Hello to my Dear Xanga Friends …

First, I thought I’d share a little reminder that spring is on the way … eventually!!
We’re expecting more wintry weather, and this makes me think of Spring … hope it brightens your day, too!

Well, this may sound like a broken record, and also a bit technical, and somewhat lengthy, but please bear with me!

As I’ve said before, I don’t want to lose touch with anyone here on Xanga 2.0 when my ‘Premium’ account expires in just a couple of days, on Friday, the 31st of January, 2014.  They told me payment was due ‘before’ the 31st, so I’m not sure exactly which day they will ‘cut me off’, and no longer allow me to post here.

At this time, I just can’t see paying nearly $50 to do that, especially when the full version of WordPress is free!  I started a site there, and I’m very happy to say that I’ve been able to import all the .zip files they created of my past posts from the ‘old’ Xanga!
They are now over in the full version of WordPress, and I can tell you, it’s nice having it all there!

There are lots of nice features there, and they are very helpful with support and tutorials as well.

I was so relieved to know I wouldn’t have to leave behind any of my ‘memories’ from past years on the ‘old Xanga’ …
they even put my photos and graphics I had used into the ‘media library’! Only wish they could have been able to create files for all the messages I had sent to some very special friends, but all the other memories are there …
it only took a couple of clicks, and then waiting about 24 hours.
If only more of my friends were there with me … seems many of them are no longer blogging.

I also found out that once my subscription expires here, all I’ll be able to do is sign in and read your posts and leave comments.  I won’t be able to post to my site, or edit it in any way.

Here is the link to my new ‘Xanga’ blog home … also known as ‘Threads of Faith’, and it’s over on WordPress.
I do so hope you’ll come follow me:

http://threadsoffaith2.wordpress.com/

If any of you are considering a move to WordPress now, or in the future, and want to import all of your Xanga files
that you had downloaded, just follow the directions that I found here in this link …
(and please do let me know if and when you do move, and where I can find you!)

http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/import-from-xanga/

Have to say, I am very grateful that at least I’ll be able to come and read those of you who are still actively posting here …
well, at least the few that have been showing up on my ‘Reading’ list ever since they switched to Xanga 2.0.
I know I haven’t been very consistent with reading and commenting on your posts, but I’ll be doing better with that!

Below are the only ones who are showing up as ‘active’ bloggers in my ‘Reading’ list here, and I’m thankful that you all
are still here!!

MyHopeIsInJesus
DanishDoll
JusticeMom
ata_grandma
fwren
JstNotherDay (*no RSS feed)

Would love to know ….
**I am curious, are you seeing many from your old subscriptions showing up with posts on your ‘Reading’ list?

When I click on ‘Following’ in the column on the left in my Dashboard, it shows I have 150 that I am Following and 162 Followers. Didn’t realize I had that many from Xanga!

I thought I would spend some time and go to each site, looking for who might still be here, but only found a few sites that were still there … most of the links lead me to that Xanga page telling you they saved your files, and how to get them, and there sure were a lot of those!  It’s just so sad to see their names, to remember who they were, the things you shared with them, the prayers you prayed for them, and then to lose touch, but maybe they’ll find their way here again. That’s why I’m sharing ALL of this information!

As for the current ‘active’ bloggers, I’ll be able to follow you from my new home on WordPress as I already have you in my ‘Reader’ over there.  Once you post, it will show up and I’ll hop back over here to comment!  And again, I do hope you’ll come follow me, too!

I don’t know about you all, but we’re having a lot of winter around here this year!  I love winter, and the snow, but the cold is just too cold!  Frankly, I’m looking forward to the arrival of spring, but from the way things are going, it may be awhile!
Anyway, during these long winter day, I find myself still working my way around here and getting familiar with this format, but sadly, my Premium subscription will expire this Friday.  After that, all I’ll be able to do is sign in, read, and comment on your posts here, which I will be doing to stay in touch with those who are still active here … after Friday, I will no longer be able to post, so right now I want to share a tip on how to add a link to your site name where it shows up in the comments that you leave for others. I had noticed that my site name was NOT being linked like other names I’d seen in the comment sections, so after some searching around on here, I stumbled upon this:

http://donkey-guy-10.xanga.com/2013/09/07/useful-xanga-tip-from-adamswomanback/#comments

Passing on some important information: Name Link not Working?

If you notice that names in comments are no longer click-able, and the avatars lead to a ‘not found’ page, do this:

Top right, of your screen where your cute lil’ avatar is, click it and chose Edit Profile.  Scroll through and look for the space next to Website. Add in your xanga address (eg. http://myname.xanga.com) and this will make it so that your name becomes a clickable link.  It still does not work with your avatar image however.

Now, I followed these instructions, and this did not work for me because I have underscores in my user name.
When I changed the underscores to dashes, it started working!

Try this! It worked for me!
HUGS!!!

Well, I hope this helps anyone who doesn’t have a ‘click-able’ link attached to your site name!!
I’ll be sharing here again, very soon, in order to let you all know where to find me posting after Friday,
and I do hope you’ll join me!  I find it’s pretty quiet over here, with just a few of you showing up in my ‘reader’,
and I so hope to hear from some of you before I move!

Blessings,
- Deborah <><

Well, this is just a tad bit different than the WordPress account I have set up. Sure hope to figure all this out soon … my premium is almost up, and I need to find out just exactly when that is, so I need to find my ‘account’ information! I hope I can figure out where to find my friends here too. I don’t see a list of followers … yet! If anyone who knows me sees this, please comment … well, even if you don’t know me, you can still leave a comment, lol! I jumped on here to post real quick to say hi, but after a good night’s sleep I’ll get back to figuring this format out! Not sure I’m liking it either … I’m already missing the ‘old’ Xanga!! Well, one things for certain … we’re all in this together, so at least I don’t feel alone! Oh, and Happy September, by the way!!

Hugs,
~ Deborah