COM801 is moving.
This has been in the works for a while, but I’ve finally gotten things sorted out so that COM801 could move back home. Yes, COM801 does have a home to go back to. I run several projects under the Qwerqshoppe banner and I’ve been working somewhat diligently to get them all under control. Presently COM801 is being hosted on WordPress.com and while I really love it here, I would prefer to have all of my projects self-hosted and in one place. Qwerqshoppe has been running on the self-hosted WordPress platform for some time now and minus a few bumps along the way, it’s exactly what I wanted (it’s under construction again, but that’s more a thing of being lazy busy than anything else). I held off on bringing the other projects back into the fold because WordPress.com suited my needs perfectly and I was having trouble finding suitable plugins for the self-hosted platform that would allow me to duplicate the well-established look, feel and function of my WordPress.com sites.
I recently started up my search again for all the bits and pieces I would need in order to take the self-hosted jump again. This time around I made a great deal of progress and decided to test it out with Greighish, which is my “this is my life” blog. I can honestly say, “so far, so good.” A while back I fell in love with Woo Themes, the geniuses behind my current COM801 theme, Bueno. When I dug a little deeper into their library, I realized they were designers/coders after my own heart. With the help of their awesome selections and my recently revived search for the missing pieces, I was able to successfully transplant Greighish into its new/old home. And with the exception of reformatting the posts to mesh with the new page width (which was no easy task), everything was set up in a blink. Good for me! I still haven’t found a viable gallery plugin, but that was the least of my worries.
Since I’m really anxious to get started I’m going to hold of on finishing the current works in progress until COM801 and the boys are safely ensconced in their new/old home (not that they weren’t already on hold). I thought about going for COM801.com (or something like that), but since COM801 is more of a pet project for me, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go that far. My Qwerqisphere project has always been top priority, so anything more than I’m already giving to COM801 just isn’t going fly, at least not right now. Nothing’s set in stone, so there’s always the possibility. Once the dust settles I’ll revisit the issue and see what I see.
Well, that’s all for now, I’ll post again once the move date is finalized. Until until…
Forwarding address
30 MayEven though COM801 is leaving WordPress.com, it’s not really good-bye since I’m still using WordPress, just the self-hosted platform. I had fun here while I freeloaded and I’ll miss some of the little things that WordPress.com has to offer, but home is where the heart is and my heart is calling out to all of you pay a visit to the new spot. Enough with goodbyes; say hello to the new COM801:
COM801.com
Tags: moving, wordpress.com, wordpress.org