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No Brainer Templates

Posted by Kevin · Published: January 17, 2004 · Comments (1)

If you're making the move to Movable Type from another blogging platform one of the first issues you will run into is template design. Unless you are willing to do some design work yourself or hand over some money for a design you are at the mercy of whatever you... [Full Story]

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BlogSpot Exodus Update

Posted by Kevin · Published: January 13, 2004 · Comments (2)

We're a little behind in setups as the volume of requests has increased. All of us have lives, and most of us have jobs. Hang tight we'll get to you eventually. ... [Full Story]

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Last Chance - BlogSpot Exodus

Posted by Kevin · Published: January 10, 2004 · Comments (4)

The King Of Fools has a good recap of the progress of our BlogSpot Exodus project, and why now is the time to act if you want a free Movable Type blog setup. The 3 year free hosting offer ends January 21, so don't delay! To date some 50 or... [Full Story]

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Zip Codes Turn 40

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 2, 2003 · Comments (2)

Molly's Musings notes that ZIP codes turned 40 years old on July 1. There is no mention in the AP story of the +4 part that just really never took off. Molly just fled Blogger and is still trying to get the new site decorated. Her old Blogger site was... [Full Story]

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Seeing The Light...

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 1, 2003 · Comments (0)

Since he announced it as his BlogSpot site, I figured it was safe to mention that Adam at A Single Guy In the South, has seen the light (with minor prodding by yours truly) and is moving to MT via Dean Esmay's most generous offer. His site isn't ready quite... [Full Story]

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Running List Of BlogSpot Defectors - Update

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 19, 2003 · Comments (0)

First off I want to say thanks to everyone who has mentioned or used the Running List Of BlogSpot Defectors. We're now over 100 defectors!!! Secondly, and more to the point, I have moved the list off of the blog onto its own page. All of the links here at... [Full Story]

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Another Option For BlogSpot Defectors...

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 18, 2003 · Comments (0)

Kathy has established Blog House an extremely cheap (as low as $4 per month with no setup fees) alternative to BlogSpot. With Dean running low on energy, the Jihad needed another volunteer to step up. Good show Kathy! Long Live Jihad!!!Also, I am adding Jay Solo to the list as... [Full Story]

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Another Big Name BlogSpot Defector

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 18, 2003 · Comments (0)

Another big name BlogSpot defector has been added the Running List of BlogSpot Defectors, BigWig - Siflay Hraka. The pain of Blogger finally drove him away. Attention Google: He was a paying customer! BigWig was nice enough to produce a graphic that encapsulated his reasons for moving off of Blogger:In... [Full Story]

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RSS Feed For Running List of BlogSpot Defectors

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 12, 2003 · Comments (0)

I'm migrating the list functionality over to Blogrolling, and one of the side benefits is that there is now a RSS feed for the Running List of BlogSpot Defectors. The RSS feed is here. If you are using SharpReader, or another reader that supports drag and drop, just drag the... [Full Story]

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Counter-Jihad

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 10, 2003 · Comments (0)

Feeling left out of the BlogSpot Jihad that Dean has embarked on, because you're a troll or a racist? Xrlq has a Counter Jihad offer just for you!Update: Two "customers" have accepted the offer... Learn all about it here.... [Full Story]

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BlogSpot Defector List Update

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 9, 2003 · Comments (0)

We're looking for the 50th entry, which should turn up today. We now have 50 BlogSpot defectors listed and that number is growing daily. Many thanks to those who are hosting the link (shown below), and those who are publicize it. Special thanks to Jay and James for pointing out... [Full Story]

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Tidbits

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 6, 2003 · Comments (0)

I've got lots of little tidbits to pass along, so I'm grouping them all together in the one post...I'm not nearly as good as OTB or PoliBlog in acknowledging sites that have added me to their blogroll. If you have added Wizbang, THANK YOU!!! Rachel and Dean, thanks to both... [Full Story]

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Blogspot Jihad: BlogSpot Users What Are You Waiting For?

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 5, 2003 · Comments (0)

A free no hassle move? Your prayers have been answered. Remember Crazy Eddie? The guy with prices so low it was "crazy"? Well Dean Esmay must be channeling that guy because he is offering a free move (migration of archives and blogrolls included) to a MovableType hosted site.Let me say... [Full Story]

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New trends...

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 3, 2003 · Comments (1)

A couple site are droping the Blogger interface to publishing to non blogspot hosts...Right We Are! is going to pMachine, and they brought in a guest blogger to keep the content freshe while they scury about fixing up the new site.Peoria Pundit has already moved to pMachine as well.Since I... [Full Story]

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Button needed!

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 31, 2003 · Comments (0)

The Running List Of Blogspot Defectors needs an icon. My graphic skills suck... Anyone want to whip one up? All I can offer in return is gratitude and, of course credit.I've got a link in the about box on the left, but I'd rather do a deal like Kate has... [Full Story]

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Running List Of BlogSpot Defectors

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 26, 2003 · Comments (0)

Due to the size of this list I have moved it to its own (non blog) page. Please adjust you links. The code and link on the Wizbang home page contains up to date links to the lists new home page.View the Running List Of BlogSpot DefectorsI will be scraping... [Full Story]

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Blogspot Is Toast

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 23, 2003 · Comments (0)

I started a trend. Or maybe I just followed - who can keep track. All the cool bloggers are leaving Blogspot :-)Remember the big hoopla the Blogger made about how the were adding servers and mirrors to handle the traffic for the Where's Raed site (never blogrolled here!). Maybe the... [Full Story]

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Running List Of BlogSpot Defectors - History

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 21, 2003 · Comments (0)

Return to the ListI started Wizbang at BlogSpot in April 2003. I quickly outgrew its limitation, which have been detailed in many other places. Steven Den Beste compares Blogger to MT and CityDesk here, and Jay Solo details some Blogger tips here.Once I moved to my own site, I noticed... [Full Story]

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