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dear all,
I currently have a blog on blogger (http://bombaylives.blogspot.com/)
I want to move it to Wordpress, Just wanted to seek advice from you whether its a good idea & what is the cheapest option and doest the switch change the Adsense revenues .
My domain is currently hosted wid netfirms.com & they charge around 60 USD for installing Wordpress is it worth it.
would appreciate your help and pointers
thanks.
satish
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Hi Satish !
Wordpress as a blogging platform is very well established. There are plugins and themes galore, and it's relatively easy to customise. The support base is huge and you'll find loads of people who would be glad to help with any queries.
I'm afraid I can't answer the part about AdSense revenues, but before you decide on shelling out the $60, I suggest you take a deep look at your site's statistics and what you're aiming to get from the switch. If you're unsure, I suggest getting an account at http://www.wordpress.com for free to play around with the interface and see if it's what you're looking for.
If your provider Netfirms is charging you $60 merely to install WP, and you'd like to save the cash, I suggest attempting to install WP yourself. It's fairly straightforward and as long as you (your host) meets the minimum requirements, the install ought to be hassle-free.
you can still use WordPress by requesting the WordPress Install4Free team do the installation for you for free
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http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/moving-blog-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-rss-feeds/1870/
Also a very good read.
Anonymous
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But is it safe to give ur username and password to them for the quick 5 minute installation ? Are they reliable ? i tried to install wordpress but everytime i am getting an error message " error establishing database connection "......
Anonymous
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I agree with Sparx, $60 for install is way TOO MUCH. Most of the reputed providers give free one click installs for wordpress.
To AmitBanerjee, are you providing the correct database path. Some times its set to "localhost" by default but you need to change it to the path provided by you service provider.
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great kiran.........i will give it a try...but its given " localhost "...can you suggest how it could be ??
Anonymous
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Who are you using for hosting and did you create the database. When you create the database and set the password it should normally tell you that the databse is created and the location or the path for the database. depending on how your hosting provider handels it it might be mysql.yourdomain.com, mysql.hostingprovidersdomain.com or something else.
Please contact your hosing provider to find this info
Anonymous
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thanks sparx, labnol & kiran... you guys rock :))
my blog is live at http://www.bombaylives.com, do check it out & share your inputs.
tnx & god bless
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