i’ve had this goal since i began blogging and i finally did it:
i’ve moved to a wordpress self-hosted website!
before i began blogging, many people had said wp self-hosted was too complex for new bloggers, and they wouldn’t recommend it unless you had experience in blogging/building your own website. i was a total noob, so i began with wordpress.com. it was alright at first, but i grew frustrated at the lack of customization. i upgraded to the pro version, but i still felt restrained. UGH. finally, after many hours online ‘researching,’ i decided it was time to take action. annnnnd here i am.
to those who are still commenting/subscribing on my old blog… please come to the new one. i’ve changed my previous blog to thetwirlingpages.wordpress.com, and my new one is twirlingpages.com. you can still see/view the wp.com blog, but it won’t be updated.
also, i really hope you explore the new theme! i designed it myself and i’m quite proud. a HUGE thank you and shoutout to hazel from stay bookish for coding everything and dealing with my cluelessness. <33333 i'm currently trying to reformat all my previous posts so it would fit this new design, so excuse the lack of posts this week. i'm still adjusting to everything! hopefully i could get back to hang of things soon~!
– alexandra
Congrats on the move to a new site! Admittedly, I only followed you in Instagram before I saw your photo with the new theme (it’s gorgeous, btw). I’m currently using wordpress.com for budget reasons, but I’ve been feeling the urge to move to a self-hosted site. I need to keep my blog spending as minimal as possible though, so working out the design stuff will be the most difficult part.
thank you! i felt the same way a while ago so i know exactly what you mean. moving to self hosted isn’t THAT pricey (apprx the price of a book per month), but i wasn’t sure about the theme. i wanted my own theme, but custom theme design & coding is quite expensive. hazel’s coding prices are really reasonable and i’m glad i got to work with her. but, i’m sure there’s a bunch of free/affordable beautiful themes out there!
hi! I’m absolutely obsessed with your blog! I was just wondering what website you’re using for your self hosted blog? if that wording even makes sense, haha. I’m trying to switch myself, because I want to customize my theme, but I can’t figure out which company to go with!
hi! i use rfe hosting! if you can’t decide, ashley’s post on nosegraze helped me a bunch. she has a bunch of helpful blog posts that helped me on the move. i hope that answered your question 🙂
I really, really love you blog! And love it even more with the new design. I like the simplicity of it, great job! Your photos are always awesome, your book reviews are great, everything is great! Think you are now my fave book blogger.
Love always, KL