Look Ma, No Imports!

Posted by narrowband - 26/12/06 at 10:12:54 pm

Ok. For some reason the import-export business does not like me. Or my blog. Whatever. I’m just gonna skip that part and start afresh. More on that later. Meanwhile please accept my apologies for having removed previous comments. (Aww it’s not like I had posted dozens of entries). There were 4 comments left on the latest (now irrelevent, hence removed) entry – last I checked. Then as I was working on my site, I put up a spartan home-made “404 – Page not found” page. I wonder how many of you caught a glimpse of that.

Right now I’m having this phobia of installing plugins. Yes, believe me. Plugins are not at all fun when they screw things up. Or maybe it’s just me who needs all that tech knowledge. You see, yours truly isn’t all that techified, actually. Bugger now I miss blogging on a free hosting. At least I didn’t need to care much whatever happened behind-the-scenes. I heard about wordpress being idiot-proof and powerful and all that. Well true enough, when I was on wordpress.com (the free wordpress hosting everybody loves), it exhibited every ounce of those qualities.

Then came the itch. A paid hosting. Or ‘upping a notch’, as some would call it. After much deliberation, I did some survey and began booking my favorite domain. I’d have used *.com if it hadn’t been taken. *.net too. And I also began thinking about the things I would do with my site. No I shan’t disclose any details about that. Meanwhile it’s just a blog – something I’ve been doing since October 2004. After a good two years of blogging, I’ve finally come to the land where all bloggers would love to come – if it weren’t for the fee that’s tagged with it. I paid *coughs coughs* for a 2-year hosting – Enough to set up an online business and take on Google.

Right. I’m just kidding. I can’t do that anyway. At least not until I figure out how to properly import posts from a wordpress blog, to another wordpress blog, damn it. (Strange enough the guys at wordpress.org didn’t see this coming). The Technosailor plugin worked like a charm. But somehow the presence of my older (imported) posts was screwing up my comment system. Ok enough about me and my wordpress. I feel so freakin’ n00b-ish talking about these things.

And oh, if you’re wondering, my old, beloved wordpress blog is here. At least there is still a reason for me to go back again. I mean my old entries are there, in case I wanna reminisce, you know ;). You could always drop by too, *if* you’d like. Here’s a toast to my new site. *Yaaam-seng..*. And one more for the first post on narrowband.org. Ever. Yeah.

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  1. I still think .net is nicer ;) Ah yes, and here’s a toast to your new site. *Yaaam-seng..*

    Comment by lw — December 27, 2006 #

  2. My dear, it’s already been taken – I don’t wanna buy a domain over from another person which’ll cost me a bomb. *Yaaam-seng..*

    Comment by narrowband — December 27, 2006 #

  3. Dude! Congrats on your new site! And welcome back!

    Comment by Din — December 27, 2006 #

  4. Congrats! Diam diam sudah launch your site without informing me. :P

    Comment by Jason — December 27, 2006 #

  5. Yeah Din I missed you guys and the PPS…

    lol ok, that was abit gay. Neways thanks man.

    Jason, my ‘launch’ was flopped with a couple of problems that cropped up after I imported my old posts over.

    Frust betul. But now ok dy. I hope!

    Thx for dropping by guys.

    Comment by narrowband — December 27, 2006 #

  6. Hey Narrowband, welcome back!
    Kiong hee! Kiong hee! ;)

    Comment by Che-Cheh — December 27, 2006 #

  7. hmm.. u tried using the rss post import thingy?

    Comment by CincauHangus — December 28, 2006 #

  8. Che-cheh kamsiah…. follow ur footstep liao… get own domain..

    Cincau – yea! That’s the one. It worked ler initially. Then when I changed to another theme it went haywire leh. Give up!

    Comment by narrowband — December 28, 2006 #

  9. haha.. yea.. but now there’s a new plugin.. or feature to transfer post (and comments i think) from wordpress.com to other wordpress..

    i remmeber reading it on the dashboard.. those rss posts at the bottom wan.. i can’t access my blog now, so i can’t give it to u.. u can check yours..

    Comment by CincauHangus — December 28, 2006 #

  10. i still think .com the best, and i know i know i know i know its taken! why didnt u use thenarrowband.com? or narrowtheband.com? or abcdefg.com? or stephanie.com? kekekeke!!!

    anyway…..*yiammm sheeeng*

    Comment by stephaniemeiyu — December 28, 2006 #

  11. It’s ok Cincau, I don’t intend to import anymore ;) Thx anw!

    Steph, whatever the domain, u’ll still drop by right? right? right?? :p *yaam-sengg..*

    Comment by narrowband — December 28, 2006 #

  12. i alright had “narrowband.org” stamped in my brain, i dreamt about it last night……..scary!

    don’t worry, i’ll spam ur comment box….definitely will!

    Comment by stephaniemeiyu — December 29, 2006 #

  13. What??! You actually dreamt about my domain?? Omfg that’s so cool! Dang, this means you actually like my domain de – subconsciously. Nvm you don’t have to admit it de.. :p

    Comment by narrowband — December 30, 2006 #

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