Comments on: What we can learn from the abrupt closure of Weblogs.com http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom Teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteous web design. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Paul Musgrave Dot Com http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Paul Musgrave Dot Com Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:18:59 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1993 <strong>"No online endowments"</strong> Dean Peters has a nice post up on the Weblogs.Com fiasco.. Also worthwhile: His take on the website of Our Lady of the Parking Lot.... “No online endowments”

Dean Peters has a nice post up on the Weblogs.Com fiasco.. Also worthwhile: His take on the website of Our Lady of the Parking Lot….

]]> By: O http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 O Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:05:40 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1991 Before I forget, I have a new URL onionboy.ca I will soon be switching from Typepad -- which has been excellent but a tad slow -- to textdrive/textpattern because I could simply not pass up the incredible limited offer for life time hosting at <a href="http://textdrive.com/" rel="nofollow">200 US</a>; there may be some spots left for anyone who wants to get in on the 200 spaces going fast between now and June 24. As for free services, and how some people can be so ungrateful (just consider the recent MT discussions) I agree with Doc Searls who you liked above, when he wrote, "Thousands of us got a free ride from Dave, and Userland, over the past five years. What we got was far more than we didn't pay for. For many of us (certainly for me), the benefits have been incalculable." thrive!, O Before I forget, I have a new URL
onionboy.ca

I will soon be switching from Typepad — which has been excellent but a tad slow — to textdrive/textpattern because I could simply not pass up the incredible limited offer for life time hosting at 200 US; there may be some spots left for anyone who wants to get in on the 200 spaces going fast between now and June 24.

As for free services, and how some people can be so ungrateful (just consider the recent MT discussions) I agree with Doc Searls who you liked above, when he wrote, “Thousands of us got a free ride from Dave, and Userland, over the past five years. What we got was far more than we didn’t pay for. For many of us (certainly for me), the benefits have been incalculable.”

thrive!,
O

]]> By: Paul Musgrave Dot Com http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Paul Musgrave Dot Com Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:06:29 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1992 <strong>"No online endowments"</strong> Dean Peters has a nice post up on the Weblogs.Com fiasco.. Also worthwhile: His take on the website of Our Lady of the Parking Lot.... “No online endowments”

Dean Peters has a nice post up on the Weblogs.Com fiasco.. Also worthwhile: His take on the website of Our Lady of the Parking Lot….

]]> By: John http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 John Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:16:01 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1990 I recently abandoned an old blog at BlogStudio (with which I was never completely happy) for a new Blogger blog hosted with my site at 1&1 under my new domain name. The new blog has a different name and a broader emphasis. I had intended to leave the old blog up for a while, if for no other reason than to serve as a pointer to the new blog. But then I decided to switch the old blog back from BlogStudio Pro to the basic free BlogStudio service so that I wouldn't be charged in August when my initial year of service ran out. Unfortunately, the process of changing from Pro to basic wiped out my archives. Luckily, I had downloaded a copy of the archives to my hard drive a month or two earlier, and so I still have the lion's share of my earlier posts tucked away. I've re-posted a few old posts to the new site, with apologies to my longtime readers, because I think I get more traffic now than I did when some of those old posts went up originally. I recently abandoned an old blog at BlogStudio (with which I was never completely happy) for a new Blogger blog hosted with my site at 1&1 under my new domain name.

The new blog has a different name and a broader emphasis. I had intended to leave the old blog up for a while, if for no other reason than to serve as a pointer to the new blog.

But then I decided to switch the old blog back from BlogStudio Pro to the basic free BlogStudio service so that I wouldn’t be charged in August when my initial year of service ran out. Unfortunately, the process of changing from Pro to basic wiped out my archives.

Luckily, I had downloaded a copy of the archives to my hard drive a month or two earlier, and so I still have the lion’s share of my earlier posts tucked away. I’ve re-posted a few old posts to the new site, with apologies to my longtime readers, because I think I get more traffic now than I did when some of those old posts went up originally.

]]> By: Boyink http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Boyink Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:30:55 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1989 pMachine does have some migration tools, if these were Radio blogs then they're out of luck, as far as pMachine is concerned (and they're currently swamped, having just gotten the Expression Engine 1.0 out the door). Hey Dean - how come I can't use email addresses like HYCWS 6182004 @boyink.com here. You know - like you use on my site? ;) pMachine does have some migration tools, if these were Radio blogs then they’re out of luck, as far as pMachine is concerned (and they’re currently swamped, having just gotten the Expression Engine 1.0 out the door).

Hey Dean – how come I can’t use email addresses like HYCWS 6182004 @boyink.com here. You know – like you use on my site? ;)

]]> By: Kristen http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 Kristen Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:14:26 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1988 >Personally, I wonder the people at WordPress, >MovableType and pMachine recognize this opportunity >to expand their user base and by offering >applications to migrate data from Weblogs to their >respective systems? Word Press has a lot of tools for migrating from other blogging tools (http://wiki.wordpress.org/ImportBlog) and good instructions for backing up (http://wiki.wordpress.org/Database%20Backup). I was able to successfully move from MT to it (http://geekgirl4god.com/girl/index.php?p=75) >Personally, I wonder the people at WordPress,
>MovableType and pMachine recognize this opportunity
>to expand their user base and by offering
>applications to migrate data from Weblogs to their
>respective systems?

Word Press has a lot of tools for migrating from other blogging tools (http://wiki.wordpress.org/ImportBlog) and good instructions for backing up (http://wiki.wordpress.org/Database%20Backup). I was able to successfully move from MT to it (http://geekgirl4god.com/girl/index.php?p=75)

]]> By: Shawn http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Shawn Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:05:19 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2004/06/18/what-we-can-learn-from-the-abrupt-closure-of-weblogscom#comment-1987 Youch, you wish David could have at least given two weeks (or days) notice to everyone. Dean's lessons are good ones to remember. BTW, in regard to Atom, I use blogger http://worshipanimal.blogspot.com but you will notice that I have an xml image on my site. I use FeedBurner to convert my Atom to RSS. Youch, you wish David could have at least given two weeks (or days) notice to everyone. Dean’s lessons are good ones to remember.

BTW, in regard to Atom, I use blogger

http://worshipanimal.blogspot.com

but you will notice that I have an xml image on my site. I use FeedBurner to convert my Atom to RSS.

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