@Mattfinlayson I did, though it was in stages. Self-hosted WP -> free hosted WP -> hosted MB.
Other than exporting my data and saving the relevant custom CSS, there wasn't much for me to do. However, I didn't have a site full of different plugins, portfolios, and custom code built into the theme so my site was already near-MB already.
@Mattfinlayson I made that move a couple of weeks ago. Just be sure you import into Micro.blog before you change DNS to point to Micro.blog else the photos won’t be imported.
@Mattfinlayson Why bother when you can just rss your wordpress here? Honest question, I'm not sure the benefits.
@Mattfinlayson When I first tried Micro.blog and it’s apps in January there were some areas that were real limitations for me. Since then it’s improved a lot and is now at the point I don’t want to be bothered maintaining a WordPress instance. I like to have as simple a setup as possible.
@Mattfinlayson Pretty much the same as Ron. For my own blog I want as little friction as possible but beyond that it is definitely appealing to be on a service centred so much around blogging. I'm sure running a CMS is what some people need for their personal site but I'd rather have somebody else run my personal site if I needed to also turn to that kind of software.
Just be sure you import into Micro.blog before you change DNS to point to Micro.blog else the photos won’t be imported.
Do you want to roll this tip into the Help article (or file an issue at least so Manton can tweak the text), Ron?
Although @til claims that the importer will look in the Internet Archive and I don’t see that documented, either.
In any case, it seems like it’s best to emphasize import before changing DNS and taking down your site
@Mattfinlayson FWIW, @Burk wrote up his thoughts here in January (via Micro.wiki); I though he had also done a more technical post, but maybe I’m mis-remembering…
@Mattfinlayson @Smokey Same here. I definitely can’t do the kind of baroque styling that is precious to me on micro.blog, so I need to keep my own site. Although I wonder if keeping status updates on MB is simpler and easier. I just want my blog posts to show up here and they’re not