Finally, I’ve managed to migrate this blog over here from blogspot, after a whole night of trudging through the technicalities, especially the one on upgrading wordpress to the latest version of wordpress 2.2.

The new version has this new widget feature under ‘presentation’ tab, where you can easily add widgets like calender, recent posts, recent comments, archives etc easily onto the sidebar and arrange them as you please. This is one great invention! Kudos to whoever the genius is. He or she definitely knows what newbies are really looking for, especially those not technically-inclined.

Oh well, even if anyone is technically-inclined, I believe people would have better plans for their time than to just get overwhelmed by the amount of htmls and trials and errors which can be quite frustrating at times. So this really save lots of hassle!

Besides that, not much difference I guess… that’s what I feel, not sure how others find it. The wordpress site said that there’s better security features though.

If you are thinking of upgrading to the latest version, wordpress site has a pretty comprehensive instructions, so you just need to follow the instructions to get it done.

However, despite the detailed instructions, I find that, for first timers, it can still be pretty challenging, especially the backing up your database step, which is the most important step of all.

If you do not do the database backup well, all your posts will be gone! That’s not a good idea. So better get this first step right.

After you get through this first step, the rest of the steps are a breeze, especially if you have done wordpress installation before.

Oh another feature I’ve discovered today also is the ‘fantastico’ function by my webhost, which allows you to install wordpress and other functions like forum (oh my god!) so much easier! It is really as easy as ABC, just follow the instructions, 123 and hey presto! It’s like magic.

To enjoy this simple and user-friendly feature, I recommend you to use this web hosting service that I’m using because it will save you so much time and hassle! How I wish I had this earlier! Lucky people :p ~

ps: Oh I just learnt that wordpress.com and wordpress.org is totally different! The one I’m referring to here is wordpress.org. So get this right, might save you lots of headaches. If I’m not mistaken, someone said wordpress.org gives your more liberty and control over your own site, by allowing you to install wordpress at any domain name.