[nfbcs] Need someone to take my website and rebuild it on a different host

April Brown aprilbrownshade at gmail.com
Fri Feb 7 19:34:03 UTC 2014 

Hello Tyler,

   Yes I think will need help setting it up.  Maybe once I get it up, I'll be fine.  I hope.

Hello Jim Barbour,

    I have two reasons for leaving Google Pages.  

    1.  The site as a whole cannot be backed up.

     2.  As a writer, I really should have a more professional appearing domain that doesn't have Google, or another site's name, attached.

      Honestly,   I'm not exactly sure what the other three things you said are.  Then again, I may know what they are, just not know what their correct terms are.

     My knowledge is likely pretty simplistic.  I know how to code the XHTML.  Copy and paste the HTML into the box for the page.  Hit publish, and hope it works.  I used to know how to do CSS sheets, and have forgotten how.  I need to relearn.  So, yeah, it needs to be pretty simple.

     I am waiting to hear back from one person.  If Tyler agrees, maybe we can chat on Sunday, or Tuesday, and walk me thought the initial set up of the Wordpress website. Sorry, I am not able to on Monday.

Thanks everyone,


April Brown

Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide behind.

aprilbrownwrite at gmail.com

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On Feb 7, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:

> >     For one thing, the Wordpress.org site says the first thing to do to create a WordPress website is to find a host.  Um.  That should be >WordPress.
> it -can- be wordpress if you want to host there. the thing we're all trying to tell you is that you can host it where ever. Wordpress is open source, which means you can download the code and host it on any server you wish.
> 
> Also, you seem stuck on what was many years ago. Wordpress (as well as a lot of the other CMs systems out there) has become much more accessible. Also, wordpress is no longer synonymous with blog, as it can be used to manage websites. A lot of people prefer to use a CMS system to allow them to create pages through a web interface and not have to write the HTML.
> 
> If you are looking for someone to deploy your website, I would be happy to work with you. Feel free to shoot me an email and I'll do whatever I can to help.
> Thanks,
> On 2/7/2014 11:50 AM, April Brown wrote:
>> Hi Aaron Cannon,
>> 
>>     The WordPress sites are very confusing.
>> 
>>      For one thing, the Wordpress.org site says the first thing to do to create a WordPress website is to find a host.  Um.  That should be WordPress.
>> 
>>      The WordPress.com site appears to just be blogs, and I found their blog nigh impossible to use many years ago.   I really need a website, as I am a writer.  Not a blog.
>> 
>> Hi.
>> 
>> I would encourage you to give WordPress a second look.  In my previous
>> position, I used to do a lot of development work with WordPress for
>> various clients.  It's an incredibly flexible platform, and the
>> developers have put a lot of effort into making it accessible.  Also,
>> based on your description of what you are looking to do, WordPress
>> sounds perfect for you.  Once it's setup, it allows you to just write,
>> and not worry about HTML, or most of the other technical stuff, unless
>> you want to.
>> 
>> For WordPress hosting, there's always http://wordpress.com/ or you can
>> host it yourself with the provider of your choice.
>> 
>> Also, to perhaps alleviate your confusion a bit, WordPress software
>> can either be hosted at wordpress.com, or it can be hosted somewhere
>> else.  WordPress software is a free application that can be installed
>> on any host that supports it.  If you go through WordPress.com, they
>> will run a copy of WordPress software for you.  If, instead, you
>> choose another host, they will run WordPress software for you.
>> 
>> Finally, there are two web sites for WordPress.  www.WordPress.com is
>> a site where you can get a hosted WordPress installation.
>> www.WordPress.org is a site where you can get information about
>> WordPress software, as well as download a copy.
>> 
>> Hopefully that helps, and didn't just confuse you further.
>> 
>> Let me know if anything is still unclear, or if you have any further questions.
>> 
>> Aaron
>> 
>> April Brown
>> 
>> Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide behind.
>> 
>> aprilbrownwrite at gmail.com
>> 
>> Website: https://sites.google.com/site/uncoveredmyths/
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/UncoveredMyths
>> Google Plus:  https://plus.google.com/116003267969710767555/posts
>> 
>> On Feb 7, 2014, at 9:24 AM, April Brown <aprilbrownshade at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>>     I am missing being able to design my own website.  Currently, it is on Google, and I need it moved from there.
>>> 
>>>     I have the text saved off, and and working on adding the XHTML tags.
>>> 
>>>     I really haven't kept up with design in the last five years.  The terms people throw around now confuse me.  When I did design outside of Google, the web host was the host, and you didn't have a host and something else.  I'm confused.  When i login to Google Pages to work on my sites, it's all in one place.
>>> 
>>>      My friend who taught me web design a decade ago, keeps saying I can host it on Wordpress.  When I go to the Wordpress site, it says it connects with a host.  That's rather contradictory.  I didn't like Wordpress's blog, and left it years ago, because it became too confusing, and was not viewable, or work with able for people with low vision.
>>> 
>>>     I just don't have the time to do it myself, and my writing too.
>>> 
>>>     Do you have any recommendations?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> April Brown
>>> 
>>> Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide behind.
>>> 
>>> aprilbrownwrite at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> Website: https://sites.google.com/site/uncoveredmyths/
>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/UncoveredMyths
>>> Google Plus:  https://plus.google.com/116003267969710767555/posts
>>> 
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