Sample the Web is now hosted on Media Temple

This is just an FYI. I’ve left Steadfast Networks. Here’s why. Based on my experiences, I would recommend that you avoid ever using them. I could be the rare case of poor customer handling, though. It seems like every host has it’s fair share of “avoid HOSTNAME” blog posts floating around, probably because they all have problems.

I’ve nearly finished migrating all my sites. Hopefully this will be the last WordPress migration I have to go through. Fortunately, it’s not that difficult to do, thanks to WP-DBManager plugin. Here’s a write up I did a while back on how to easily move your WordPress blog to a new host. There’s still a few kinks I have to work out (like a p.i.t.a. Thesis image bug that is occurring site wide), so sorry for any hiccups. I hope to have the bugs squashed soonish.

Also, as part of the move, I changed the Lifestream of this site from the bulky Sweetcron-based lifestream that I set up back in September of last year to this new cleaner lifestream powered by the WP-Lifestream plugin that I discovered via Jenny (aka The Shifted Librarian). Now I just have to figure out how to convert the MySQL dump of the Sweetcron version to a web-readable file hosted somewhere on this site. Not a high priority right now, but something I’d like to do. I’d love any suggestions here.

One really cool thing about this Lifestream plugin is that I can drop the Lifestream in anywhere just by inserting the word lifestream within [brackets]. You can even dictate a limited number of items. You can see this in action the continued portion of this post, if you like, where I’ve included my Lifestream limited to the 10 most recent items.

1. Today

   1. @cksample hitting the road w his favorite bird out of love of magic or did he just spend too much on the big move? http://t.co/GhjTSQb1TG

      Shared @cksample hitting the road w his favorite bird out of love of magic or did he just spend too much on the big move? http://t.co/GhjTSQb1TG.

      2h ago via @replies to me

2. Yesterday

   1. @cksample N-ice...

      Shared @cksample N-ice....

      7:39pm via @replies to me

   2. @cksample cool

      Shared @cksample cool.

      6:39pm via @replies to me

   3. Jackson http://t.co/HJNbE4i4NW [cksample]

      6:22pm via Twitter

   4. Jackson

      Shared Jackson.

      6:22pm via My photos

   5. We bought a cooler! http://t.co/pfnuD9HltZ [cksample]

      5:26pm via Twitter

   6. RT @kristinsample: . @cksample and I finished our workout. Now lunch and ikea. [cksample]

      4:12pm via Twitter

   7. RT @kristinsample: . @cksample and I finished our workout. Now lunch and ikea.

      Shared RT @kristinsample: . @cksample and I finished our workout. Now lunch and ikea..

      4:12pm via @replies to me

   8. . @cksample and I finished our workout. Now lunch and ikea.

      Shared . @cksample and I finished our workout. Now lunch and ikea..

      4:02pm via @replies to me

   9. About to go work out ! Get fit with fat C.K., the return #gfwfck [cksample]

      2:27pm via Twitter

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