I’m really getting good at this…. If you’ve been reading IT talks! since its inception last year (actually it was “born” in 2004), you’d know that I’ve transferred the site (address-wise) twice now. In its infancy, the blog was found at http://ittalkscolumn.blogspot.com. When I started acquiring domains, I put the site under http://ittalks.robilloblog.com, thinking I’d host all my blogs under the robilloblog.com domain. And now, once and for all, my IT column is here to stay: www.ittalks.net.

For those of you who’ve linked to my blog posts, don’t worry — they will still automatically resolve to the correct posts under the new domain.

For example (try the link!):
http://ittalks.robilloblog.com/2008/03/19/pdf-anyone
http://www.ittalks.net/2008/03/19/pdf-anyone

In case you’d like to know how this was accomplished, here’s what I did. You’ll need to have access to your website account’s filesystem (via cPanel or shell access). In your document root, locate the “.htaccess” file. Inside it, insert the code below:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yournewsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

As for WordPress, it was very straightforward. I simply copied over all my files from the old account to the new one, and transferred the database over as well. Ah! the wonders of phpMyAdmin and cPanel! Here’s a reliable resource that can guide you when you have to transfer your WordPress intallation to another server: [Click!]

I hope that you’ll take the time to update your blogrolls to reflect my new URL — that is, if you’ve linked to me. If not, I hope you’ll do me the favor !