Posts with the Migration tag

hosting, migration, Wordpress

Helpful Tips for Migrating Website Hosting (including WordPress content)

Written by David Schlottman on . Leave a comment

Here are some thought regarding a recent hosting migration from ASO to Host Gator:

Hosting Service:

  • look for special deals
  • sign up for multi-year deals if they are a lower price
  • look for hosting that includes SSL at least for your main domain and good prices if you add Multi domain SSL
  • look for good reputation for support service
  • my recommendation and the hosting service I choose was HostGator (full disclosure, the link is a referral link for me).
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Blogging, Wordpress

Moving from SquareSpace to WordPress (Part Three)

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Introduction

As I previously promised, I am publishing a reference list that I compiled while researching the process of migrating from SquareSpace to WordPress. Some of the links refer to earlier processes that applied more to SquareSpace version 5 than the current version 6. I am including them, however, since many SquareSpace users may still be running version 5 sites so the information would be pertinent. → Read the rest

Blogging, Wordpress

Moving from SquareSpace to WordPress (Part Two)

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image of a wrench and screwdriverThe process that I used to bring my posts from my SquareSpace blog to the newly created one on WordPress was pretty basic. I first went into the blog on Squarespace via the longer url of quawkle.squarespace.com and logged in with my administrators account. Since I had already hooked up the DNS settings for quawkle.com to the new blog site on WordPress this was the only means I had of accessing my SquareSpace account. → Read the rest