Transition to WordPress
In eating disorder recovery work, daily life and blogging, if all goes well, we develop and grow.
Growth inevitably involves change and the process of transitioning from one way of being or living or working to another.
So here I am, in the midst of public transition and change. I believe that I can offer more to people seeking information and support about eating disorders through WordPress.
So I’m learning the new blogging methods required, changing categories so they are more clear for you, and figuring out with my web designer and my WordPress for Dummies how to make this new system work.
Technorati is a big help once it’s connected properly. My biggest challenge is to achieve a free and relaxed enough feeling with the technology so I can speak to you about issues around eating disorders that I consider compelling.
This blog and I are developing during this transition. I wish for you something similar: a growing positive developmental change as you transition into more of the life you find fufilliing.
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Wordpress is a great system; I use it about, oh 40 times a day and have for a long while now. If there’s anything I can do or if you’ve any questions, I can try to answer them for you.
Congrats on the move.
sarah’s last blog post..Eating Disorder Recovery: Recognizing and Accepting Weaknesses
Thank you for your generous support. I appreciate your confirming my decision to move to Wordpress.
It’s a bit like moving homes. All my furniture is the same, but it looks and feels different in the new environment.
Rather than my asking all the questions I have that come up unexpectedly when I try to do something now, let me ask you one question.
What specifically, from your own experience, leads you to say that Wordpress is a great system?
Your answer may be quite helpful because my hunch is that you might say something that isn’t even in my imagination!
warm regards,
Joanna
Hi Joanna,
What I’ve found with Wordpress that I haven’t found with any other blogging system is that it is so expandable.
When you choose a widget ready template (and I believe that you have) you can easily bring in podcasting when/if the time feels right and create a feel that is really your own. I also like the control of changing the way that posts are titled, the ability to optimize content for search engines.
I guess what I really like about it as a system is that when your goal is to raise awareness about something so important, it’s good to be able to take advantage of tools that will help you to spread the word.
So, for me, part of it’s control (an actual, legitimate form of control) and part of it is flexibility. Part of it’s all about the search engines and making sure that those who need support can find it..
sarah’s last blog post..Eating Disorder Recovery and Things that Just Piss Me Off