Guide:Blogger to WordPress for Dummies
We all Know about the two Most Popular Blogging platforms, yet the first is Blogger and the next opponent is WordPress.
But most of the people uses Blogger since it’s a very simple Blogging Platform with some additional features, Since the Blogger is Hosted and Managed by Google many of them uses Blogger as Blogging Platform. And after being successful in Blogging, they now become a professional Blogger and many of them will move to WordPress. Which is a most user friendly and an Open Source software with numerous number plug-ins and themes available for it’s easy customization.
So here is the easy way to move to WordPress from Blogger
Register a Domain Name:
A “.com” is the best option.”.info” / “.biz” / “.org” (depending on the concept of your site) are maybe another option if “.com” is not available. This could help you more…
GoDaddy: Godaddy is the world’s largest domain name registrar. You can Buy a Domain Name from Godaddy very easily. But you need a verified paypal in order to buy a domain from Godaddy.
Name: Name is a best alternative for Godaddy and one best domain name registrar. Even if you have an Unverified PayPal you can buy a domain name at Name.com.
Use Google to find coupons / promo codes (“GoDaddy promo”, “GoDaddy promo code”, “name.com promo codes”, “name.com coupon”) in order to pay less.
Hosting Provider:
Since you are going to use a self Hosted WordPress Software you need a Web Host for hosting it. Be careful in selecting a webhost since there are number of Hosting Companies available in Internet. But select a best one with it’s uptime and user Review’s.
HostGator: HostGator is one of the best hosting company available in internet. It has almost 100% Uptime than any other hosts.
Plans available at HostGator:
Hatchling Plan:
Hatchling plan ($4.95/month) will allow you to host 1 domain with unlimited space and bandwidth
Baby Plan:
Baby plan ($7.95/month) will allow you to host an unlimited number of domains with unlimited bandwidth and space
Business Plan:
Business plan($12.95/month) will allow you to Host unlimited number of domains with unlimited space and bandwidth and also you will get a Private Toll-Free Number, Private SSL and with a Dedicated IP.
You can get more details here
DreamHost: DreamHost is the best alternative for HostGator, which will allow you to host unlimited number of domains with unlimited bandwidth and space. All for just $5.95/Month.
Also you can create your own hosting plan in DreamHost and they will give you the specific price for your plan
You can get more details here
http://dreamhost.com/hosting.html
Installing WordPress:
If you use HostGator then you can get Cpanel accelerated Hosting
Cpanel -> Fantastico DeLuxe –> WordPress -> new Installation -> install WordPress (3 steps)
If you use DreamHost you will get DreamHost Panel
DreamHost Panel -> One Click Installs -> Advanced Mode
WordPress Customization:
Theme: There are number of good themes available for WordPress. You can get good themes from the following sources
Link (official) = http://themes.wordpress.net
Unzip the theme folder and upload it to “wp-content/themes”
Dashboard –> Design -> Click on the theme you like and then click “Activate”
Links for Free Themes
- http://www.techzoomin.com/1500-wordpress-themes-for-free-part3/
- http://www.techzoomin.com/20-free-corporate-wordpress-themes/
- http://www.techzoomin.com/category/great-wordpress-themes-for-free/
- http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/wp-themes/
- http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008…dpress-themes/
Plugins: WordPress is famous for its plugin’s. It has huge number of plugins to have easy customization and to save our time a lot.
Link (official) = http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
Unzip the plugin folder and upload it to “wp-content/plugins”
Dashboard > Plugins > Choose the Plugin you want then Activate
Links for Useful Plugin’s
- http://www.techzoomin.com/25-great-wordpress-plugins/
- http://www.techzoomin.com/category/great-wordpress-plugins-for-free/
- http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/12/best-wordpress-plugins-for-power-blogging/
- http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/29/wordpress-plugins-tutorials-your-pick/
- http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/12/16/9-seo-plugins-every-wordpress-blog-should-have/
SEO (Search Engine Optimization):
- To edit any File (header, footer, sidebar, post) of your blog
Just go to Dashboard > Design > Theme editor > files
- In order to get SEO friendly URL
Go to Dashboard > Settings > Permalinks > Common settings > Custom structure: /%postname%/
You will get a structure like this: domain-name.com/post-name/
Dashboard > Settings > Permalinks > Common settings > Custom structure: /%category%/%postname%/
You will get a structure like this: domain-name.com/category/post-name/
Welcome to WordPress family.Now you’re ready with your new WordPress blog! Hope you found it useful. Happy Blogging!!
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Very helpful post for a beginner like me!
Great that you found it useful..Thanks for your comments dude…
Hmm. Pretty interesting one dude.
Thanks for your comments dude…
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Thanks for the link love dude..!
This is a good tutorial for newbie bloggers. Maybe you can Do a series on this to go deeper into each of the categories mentioned.
Yes,definitely will try to Do that.Thanks for your comments dude…
I have found the best guide of this here In this way we dont even will lose our traffic and SEO
Also older one will get redirected to the newer one!
Oops I mean here http://www.devilsworkshop.org/moving-from-blogger-to-WordPress-maintaining-permalinks-traffic-SEO/
Great finding…Thanks for giving us dude…
Thanks a ton for your very helpful advice… I am completely new to WordPress and this is surely helping me test new things!
Great you found it useful. Thanks for your comments dude…
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Nice one buddy ! I would have been lucky I saw this before switching.. I lost so much of traffic !
Nice Tutorial !
Great that you found it useful..Thanks for the comments dude..
Good tutorial for beganer like me i am planing to go for it.
I am not having knowleged about coding than also can i Do that?
Mohan,
You don’t need to know any coding for something like that. Just you can use everything ready for free…
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Nice guide, well written – thanks
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Wow Thanks a lot lot for sharing all these codes dude. Thanks once again.
How is this a blogger to WordPress guide? It mostly look like a guide for starting a blog.
I thought that you are going to tell the steps involved in moving. I have moved from Blogger to WP long ago. That time I had to work nearly 10-20 hrs to make a smooth move.
Any way its a good guide.
I agree, I was expecting, at the very least, how to move the blog posts across from Blogger to WP, there’s nothing about that. What will happen to the old posts?
Dawn,
All this you can see in our next post
Thanks for your comments here…
Yes you’re correct. But the followup post will come with the same title
That’s the reason how its became guide
Thanks for the comments dude…
That’s a great piece of info mate…
Thanks
Thanks for the comments dude…
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Thanks for the link love…
This is preety useful for newbies.. At once instance I thought you will be writing about 301 perma redirection… but I’m sure this will help many..,
That’s great…
Thanks for your comments dude!
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Hey Dan, thanks for the link love.
Not so much a beginner myself, but I once was, just like everyone else. Wish I would have found something like this when I first started out. Great resource for any beginners out there.
Thanks for the words dude..!
Wow! this is the best step by step tutorial for WordPress Building…
If I win this contest I should launch a new wordpress blog. (Frankly Speaking).