Ed Earns

Like I said before, I’m posting all of my sites here just for reference and so I have something to blog about. hehe. I have 5 personal blogs in total and I don’t know what’s wrong with me if I have soe sort of multiple-personality disorder or something because all of them are personal blogs. haha. Usually, there’s a slight difference that’s why I post whatever I can in each one. I try to develop my own niche in each but sometimes my ,mind is too scattered that I just write whatever I want to write in each.

Have you found a common denominator? Obviously it has the first initial of my name on every domain. Can’t I be any vainer?

Soloflighted.com

This is my first site. All of the entries in my old blog (ed.blog-city.com) are transferred here and since I started blogging to earn some extra income, I was able to utilize this venue. This is also the blog where I showcase my travels and food trips so it’s also a thing to distinguish on.

Edcel.net

This blog is where I get a bit more personal. The things I don’t write in soloflighted.com are what’s usually written here. I like the domain because it’s me. And this site was created set up by yours truly which makes it more special. Since I wanted to try to understand what FTP, host names, DNS, etc. are, I had to start from scratch so I’d learn the art of seting up my own site in my own host.

Edearns.com

This blog is more of a personal accounting book where I blog about the things that gave me extra income online. This is where I notate the tasks and opportunities and my cash flow when it comes to earning money through the net.

Edstudyante.com

Because of the drive needed to release thoughts pertaining to my life as a student, employee and blogger, I created this site to get those random emotions that keep me busy. This is where I talk about school, office and again, blogging. This is a personal space for professional rants. hehe

Edsnaps.com

Lastly, the site that doesn’t get updated as much. hehe. This site is supposed to be where I put random snapshots since I also love to take pictures and share them with the rest of the bloggin community.

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Wonder why I keep these 5 sites? Of course, more sites equals more money but more sites also means more tasks. People might also wonder why I don’t consolidate all my pages into one single domain. The reason is the same one I just stated. I’m just waiting for the right time to fully blast my sites to their full potential. But then, with my busy life outside blogging, I have difficulty finding time. Oh well, I just wanted to share these to you.

I upgraded Edearns.com to the latest version of Wordpress which is version 2.8.  Nothing much has changed in this platform but I’d like to comment Wordpress for keeping up with the times in providing the best updates for bloggers like me that make it easy to change and modify my site according to my preference. It’s nice because Wordpress makes sure it’s clients are satisfied and won’t be tired or be apprehensive in using their software. I’m comfortable in this platform than any other.

Anyway, this new version of Wordpress didn’t realy give me any major developments. I haven’t noticed anything yet. I’ll try to scout for more information within the pages to see if anything has changed. I just clicked the auto-upgrade plugin that I downloaded directly and prayed that nothing would get messed up. So far, so good.

Just when I thought everything would be smooth sailing, my last website that has a more than zero PR –> Edearns.com (PR 1) has been slammed by Google and my PR has now dropped. Ironic that it went down the moment that I blogged about it.

Oh well, we can’t everything. Even if people do say that it’s PR is a good measurement, I know it’s not everything. I just wished I could reach a 4 or something like what other blogmates I know were able to do. But hey, I’m not Google. hehe.

It was fun while it lasted.

Ha, was having a hard time trying to import my posts from my blogger account (http://edearns.blogspot.com) to my new domain in wordpress (http://edearns.com). I wonder how many times I scratched my hand for trying so hard and feeling so lame.

In any case, I’m able to import my blogspot posts to this new wordpress blog.

What I did before is keep on changing the folder names using my ftp client (Filezilla). But I always had errors.

And I don’t want to painstakingly copy and paste all my entries from the first to the present one by one cause it’s such a tedious task.

I tried to install, uninstall and reinstall my wordpress versions cause probably there’s a bug in the Wordpress versions somewhere. However, I don’t know what happened that all of them have some issues with the “Magic Button” for Importing. Because when I tried to press it, I just couldn’t import anything, it would just stay stagnant.

When I was able to chance upon a forum for Blogspot users wanting to import their posts to Wordpress, most of those posts didn’t have any clear answer. It would be hard as well cause I don’t know how updated the conversations were.

But I was able to chance upon a post that said you can create a free Wordpress blog and then use that Import Button, and then Export it from your free Wordpress Blog to your domain.

So basically, that’s what I did. I created a free wordpress account, used the import button of wordpress and now the entries are in my free wordpress blog. Afterwards, I exported my free wordpress account entries and saved a file on my computer. Then, I imported the Wordpress.com to my new domain in Wordpress.org.

Blogger/Blogspot –> Wordpress.COM (free account) -> Wordpress.ORG (paid account)

Waaa. I also encountered some problems along the way like having issues with the READ/WRITE access. Apparently you have to grant access by changing the permissions.

I was so upset and I almost wanted to give up. However, I remembered that I had the same problem during the first website that I set up; so I tried to lengthen my patience. After doing the necessary troubleshooting, I’m now able to update all my blog entries! It’s so tiring when you don’t know where to start. At least right now, if ever I’ll create some new sites, I’ll have this as a guide to help me.

I bought this site’s domain at 3ix.com. One of the biggest reasons is because the price is just a dollar per month. I can’t find any web-hosting service that’s cheaper. Also, because the person who referred me to buy a package at their site is a colleague whom I trust when it comes to computers. I’m still learning my ropes in creating this website. But I’m glad I’m learning.

From edearns.blogspot.com, it’s now edearns.com.

Aside from the hosting service, I also paid for the domain name. So all in all, I paid about 24 bucks just to get this site for a year. Considering the amount that I earned, last year, I gladly paid the amount with high hopes that I’ll be able to recover the money soon.

I had a bit of a time too on how I was able to set this site up since there was a bit of a problem with the folders maybe. I’ll be blogging about it next time. For now, the service of 3ix.com is getting better. Although you can’t expect much since they only have chat technical support, it would already suffice for me.

Get a 3ix.com domain for one dollar per month. I don’t have much files that I need to upload so you don’t have to pay for much. I actually got what I asked for. Besides, this site doesn’t really have that much traffic so the deal is really okay for beginners like me.

Can’t seem to update over the weekend, school and work has been bugging me. To think that I didn’t have classes yesterday. My mind is too preoccupied to try and update an entry or share new posts. I want to talk about making money and I want to publish an entry on how I was able to purchase this domain, edearns.com. Somehow, I guess it’ll have to wait as I have some tests and reports to finish.

After almost two days of going back and forth this computer, I’m able to upgrade and set this website up!

Will be officially introducing edearns.com over the weekend when I have more time. Now, my head can rest.

I’m planning to buy my own domain for this site already… still working on it though.

Edearns.com