I missed my regular Monday posting. You might not have noticed, but I did, and now here I am, a day late, to tell you why. I have a good reason for my tardiness, and it’s also going to be a reason for keeping the post short today. I’m compensating with a few What I Wore photos because many of you seem to like those.
So. . . here I am, in bare feet and new linen pants, just to tell you that I am embarking on a little adventure with the blog. . . .
A few weeks ago, those of us who use Blogger learned that the email subscription service, Feedburner, is being discontinued in July. Since many of you read the blog this way, and I would be very sad to lose touch with you, I was dismayed. And annoyed, and a bit panicky — and then dismayed, again — about what I should or could do. And then I worked my way through all the usual questions about maintaining the blog.
And came to a resolution.
So this week, if all goes as I hope, the blog will shift from Blogger to WordPress, so it will look different (I have no idea yet what it will look like, having only just initiated the process), and I will be investing some funds to have it hosted. (Blogger has been free, and I have much appreciated my almost 15 years here, but services being subtracted from, rather than added to, the platform is not a good sign.) I still have no intention of commercializing, although might eventually consider ways to cover my costs. For the moment, it looks as if they’re comparable to other hobby costs, and I will absorb them as I adjust to the new terrain.
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Mostly, I’m telling you this now in case something goes wrong and you can’t find me via your usual route. You can always find me on Instagram; I’ll be posting my April reading on my book blog soon; and if there are problems I might ask a blogging friend or two to help me out by pointing the way to readers. But many bloggers have done this before me with no problems at all, so . . . taking a deep breath and getting on with it.
I’m told that my post will be here, as normal, for you to comment on while changes are being made behind the scenes, and I’d love some encouragement, maybe a bit of hand-holding. . . I imagine a big moving truck, each of my posts being wrapped carefully, tucked into a box, the boxes carried up the ramp into the capacious back of the track where they’re stacked one on top of another… That way, I don’t have to imagine all the posts, virtual and invisible as they are, made of electrical impulses difficult to visualize, simply dissipating in the ether, gone. . . .Yikes!
So wish me luck; I’ll be here wishing fervently to see you next Monday and walk you ’round my new digs. Until then,
xo,
f
Dear Frances,
(Btw-I love their shoes)
I'm sure that all your trucks and posts and all the other things, will be delivered gently and precisely,on time! I can imagine all those technical worries and decisions,I hear you and hate them (from time to time),but WordPress is ok
Love wide linen trousers !
Dottoressa
Great outfit, a balance of summer comfort and urban cool. Good luck with the transition, would hate to loose your thoughts.
ceci
Dottoressa: Aren't these shoes the best? 😉
Thanks for the reassurance. As for the wide linen trousers, I'll remember to pack them for our next time at spiča in Zagreb — we could be twins?
Ceci: Thank you! fingers crossed. . .
See you on Monday….fingers crossed.
Ali
I've been blogging on WordPress since December 2007. In case you run into any issues, their support staff, known as Happiness Engineers, are just an email away and I've always found them enormously helpful.
Thank you for letting us know what is going on with your blog. I very much appreciate your commitment to continuing. Not ever having had a blog, I've no experience with the transition that you are making, but I know you will navigate it well. Here's hoping that that doing that involves minimal stress!
There’s always a few glitches but looking forward to see you you after the move!
Moves all over the place: historical and present, virtual and real-life… I have now advanced to the last stage in mine, which is rather pleasant: putting up the pictures. There may be something similar in your blog move, like chosing fonts and photographs, widgets, colours, quotes etc… Have fun.
Before I ever got emails from your blog, I had you bookmarked (the way I follow most blogs) under my folder entitled "Interesting Reads." One way or another, I'll find a way to follow your posts. Best of luck with the transition. May it go smoothly. And if not, there is always wine. 🙂
Ali, Elaine, Leslie, Laura, Eleonore, and Mary: You're all wonderful hand-holders, and I thank you for the encouragement and reassurance!
Hi Frances … I love your wide legged trousers. My favourite style and fabric. So chic, yet comfortable.
Here’s hoping the transition goes smoothly with no mishaps. I’m sure it will but I understand your concern. There’s so many treasured words being transported ( some handholding here…) I’m sure they are “wrapped in tissue and marked fragile, please handle carefully “
Have a good weekend, looking forward to seeing you on Monday.
Rosie xxx
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More hand-holding from me. And reminding you that many of us have done this, and the old posts survived. I've heard the people who are doing yours have done it well… thinking of Catherine/ Not Dressed as Lamb here. Good advice from Elaine, I think. Still… I felt the same….anxiously waiting with baited breath. My "migration" took longer than expected, so be patient. You might lose some of the formatting on your old posts. And I lost comments on some posts. But what fun playing with layout and choosing colours… decorating your new blog. A new adventure. And a bad-ass woman like you can handle an adventure like this no problem. 🙂 xo
Godspeed to your new 'home'! My experience with a similar but work-related migration is that not all the content survived, but, in terms of a blog, so few readers go back to very old ones (15 years!) it might not be of primary importance.
Rosie: Thanks!
Sue: The reminder helps. So far, it seems to be going well, although the time difference between my helper and I mean that those logins and one-time validation codes need synchronizing . . . but the service is so steady and incremental that I'm mostly calm about it. Thanks again for pointing me in this direction
Duchesse: Thanks! It's true that there's content there no one's ever likely to look at again 😉
Good for you. I look forward to finding you in your new environment.