Comments on: Leaving Edublogs http://www.mrstucke.com/2008/12/16/leaving-edublogs/ Musings on Maths, education, teaching and technology. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wonderful Wordpress - Or how to leave edublogs… | The Masterplan http://www.mrstucke.com/2008/12/16/leaving-edublogs/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Wonderful Wordpress - Or how to leave edublogs… | The Masterplan Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:50:13 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=57#comment-65 [...] I have previously blogged, the introduction of adverts on Edublogs was enough to make me finally move out and set up on my [...] [...] I have previously blogged, the introduction of adverts on Edublogs was enough to make me finally move out and set up on my [...]

]]> By: MrStucke http://www.mrstucke.com/2008/12/16/leaving-edublogs/comment-page-1/#comment-64 MrStucke Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:53:25 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=57#comment-64 Thanks for commenting guys! Rob - I don't know what older versions were like but Wordpress 2.7 seems pretty easy to manage upgrades, most happen at the click of one button. And I know what you mean about the Feedjit bar, I'm becoming a little obsessed watching it! Damian - It was incredibly easy as you say, 2 minutes to import the old blog posts and comments - a whole day fiddling making it look nice! Thanks for commenting guys!

Rob – I don’t know what older versions were like but Wordpress 2.7 seems pretty easy to manage upgrades, most happen at the click of one button. And I know what you mean about the Feedjit bar, I’m becoming a little obsessed watching it!

Damian – It was incredibly easy as you say, 2 minutes to import the old blog posts and comments – a whole day fiddling making it look nice!

]]> By: Damian http://www.mrstucke.com/2008/12/16/leaving-edublogs/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Damian Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:39:49 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=57#comment-63 Dan, We've spoken before about the process, but for your readers' sake, I'll just second your assertion re: the ease of migrating from Edublogs (a Wordpress-based service) to self-hosted Wordpress. Moving the content couldn't have taken me more than a few minutes; I spent more time playing with themes than anything else! At the risk of advertising, I will say that some persistent Googling allowed me to find a domain name and sufficient Web hosting from two different services for under $30 US/year combined. Free blogging services are fantastic, as they encourage newbies (like we were), but for a nominal fee, the freedom of self-hosting adds a new dimension to blogging, not the least of which is a greater sense of ownership over the project. Dan,

We’ve spoken before about the process, but for your readers’ sake, I’ll just second your assertion re: the ease of migrating from Edublogs (a Wordpress-based service) to self-hosted Wordpress. Moving the content couldn’t have taken me more than a few minutes; I spent more time playing with themes than anything else!

At the risk of advertising, I will say that some persistent Googling allowed me to find a domain name and sufficient Web hosting from two different services for under $30 US/year combined. Free blogging services are fantastic, as they encourage newbies (like we were), but for a nominal fee, the freedom of self-hosting adds a new dimension to blogging, not the least of which is a greater sense of ownership over the project.

]]> By: Rob B http://www.mrstucke.com/2008/12/16/leaving-edublogs/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Rob B Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:38:25 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=57#comment-62 I have run a Blog on wordpress before but I got fed up of having to update it etc. I looked for a hosted solution but the charging structure of Edublogs and Wordpress.com put me off. I decided on Blogger, since it integrated well with other sites, and google has pretty deep pockets for keeping it running. Although I have Google Analytics running, I do miss the tool that tells you who the last visitors to your account were and how they got there (and also access to the logs). You are right about the impression that your online persona creates - happy self hosting! I have run a Blog on wordpress before but I got fed up of having to update it etc. I looked for a hosted solution but the charging structure of Edublogs and Wordpress.com put me off. I decided on Blogger, since it integrated well with other sites, and google has pretty deep pockets for keeping it running.
Although I have Google Analytics running, I do miss the tool that tells you who the last visitors to your account were and how they got there (and also access to the logs).

You are right about the impression that your online persona creates – happy self hosting!

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