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Blog Makeover; Going From Blogger To WordPress

22nd October 2016

Hello and welcome to my new blog! As you guys can see, we have a bit of a new look around here, and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve finally made the big switch to WordPress, and hopefully everything looks and runs a lot better.

 

Last week I noticed that none of my new blog posts were showing comments on them, even though I was getting email notifications through saying that I had some. After tweeting out about this, I found out it was another widespread Blogger issue, and there was nothing I could do except sit, wait and hope for a fix. I lasted one day before I got well and truly sick of this, and it’s not the first issue I’d had with Blogger either. Although I loved how easy Blogger was to use, I hated the problems, bugs, and uncertainty that came with using it. Plus I’ve been nagging at myself for at least a year now to go self hosted. So this week, I finally took the plunge and hired Fiona to sort the whole process for me.

She moved the entirety of my blog over to WordPress, sorted me with a snazzy new layout, and set me up with hosting – yay! The only things that still need fixing are importing all my old comments back that have built up over the years (which I so hope we can do!) and I need to just fix up some old posts which just need a little maintenance. I can do this myself and will just be an ongoing process over time 🙂

 

Right now I’m just getting to grips with WordPress itself, and learning how to use it. It definitely has a lot for me to take in, but I can already see I made the right decision. There are so many more options and useful plugins to help me blog effectively, and improve.

I’m so glad I got someone else to do the whole process for me, because I wouldn’t have had the time myself, and I’d have drove myself mad to be honest! So now I just get to concentrate on my content, and hopefully making this an even better blog for you guys to visit.

I really hope you like it! Please bear with me as I learn the basics of this new platform, and wish me luck!?

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  2. Your new layout/design looks great! Would you recommend transitioning to WordPress from Blogger to someone? I’ve thought about it, but I hear it’s difficult.

    ~Ashley
    piecesofashley.blogspot.com

  7. I’m too scared to make the move. I don’t want my photos and old posts to disappear and I have to be honest and say, I’ve not had any problems. But I have been thinking about it too.
    I think your blog is looking great, glad the process went smoothly for you 🙂

    Cat | What Cat Says

  13. It is so prettyyyyy! I love using wordpress! There are so many possibilities! I am so excited to see what comes of your new journey! Good luck and happy blogging! <3

  18. Ah, yay, congratulations on the move and the new look, it looks great! I love the colour and it does run nice and smoothly so all good here for me. I’m seriously considering getting my own domain name soon I just need to set aside some time and do it. I’ve got a second blog over on WordPress and I love the ease that comes with it, so perhaps it’s time to look at taking it on over there. Love the new look and hope you get to grips with it all soon. – Tasha

  24. I switched form blogger to wordpress this week myself and did it all by myself and it drove me insane. I had so many issues . made so many mistakes, blog posts got transferred twice, had to sit and delete one of each post. then lost my bloglovin followers due to an error. my blogger wasnt transferring to wordpress cause the redirect dint go thru well. it was chaos. Yesterday was the end of my entire stress. i love wordpress too now. feel bad i mentioned i hate wordpress on my twitter haha. the blog layout looks beautiful. love the instagram layout at the footer.

    Chinella.
    http://www.lalachicuk.co.uk

  25. Hi Jemma 🙂 it’s been a while since I’ve commented on your blog but I was so busy with my graduation. Your layout is AMAZING. I’m really in love with you. You’re such an inspiration! So well done 🙂 I’m on Blogger and I’m not sure about WordPress… maybe in the future (?) have a wonderful day xx

    aishettina.blogspot.it

  27. I’ve been thinking of making the switch for awhile but I’m scared I’ll lose some of my older content. Eep! I use wordpress.com and I’ve used wordpress.org in the past but I guess I’ve just grown so use to blogger that I’d hate to leave — even though I know it would be for the best!

  28. I love the new look Jemma, I think about moving to WordPress all the time (more so when Blogger fails me!) I just know it’ll be a lot of work and I’m worried about losing everything GAH! It seemed to go super fast and easy for you though I’ll have to check out Fiona and others who could make it simple for me!

    Rai | utterardour.blogspot.com