ChocoCherryCoco

Migrating this blog is taking longer than expected. So I’ve installed Xpress on Xoops but when I tried the Import tool, I got an error stating: “Your web server is not properly configured to use this importer. Please enable the CURL extension for PHP and then reload this page.” Googling for the solution revealed that the file to be modified is php.ini, which I don’t have access to. So I emailed my webhost support and requested for the enabling of the CURL extension in php.ini. I got a reply yesterday saying that they have already enabled it so I tried the Import tool again but the same message appeared. Not to lose hope, I installed the stand-alone WordPress and tried the Import tool. I got past the CURL extension error but when I granted access for WordPress to connect to my Google account, I got this: “Could not connect to https://www.google.com
There was a problem opening a secure connection to Google. This is what went wrong:
Success (0)” Based on one of the comments in this post, it seems that I would have to make another request to my webhost to recompile php with openssl support.

So that’s for the blog migration. As for the domain name registration part of this post, I bought several domains for the sites I want to put up (including www.chococherrycoco.com) from Namecheap. I even indicated my webhost’s domain nameservers (DNS) during the registration process and waited for 48hrs for my domains to propagate on the DNS. After two days, I tried adding the domains to my account but I couldn’t do it. So I emailed my webhost again and their reply was that my plan only allows for one domain. I didn’t know this was so, so I checked their website again to look at the subscription plan details and sure enough, it was stated there that the plan I got allows only one domain. I was left with two choices, get individual Standard hosting for each of my domains, or upgrade to Starter Reseller (with nulimited domains). I opted for the Reseller plan since we intend to put up more sites so getting this would come out cheaper in the long run.

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I’m beginning to think I have no searching talent whatsoever. It turned out the solution to my XPress module problem is to install the latest version (v2.05). I should have double checked first before I downloaded the 1.5.2 version. Could have saved me a whole lot of headache yesterday!

So I already have XPress installed, I still have to try migrating my blog. And I’m still also waiting for my new domain (Can you guess it? Hehe). Once I have everything prepared over the weekend, I plan to have my new site up and running by next week. That is if I don’t get stuck again. Wish me luck!

Remember my Open-source woes? I’m still having them. I decided to try another Open-source CMS available in my webhosting package which seems easier to use. However, I find myself being stuck again. I’m trying out Xoops because they have this Xpress module which is supposed to be the WordPress for XOOPS, and the reason I’m interested in this is because WordPress is supposed to have an easy-to-use migration tool for blog content from Blogger to WordPress (now you know where my blogpspot is headed. hehe). So I downloaded the module and installed it, but when I go to the WordPress page, I get this: “Fatal error: Undefined class name ‘xoopslocal’”. Googling gave several results pointing to the module developers’ site, but unfortunately they seem to have exceeded their bandwidth limit. I found a forum stating that the version I have installed (Xpress 1.5.2 only works with XOOPS 2.2 (I have v2.0.16) but that installing the Frameworks will repair the problem. It still did not work. Maybe I have to work a little harder and smarter in attacking this problem. I’ll give an update as soon as I find something out.

Patience is a virtue.