Preparing for the Switch...

I'm planning to switch over to the new site tomorrow, so this will be my last post on Blogger. I'd do it now, except I'm tired, and there are a few things I don't want to have loose ends about that I'll definitely forget because I am groggy.

For those of you just tuning in, I decided on Friday that it was time to bring my website and this blog together on one platform, so that it has a seamless integration and a more professional look.  I am totally amazed at what a great template can do for a site.

I've spent all day working on the new site, recreating my content and getting it set up (almost) exactly the way that I want it.  There are still a few things to tweak yet, but enough of it is there I think to go public.

Tomorrow, the plan is to:

1. Change the DNS nameservers for the LoveBugStudios.com site
2. Establish an RSS feed for the new Blog
3. Set up Blogger redirects so that if anyone is still coming here, they'll go THERE instead.
4. Migrate my Google Friend Connect info so my followers don't get lost
5. Test my PayPal integration (on my website today, I take payments for people when they order a custom quilt or long-arm service, so it's not huge, but I want it to keep working.)

I am really excited about the new site, and just thrilled that I was able to do it myself. I have to give a HUGE shout out to Heather over at Main Street Web Development; I was going to pay her to do everything, but she gave me her honest opinion, that I could do it myself if I were willing to put in a little effort. And so, that enables me to free up some cash for another venture that promises to be HUGE if I stop inventing other things to do, and also will allow me to leverage her skills for the REAL hard work - e-commerce integration over at Quilt Possible!

I disabled commenting over here for now because I don't want to reimport anything else to the new site. See you on the other side!

To endless possibilities,

Ebony

P.S. This blog will remain active for quite a while yet; I still have a LOT of images hosted on blogger, and if I shut it off, I will lose a lot of pictures.  Hopefully my redirects will work and no one will even get to see this.  :)