Well a very clever WordPress bod has done it, and Mum of One is now self-hosted.
*Unclenches jaw*
Phew.
Whoop!
Hurrah!
Kinda looks the same from here doesn’t it? That is a good thing.
Behind the scenes it is all looking a wee bit different though so my apologies if you notice the odd glitch in the next week or so.
I also appear to maybe have lost a few e-mail subscribers in the transfer so if any of you are not getting my posts in your inbox, you should be able to re-subscribe top-right-ish. Over there look *points*.
Right, am off to have a fiddle.
*Prays blog does not suddenly implode.*
Little Miss says
Yay!! Well done you!
I still get your email subscribe, but I’m sure I lost a few followers when I changed too.
Have you done a site redirect from your last site?
jbmumofone says
Erm, no? Maybe? Argh I am rubbish at this stuff. The WordPress bod may have. How does one go about checking?
And YAY that you are still subscribed 🙂
Angela says
Yay! Well done. Just thought id let You know that I’m still receiving email notifications. Looks pretty different on my phone 🙂
jbmumofone says
Yay, glad I didn’t lose you 🙂 Gosh looks MAD on the phone doesn’t it. Hmmmm, may need some more fiddling I think!
slightlysuburbandad says
Got this post by email. Well done you. *high fives*
jbmumofone says
Hooray! *Passes Krug*
Cat (Yellow Days) says
Well done you! It all looks fab. x
jbmumofone says
Few technical issues and have lost all my WP.com followers :(, but otherwise all seems good so far!
Michael Cargill says
Hurrah!
I still got this email so I am still here.
What was the address of your blog before? If you type it in manually in the address bar and it takes you to here, it means the redirect is working.
jbmumofone says
PHEW! Would have been traumatised if I had lost you in the move Mr Cargill. Glad you are still with us!
Blog was https://jbmumofone.com so think is all working fine. Whoop!
Notmyyearoff says
Hurrah!!! I’m still too chicken to take the plunge!
jbmumofone says
I was very scared but all good so far!
Susan Mann says
Well done and good luck xx
jbmumofone says
Thanks Susan x
Elaine Livingstone says
pros and cons? reasons for doing?
jbmumofone says
Main reason was have been approached by a few PR companies to do some paid writing which wordpress.com won’t allow.
Pros, more freedom I guess.
Cons, lost quite a few wordpress.com followers and has re-set my stats to zero 🙁
Info Girl says
Congratulations! You’ll be alright with the visitors if the redirect was done. And now there are plenty of useful plugins you can use, like the editorial calendar, the Clicky Analytics plugin and the wonderful WordPress SEO by Yoast.
It is always recommended to go with self-hosting, for any blog, it gives you more control and the blogging platform can’t block or erase your content if they have a problem with it.