It’s been approximately 1 months since the launch of In the XOne. This blog originally started through the inspiration of many fellow guildmates in Casualties of WAR and the desire to share my analytical positions on my areas of expertise (MMO’s and Finance). Over the course of the last 4 weeks, I’ve found a niche, and greater desire to blog more often.
I’ve spent many hours contemplating what direction my new found hobby would take and have come to the conclusion that…
the lack of customization and other various limitations of WordPress.com has taken it’s toll. I will be moving In the XOne and hosting it on BlogEngine.net. Along with the move will come a new site name and more incentive to blog on a daily basis, rather than a couple of times per week.
BlogEngine.net is a customizable blog platform written in the C# language of ASP.net 2.0. Although, my ASP.net 2.0 is limited and mainly lies within the VB language, it will be easier for me to customize building on a foundation I’ve already started rather than using the PHP backbone of WordPress.
The hardest part of this endeavor seems to be transferring the current XML format of WordPress files to the BlogML format that BlogEngine.net uses for XML. Luckly, the fine contributors of the BlogML project have created a tool (source code) that will parse through the WordPress XML files, convert and then migrate them over to BlogEngine.net.
The logo has been designed, the host and platform have been chosen, and the migration tool has been discovered. It’s now a matter of putting it all together and blogging.
Thank you for the audience. I’ll see you on the other side.
-Xo
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I’m looking into purchasing a domain and hosting for Metro Gamer myself, and I’m satisfied with WordPress’ features. What are you looking for, anyway, mate?
Shiro,
I’m looking for the ability to create themes and plug-in’s if I find it necessary. BlogEngine.net gives me that option for the future by using a language that I’m already familiar with. Otherwise, WordPress is a far better choice. Hosting is more affordable, due to it’s maturity it has a lot more widgets and themes. It also has a very strong support base.
I’d like to recommend bluehost.com for you. The price is very reasonable for everything it entails. WordPress is already installed on the server, you receive a free domain, there’s no extra charge for private registration and they give you unlimited Data Storage and Bandwidth. If they had a Windows platform, I’d be there in a jiff.
Since you would be moving from WordPress.com to WordPress, transition of your current blog is as easy as exporting the XML flies to your host server and importing them into your WordPress engine.
Good Luck!!!
Bravo on your move from wordpress.com, while its a revolutionary platform, it isn’t ideal for everyone, generally the more experienced bloggers like yourself. Leaving the nest is a brilliant feeling I tell you!