OK, this is a quick one, because I know you’re busy. And it’s sort of an admin post, just like when you go to a training event and they tell you at the beginning where the fire exits are, and ask how long a lunch break you’d like, at which point everyone opts for a short lunch so that they can go home early.
I’m trying to knit whilst typing, so please do excuse any errors.
So, tomorrow-ish, some serious backstage shenanigans will be happening on this site. (For those with an interest, I’m going self-hosted with the .org version of WordPress.) When it’s all done, very little will change at this end. I’ll still be chattering away at TheTwistedYarn.com. And knitting, obvs.
I’m hoping that nowt will seem much different from your end (except there’ll be no more of those ads at the bottom of the page – yay!) But, BUT, BUT… as far as I can tell, it’s possible that you may need to ‘re-follow’ after the change-over, in order to ensure that the usual stream of bonkersness, chatter and over-ambitious knitting/crochet ideas continues to land in your in-tray. Can you sense the mild desperation that made me type those words in bold?! Can you tell that my entire sense of self-worth is built on online validation, and that I’ve disappeared so far into the internet that I’ve forgotten how to have meaningful relationships in real life? 😉
Slightly dispiritingly, all previous ‘likes’ will vanish, my previously healthy total of 2511 subscribed followers will plunge, and my stats counter will reset from 150,000 to zero.
But the good news is that all your friendly, interesting, funny, kind, and heartfelt comments will still be here, which makes me very happy indeed. The blog will look the same. I’ll post in the same way. We can still knit and crochet together by the fire, and all will be well.
The changeover will happen some time from Monday to Tuesday. After that, I’ll post again to say hello.
There, that’s all finished. So you can all go home early. 🙂
Happy knitting!
PS: Thank you, Alice, for holding my hand through the process and for not telling me out loud that I’m an idiot.
Gail says
Good luck with the changeover! I don’t think you will lose many of us! X
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you. It’s heartwarming to hear that.
dragontearsoflove says
But, but…we’re knitting…I don’t wanna go home early! (and I thought I was doing well with 54 followers, I think, mostly due to Scamp and Squib, and a few to do with my knitting of socks)…I really must move on. We’ll enjoy you at dot org…or however they set it up, however, please post here as well, so I may find the link and like/love…because, I think we all enjoy you much..
(Especially so after dealing with gamblers for 9-10 hours each weekend night…) oops, I’m not supposed to admit that;-)
The Twisted Yarn says
Don’t worry, you can stay. 🙂 We can carry on knitting.
(Gamblers?)
Alice says
Happy to help 🙂 And you’re certainly not an idiot, except for believing that you might be an idiot…
Looking forward to buying you a G&T tomorrow to celebrate!
Alice says
By the way, I love your photo-within-a-photo photos!
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you on both counts. Our wonky internet non-connection made the photo thing a nightmare! Hope you enjoyed the parade. See you in the pub WITH YOUR CARDIGAN and its beautiful cuff!
Blissfully Crafted says
Good luck with the whole change over process! I will make certain to re-follow you, I love reading your posts! 🙂
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you – you’re very, very kind.
bonnyknits says
Don’t worry, we will all seek you out for our little doses of Twisted!
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you! I’m blushing now after all these kind comments.
Fran says
Last Mother’s Day, my eldest son moved my blog for me from WordPress..com to his server.space. it still looks the same and for a while I put a link in the old .com to get my followers to follow. It didn’t happen and now I am trying to rebuild my following through public postings on Facebook and Google. Hope going from WordPress to WordPress saves you your followers.
The Twisted Yarn says
Yikes. Tricky. Hope you managed to rebuild your following in the end. This techie malarkey is tricky.
Jennifer says
I will find you. I will.
The Twisted Yarn says
Now I’m appropriately scared. 😉
Jennifer says
ROFL I’m only an old lady with needles!
The Twisted Yarn says
Tee hee.
Sarah says
Of course we’ll follow you over to the other side, you won’t be able to loose us quite that easily!
Good Luck with all the I.T. ‘stuff’. As the wife of someone who works in I.T. I know only too well what a mysterious world it can be when things get updated and seemingly endless possibilities for wires to get crossed happen!!
See you on the other side 😉
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you and again thank you. 🙂 IT is an utter mystery to me. I should have made it clear that it’s certainly not me who’s making all these clever things happen.
narf77 says
Good girl. You are coming over to the dark, but eminently more productive side. Hopefully everything goes smoothly. Are you using Duplicator to move your site? If so, you shouldn’t have any problems. I don’t think I will have to resubmit you to my bolshie RSS Feed Reader (the ghost in the shell as it is no longer hosted and runs via remote control from Mars…) but if I do, I might need Alice’s phone number. Just sayin’. Fingers crossed for the move.
Alice says
Oh I love Duplicator! It’s saved me hours of work. But alas, wordpress.com doesn’t allow you to install plugins, so to move a site off it, you have to do a slightly tedious export and import process, then set up your theme and widgets and suchlike all over again (or pay the WordPress team to do it for you… in fact, I sometimes wonder if they make it difficult on purpose 😉 )
narf77 says
Yeah, with you on that one :). Anything “free” always comes with conditions. The conditions for .org is that you have to do it yourself but you have SO much more freedom. Can’t wait to see how the transition goes. Fingers crossed. I am currently studying Interactive digital media and what it has taught me is that you are definitely going to have one less competitor in the market place from me. I like knowing how things work but wouldn’t want to do it as a job 🙂 Kudos to you Alice 🙂
The Twisted Yarn says
This is going a tiny bit over my head as both of you are more technologically savvy than I am, but Narf, yes Alice knows her stuff. But Narf, you’ve redone your own website and are creating an app – that’s more than I could ever dream of. (Alice, look: http://theroadtoserendipity.com/ ) Narf, if you weren’t selfishly living in Tasmania, I’d beg you to come over to the pub and have a chat with us’all. Is any of this making sense at all? (I may have imbibed some wine.)
narf77 says
Make sure to tell us all on Facebook when you have moved just in case.
The Twisted Yarn says
Will do.
Arlene says
I will certainly find you to refollow!:)
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you! This feels like a big step into the unknown so it’s heartwarming to hear that.
Postcard from Gibraltar says
Good luck!
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you. I think I’ll need it.
salpal1 says
don’t worry, I will find you! Good luck with the big change over!
The Twisted Yarn says
Phew! Thank you. It’s been very touching reading all these comments.
Catherine Gowers says
It’s a good move for you I am sure – throwing you lots off good luck dust for a straightforward changeover 🙂 X
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you! I may need it…
pollymacleod says
Good luck with your change over. I’m not good with all this tech stuff, (my blogging is very basic) but I’m sure I will find you 🙂
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you.
arlingwoman says
Oh my gosh. I will search you out and get you back in my reader!!! Good luck. I understand the angst of losing all the good stats!
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you. See you on the other side!
feltelf says
I will check back on Tuesday to see what’s happened and re-follow if necessary. I love your sense of humour and the photos in this post to illustrate etherial infinity.
The Twisted Yarn says
Thank you so much. See you Tuesday!
nanacathy2 says
But we didn’t have sandwiches. Congratulations on going big-time.
Jenny - thegeekyknit (@riley_jl) says
haha best of luck! huge fan of the photo-inception! jenny xx