I am pondering the process of migrating this system to Wordpress and am using this post as a place to maintain links to possible solutions. I welcome feedback on migration from any reader.

Paid service -- http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/01/31/import-from-b2evolution246-to-wordpress-27/

Seemingly good option courtesy of Wordpress forums -- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/215389

A bit more thorough write up of the process at the WP forums -- http://www.seo-strategies.org/2009/10/migrating-b2evolution-to-wordpress/

I originally implemented b2evolution for this blog because I wanted multi-blog functionality. That is, the ability to host multiple blogs in one instance. Unfortunately, this is a feature not offered by Wordpress my other blog engine.

My work blog over at aboutrestore.com relies on Wordpress and I had forgotten how powerful that platform is. It is not that b2evolution is not powerful, but Wordpress appears to have many more plugins and a very broad and active userbase. If I were to do it again, I would use Wordpress here and bypass b2evolution and am still considering migrating.

Finally, this version of b2evolution is old and I am wondering whether newer versions are more intuitive like Wordpress. Definitely worth a look since the migration path is easy.

I have been distracted as of late with digital photography and have been spending quite a bit of time taking pictures.  Unfortunately, this hobby has eaten into my blogging time hence the lack of posting as of late.  I will try to post more in the next week.  Sorry for my absence!

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2009 to all my readers.

For years I have used secondary.com as my provider of secondary DNS services.  These guys were then acquired by a company called Neustar who specialize in DNS for the enterprise.  This was no problem and things ran great until I heard that Neustar was shutting down their free DNS services.  This was too bad given my positive experience over the years.  They offered to continue my service albeit with a $50/month fee and a very complex metering structure.  Thanks, but no thanks.

I completed a thorough analysis and decided to migrate DNS to free service called everydns.com.  The new service is currently up and running and the migration should be transparent.  So far so good.  I recommend these folks to anyone needing a free DNS provider although they do request a donation.