An 'idiot' with own domain. Such a headache.

He he... I can't help, but smile reading the title up there. I am actually wondering why did you switch your blog host? I will upgrade my blog sooner or later, but I will definitely buy my own domain from Blogger. In my opinion, it's reasonable and very user friendly, and you are right as I am already familiar with their system, I won't get a headache like you if I do it in the near future... jk! Anyway, don't worry, you'll get used to it. Just enjoy your new 'house' and have fun blogging. Congratz!

Hi submerryn, you should have stayed with using blogspot. Wordpress is one step up from blogger. Once you are familiar with Wordpress, you will find it has more to offer than blogger and you can add more stuff. If on the other hand you want to really go into website building, then you are more into trouble. You will need to know html, scripts, banners, etc,etc. and it can be very ticky. Just learn Wordpress and stay with it. I use websites, bloggers and also Wordpress. But blogger is the quickest but I can't do fancy stuff with it.

Did I hear it right or I have read it wrong? you said you have a blog in Blogger, and then you changed and manage your own Domain? which is in Dot Com, so how much to you pay for the hosting? and the domain itself? Then you said, your friend is teaching you Wordpress? For me WordPress and Blogger are just the same, you don't need to pay for them for hosting since you blog freely, only that the common denominator here is that you can monetize both. But when you said you have your own domain, you have purchased a domain site of your own be it .Com, .Net, .Info .Edu, with hosting and control. Which is which? I am confuse to what you have said, but I am happy because you get all the fun while doing your polishing in your own blog. Blogger is a site for newbie just like me, it is easy to explore and manipulate. But Wordpress is the best when it comes to designs of templates and advance features for bloggers. But that is not called a domain of your own. When you get a Domain, you rent it for certain period of time like 1 year or so. And you pay for it also. Happy Mylotting.

Congratulation for your achievement to having your own domain for your blog. I think there's should no any problem if we really understand how a website works. The most important thing to understand is about file transfer protocol (ftp). Well, since you're new, and now you have learnt new thing right? It's good to have our own domain for our website or blog. It's more presstige. People will easily remember our blog's address in this way. Good luck for you. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.

hi.. I like your dot com blog.. and it's very nice.. I wish one day I could 'upgrade' myself having wordpress and own dot com too.. I see and blog hop lots of nice blogs since I started blogging few months back, and really envy all the nice blogs and layout... next I want to learn is how to put my princess photo as the header... heheh.. one by one I shall explore...

love and peace to you.

hi submerryn I stand in awe , I think you are great to be doing allthat,I have not even tried a blog yet, I am such A chicken. dont be so hard on yourself,you know more about computers and blogs and domains and such than I do.you will do great, just give yourself time and a little credit.

I have been thinking about getting a domain for my blog, too. And, I also use blogger. Do I have to switch from blogger to wordpress to do that? I was following this one girl who used blogger, but had her own domain. Is that stuff really that hard? I am pretty okay with HTML and such, but I think I am nervous to try to sit down and start from scratch!

Congratulation for your achievement to having your own domain for your blog. I think there's should no any problem if we really understand how a website works. The most important thing to understand is about file transfer protocol (ftp). Well, since you're new, and now you have learnt new thing right? It's good to have our own domain for our website or blog. It's more presstige. People will easily remember our blog's address in this way. Good luck for you. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.

Hi Merryn, I know i m a bit late over here.. nevertheless, i like to say something.. ie, i want to shake hands with u, i m also domain illiterate, at least now u hv yr own domain, i hv been thinking for ages whether to get one or not and i keep procrastinating. hahaha... at least u hv taken a step forward. Anyway, learn from trials and errors. Next time i might need your experience to help me... All the best to your new domain..

Hi Merryn. You've seen my Blogspot blog, right? well, i wanted something that has an identity of its own, so I registered a domain for RM50 and paid RM200+ to have my own address and to host my WordPress blog. Yes, I know that amount is expensive - that's RM12 per month. Anyway, I'm trying to see how I could fully utilise this under-utilised website which I'm paying annually without getting any revenue in return. The URL is in my profile; you could check it out and perhaps throw some ideas and test if my WordPress is giving you any problems. Yes, it was a big headache for me, but thanks to the efficiency of the customer support, all my questions were answered, and they have helped me a lot to ensure I had a trouble-free hosting service. Thanks.