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  1. Becky, Cuddle Fairy

    This brings back memories of setting up my blog. Things just don’t seem to go right with the first attempt – even when it’s just something easy like hit activate grrrr! I’m glad overall it was smooth & you did an awesome job to move over by yourself. The theme is lovely! Visiting from Twinkly Tuesday x

  2. Glad everything went OK. I liked the comment about the blue air. I think I’m going to use that one. I’m also once again happy I went self hosted right from the start. I can’t imagine how blue the air would get in this house

  3. wendy

    Yay, you did it! This is something I have been thinking about as Blogger is quite limited with what plugins are available and stuff. I have trouble adding code to my blogger blog and on more than one occasion I have wanted to through my laptop at the wall – my blog is missing lots of key html according to most step-by-step guides I have tried to follow. I think doing something like this would result in a complete meltdown. Sounds like you got through it all fairly easily though, the new blog looks great xx #TwinklyTuesday

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      Yes, I was worried about the coding being more complicated here than Blogger, but I think it was the other way round! There are plugins to everything for you here πŸ™‚ Seriously, I am so not tech savvy so if I can do it, you can too πŸ™‚ x

  4. I’m not a techie person so imagine my struggle setting my blog up on my own. My patience level was running low. Good thing it’s done!

    Nice page you have. πŸ™‚

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      I can totally imagine, I’m exactly the same! Things that seem so simple to others are stressful lol! Thank you πŸ™‚

  5. Claire at Life Love and Dirty Dishes

    Well done on making it through. I hope you enjoy being self hosted. Your site looks great πŸ™‚ #mmwbh

  6. The Blog Centre

    Glad the process went quite smoothly. WordPress seems difficult with all the plugins compared to Blogger but once you get used to it then not difficult as it seemed.
    Love the new look and thanks for sharing on #ShowcaseTuesday

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      Thank you πŸ™‚ At first, WordPress is quite daunting, but it really is ok once you get your head around it! Thanks, glad you like it and thanks for hosting πŸ™‚

  7. Tracey Abrahams

    You make it all sound almost doable. I think I will make the jump next year. I would love to know what plugins you think are essential, which ones are useful and which ones are a waste of time?

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      Honestly, it was nowhere near as bad as I expected it to be. Stressful, yes, but doable! So far, I love Yoast, SumoMe, and Askimet (although I have my doubts about this one, there’s a post to come about that!). When you decide to make the jump, feel free to email me and I will let you know which ones I am still using, and any new ones I love!

  8. Sarah Howe (@RunJumpScrap)

    You are amazing for sorting this alone like the Mama at Pooprainbows. I would have had some sort of fit without my husband for help. And you are right usually most things are you being silly and having missed something!! It looks great and so interesting to read how you got on! Thanks for sharing with #bestandworst and see you soon x

  9. tracey bowden

    I had the worst time going self hosted, I had absolutely no clue what I was doing or needed to do I done it on a whim and it was a mess. I gradually changed things over the first two weeks of going self hosted and relied heavily on toshost at first. I now need to learn some new bits to help improve it. I got my theme off etsy to! Well done and it’s a lovely theme you picked! #abitofeverything

  10. Harry's Honest Mummy

    Oh my, I am about to go down this route….think I might put it off a bit longer. I am not very patient when it comes to technology πŸ˜• #brillblogposts

  11. El

    You brave brave brave person! But well done for coming so far and surviving! You will be my go to person! Hope to see you again at #abitofeverything

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      Thank you πŸ™‚ Feel free to give me a yell (not that I’m an expert like lol!) Thanks for hosting, see you next week πŸ™‚

  12. Nikki Frank-Hamilton

    Switching to WP self hosted was scary for me too. But luckily I was too ignorant to know I should have been more scared! LOL I had someone set it up, mostly, for me, then I copied and pasted each article over myself. I didn’t have that many, I’m sure import would have been better, but I didn’t know that. And I would have had to go through each post and make sure it was aligned correctly anyway.

    It looks like you were able to work your way through and although there was stress at least you made it through with your computer intact! LOL And I really like the new look! Great job.

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      Lol, probably for the best – its not scary until you think it should be! To be honest, the alignment is still out in some of my really old posts, but it would have took forever to do them all together and I wanted to relaunch on time. I do plan on going and putting them right eventually!
      Yes, my computer just about survived lol πŸ™‚ Thank you, I’m glad you like it!

  13. Aah well done Debbie!! It’s such an achievement isn’t it?! SO much to learn but it feels so good to have full control β€” particularly after being on a free platform for so long! I went self hosted in January β€” one of the best things I’ve done! πŸ™‚ Thanks so much for linking up with us on #TwinklyTuesday

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      I’ll be honest it was stressful, but it’s doable. Don’t let that put you off, I did for months and now I’m glad I made the jump! Thank you πŸ™‚ x

    • Debbie, My Random Musings

      I’m glad you found it useful πŸ™‚ I’m far from an expert but if you need any help (or just want someone to swear at lol) give me a yell πŸ™‚ x

  14. I absolutely love this!! It’s great! I’m doing the move right now. Although mine is massively different due to making a unique coding site. Anyway, reading this is like you’ve spied on my time doing it! #blogstorm

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