jenbooks

I'm switching hosts from GoDaddy to A Small Orange, but I am also doing a complete revamp of the site while I'm at it.

This is not going to be pretty. :D

I'm using this post for updates on the redesign, linked to from my 404 page; assuming I can figure out how to set that up again. o_O

• Purchased 3 months hosting. I'm not switching registrars just yet. I might leave them at GoDaddy, might not. Did not switch DNS servers yet, I'm going to try that strange theory of planning out a site design. Weird, huh?.
  
• Created two mysql databases.
  
• Uploaded two instances of Wordpress 3.0 (I know it folded MU into the regular program but I only need two 'blogs, one for me and one for sqlrob. If I ever need a new 'blog, I'll think about converting then.)
  
• Emailed support about a minor tech question at 12:06am; got a helpful and correct response in eight minutes.

• Went ahead and updated DNS because I'm impatient. It went through fast.
  
• Aaaaand I was too impatient, I didn't set up email accounts properly. I'm scrambling to get them fixed. Ooops. This is all on me, nothing to do with ASO. Cpanel is awesome especially compared to GoDaddy's nightmare interface, and ASO doesn't try to upsell me every 30 seconds.
  
• So http://www.robandjen.com is (or should be soon) live. My brand new wordpress blog is at http://www.robandjen.com/jen, and is currently empty. My Plan is to consolidate LJ posts, super old greymatter posts, and the wordpress posts together in a shiny new box. We'll see.
  
• And http://www.robandjen.com/rob is live now too! sqlrob now has his own.
  
• still working on making sure mail is properly working.

• Imported LJ content into wordpress.com, then exported to a wordpress file. Then, imported that into the site - worked great.


• Did the same for sqlrob.
  
• Cleaned out duplicate posts (lj vs website) and consolidated comments.
  
• Got comics page back up, thought it's not styled at all yet.
  
• Fixed email! Got all current redirects working, and set up catch alls for both .com and .net. Added a dev/null filter for Rob's "development<insert random characters here>" spam.

• Make a decision on a registrar: deadline October
  
• Decide how to put a wrapper around the two wordpress 'blogs. What kind of style do I want?
  
• Make wordpress all purty - widgets, theme, etc.