What’s in a Name?

January 5, 2010

Over the holiday weekend I found the time to knock out several updates to the site that have been on my someday / maybe list for a while now.  The big one was moving the site to a new domain name, kenclark.me, in place of the old one, kenclarksblog.com.  (I know, I am not going to win any major creative points for that one!)

Why bother, you may ask?  It’s pretty simple.  Kenclarksblog.com started to feel dated; as if the site was permanently stuck in 2005, and it finally got to the point where it bothered me enough to make the change.

Changing domains on a pre-existing site can be tricky, but I have to say that it really couldn’t have gone any easier due to both the WordPress platform and great support from Bluehost, my hosting company.  On the day I made the switch, I spoke with three different Bluehost support reps, all of whom answered the phone on the first ring and were outstanding.  Additionally, their admin tool made setting up all of the 301 redirects quite simple.

Once I got the domain transfer worked out, I took some additional time to tack on the latest WordPress updates and add the Disqus comment engine as well, so I am feeling good that I’m entering 2010 with a minor tune-up complete and in the rear view mirror.

I believe everything is redirecting properly, but if you see anything funky going on with the site or the RSS feeds, please let me know.

P.S.  Here are a couple links that I found useful in the event you are considering anything similar:

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