After this past week I would call myself a geek, nerd, and dork because I have honestly hit the trifecta on things I have had to figure out. Some of it was self-imposed and other parts had to do with just the learning curve that came with learning a new platform.
I am pretty tech savvy so in many ways this was kind of fun. In other ways, it was completely frustrating. That being said, I do like the WordPress platform much better and I think it will suit my needs much more than Blogger did.
I am still working through my list of stuff that makes the site 100% functional.
- Menu(at the moment missing if you notice across the top). This is a big one because it ties to categories and some automation that I want. I really wanted to map this out on paper because it is going to require going through all 1200+ posts I have. I only want to do this once so I played around with some ideas this weekend and I think I am ready to start knocking it out. I have done about 26 posts and it is going to work well.
- Tags/SEO: This took some thought too because I want to do it at the same time as I am doing the categories. In other words, I am trying to minimize the amount of work even though it is going to be a boat load!
- Graphics within Posts: I made the decision to bring them all over to WordPress. This is going to be done while the Categorizing/Tagging is happening. This is not a necessary step but I don’t want to chance leaving them over on Picasa.
- Sliders: I am playing with these!
- RSS Feeds–they changed and I don’t think there is much I can do other than beg people to resubscribe LOL: http://www.geekybloggersbookblog.com/feed/
- Subscribe by email: Again that changed and you will need to sign up again
- A few other little things but those may wait till the next Bloggiesta!
I missed you guys! I am now over on the dark side —-wish me luck LOL
- Leave a comment telling me you found me
- Do this by April 15th at midnight
- Give me good work vibes cause I still have a ton to do :)
The Giveaway: 1 book of your choice up to $15 from Book Depository (int) or Amazon (us)! Good LUCK!
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Sending through the good vibes NOW!!
Certainly looking great.
Cheers!!
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Welcome back! :D *sending good vibes* The design looks amazing. :)
xjustakidx(at)hotmail(dot)com
Welcome back Felicia! I really like the new look of the blog and right now I'm also contemplating of switching our book blog to WordPress. Of course I'm still a subscribed reader of your blog via Google Reader ([email protected]) ;) And… found ya!
Welcome back! Looking good!!
lexie.bookbug at gmail dot com
I've been wondering when you would be back up and today I realized you were – YAY!!! I love the new look and layout.
Good luck getting everything else you need to do done. I already have a list going for the next bloggiesta!
Kristin @ Always With a Book
k2reader(at)gmail(dot)com
Welcome back :) but I have not subscribed again, still getting an email with your new blogpost. So, you never went missing for me. Me being totally NOT techsavvy am too afraid to go look at this blog site. Blogger is good enough for me :)
New follower here! Lots of great work vibes coming your way too! :)
I follow on Twitter (@adreamindream) and email (stephward84 at hotmail dot com).
Found you! I love your background and tags for the menu screen!
thriftshopgrrl AT hotmail DOT com
I love your blog! You've done an amazing job:)
I'm sending you lots of really cool super nerdy-dorky-geeky vibes for good luck:) 'Cause geeks are cool:) At least I think so:))
ccfioriole at gmail dot com
I'm also an email subscriber and a twitter follower @christinafiorio:twitter
Ohhhh!! I have been meaning to check back on you!! The site looks awesome!!!! I will definitely check my feed ~ I need to make sure you're on my reader/Pulse. I love the comic, too. I've been trying to explain the difference to hubs for a while now…
Good luck and keep posting your progress! I'm definitely interested!!!
YAYYYY you are back!! Blog looks AWESOMIFIED. Love the new look:D
I Found You! And the new digs look great.
caity_mack at yahoo dot com
Oh yeah you are back up! Your site looks wonderful. I am sure it was such a pain. Welcome back :)
I found you!
And wow, so much work! I would have gone crazy, but the place sure looks nice
Found you! :)
Thanks for the giveaway and keep up the great work on your blog! Resigned up with e-mails.
Thanks,
Leanne
I found you. I love the new look. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks Tore!
Love the new look (and the cartoon!) I've been following you via bloglovin and it seems to be picking up your new posts automatically, unless it's to do with the domain name? Good luck with the rest of your to do list, looks like it will all be well worth it.
Thanks Sarah! YEAH I am glad it picked up the change too! Whew!
Congrats! You did a great job the blog looks fantastic.
YEAH Elaing You made it :)
Hey! Thanks so much for this. I know it's a lot of work, but you can do it!! :)
Thank you! I am hoping the tagging will only take a few weeks!
Hey Felicia, it looks beautiful!! So lovely! I love the new design (did you make it yourself? bravo!), and the new tagline of the blog is great as well!! The whole blog looks terrific, you should be so proud of yourself for pulling this off! Hats off to you!
Thank you!
I did make it myself (well at least the header) —- hehe you do not want to know how long that took. A Graphic genius I am not!
I love the new look! Good luck finishing up hon! Resubscribed RSS and Email.
DeAnna Schultz
Thank you DeAnna! I love the new look too :)
It's gooooorgeous! Love the new look, and more importantly, hope that it works better for you. I've always enjoyed your blog and for the life of me, I can't really remember how I first found you… a blog hop of some sort maybe? It's been over 6 mos now that I've become an e-mail subscriber and I always look forward to seeing you in my inbox! And I appreciate that you have e-mail updates. It's very hard to keep track of blogs I like and since I'm kinda lazy, it's awesome that you come to me :)
WOOT! I am so glad the peeps are finding me after being down for a week! It was a lot of work but I am glad I moved LOL
Woo hoo! Congratulations! I haven't made the move yet. I am so scared. I've been procrastinating. I will tackle it this weekend. Man I wish I'd made the transition a year ago, when I didn't have that many posts. LOL! Oh well, hindsight and all that good stuff.
You can do it! Some of the issues I ran into were specific to me and my little patience problem LOL
A new subscriber can`t wait to read your blog.
just subscribed can`t wait to follow!!
Thanks RL! Welcome to the blog :)
Found you! And I resubscribed. We're all set! If you want me to do the linky again tomorrow for Top Off Tuesday or plug your new RSS feed, let me know!
You rock the Casbah!
I found you and all signed up for emails again or will be in a sec. You're doing a great job. Keep up the hard work you'll get there in the end. I love that "just a girl travelling through books with a glass of wine and blog"!
YEAH! You found me :) I thought it was cute and very accurate of how I read (yes often with wine LOL)
woot woot! You're almost there!
And, no wonder I didn't get an e-mail this morning. Thanks for letting us know!
Yep! Even my search results are skewed but in 6 months it will be a distant memory right? LOL :)
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! So glad you're almost entirely back! WOO HOO! Love the new look, it's amazing. And even though I've never actually met you, I think it feels like you:)
It is definitely more like me :) I love to journey to places in my mind while reading so it is a good reflection of that!
I love the new look! Great job. I love your Geek-fu. :)
Thank You!
It's looking super awesome!!
Aww y'all are awesome!
You did a super job with the transition. I'm poking around and seriously loving it.
Thanks! I still have a little bit to go with the categorizing but I think once it is done —this will be a well-oiled machine. Or I will be in a padded cell LOL