow and burdensome if you have a lot of files to move. Bluehost supports WordPress and a few other blogs, so setting up a WordPress blog through Bluehost was very easy.

I chose the Blueline 1.0 theme because the CSS code seemed pretty straightforward and I tweaked the color scheme and some other basic elements. I’ll include an image in addition to the link because I am sure I will be changing it and want to preserve the changes to see how the site develops.

Speaking of the link, I secured http://www.tombrarian.net. It’s live now, but content free. After I play with the look a little more, I will try exporting the content from this site and upload it into the new site. So look for that move hopefully sooner rather than later.