For the past 2-3 days i’ve been looking for alternatives to wordpress.com..
I first tried with wordpress providers like theblog.cc and blogsome.com.. but it’s either too much features that i don’t need or i cant put in features what i want.. theblog.cc was okay, but i MUST post within 3 days else my blog will be reviewed for deletion.. knowing me, hangat hangat cili padi (correct idiom ar?), hangat hangat tahi ayam, sure it will be gone by the end of the month.. besides that, i can’t find a way for me to import all my posts here to theblog.cc..there is an import feature, but doesnt support importing wordpress.com’s xml backup..
Next, free hosting with php & mysql to host wordpress 2.0.. found a few.. not bad.. but i can’t install wordpress..
AtHost.net was the first one i tried.. gave me 50mb space.. and some 100mb bandwidth i think.. AND no ads.. so gave it a try.. after uploading wordpress to the server, it says that i have used up 0% of my 50mb.. hmm.. maybe its me, i duno where to upload.. or.. there’s something wrong with the server.. so i moved on…
Trap17.net was the next best candidate.. but with a 60 pixel ad at the top.. one thing i realised is, they are using the same interface that athost.net was using.. ok la.. nvm lor.. try lor… upload everything nicely.. tried to run a page first, works… then tried to install… problem. kenot install.. so how? try again and again.. asked randolph to help as well.. but.. he oso not sure coz never used wordpress before.. soo.. entah lah..
My boss gave me an alternative tho.. since the bowling club has been given a WordPress blog (it’s still empty.. no post or customisation made to that place yet..) to post about all our events, etc, using wordpress as a blogging software.. boss told me he will try to gimme the log in to apiit’s server and test out my installation there.. ^_^ well if it works, maybe i installed it wrongly to Trap17.net‘s server… or.. memang kenot use on that server.. so gotta wait for the login, if he could get it..
While waiting.. decided to try myself to host it on my laptop, for a while la.. just to ‘test’ my skills.. got the Baby Server software boss mentioned in class… pretty simple and easy.. but i noticed it only supports html and asp only.. no php.. dead end there.. nvm lor.. just wanna try whether i can really host one on my laptop… got a dyndns.com account.. locked my ip address to their servers.. and tried to load a simple Hello World page.. doesnt load.. sigh.. maybe i should try no-ip.com instead..
Well.. i think i gotta wait till i finish my IA subject before trying any of this for now.. *hopes to learn alot!!*
*and sleep less during boss’ class*
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