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Originally Posted by Hampshire Girl  Hi everyone, I'm a potential SBI virgin and gutsmcd has done me a huge favour in collating all the pros but I'm still unsure as to whether it's the right choice for me.
Basically I want to create an income-generation site which includes a blog for my new business so I'm thinking long-term. The majority of my content will be created on the blog and although SBI appears to provide everything I need I'm nervous that my content will be forever 'locked in' to SBI. As it won't be using WordPress or similar, does it mean that I'd lose all my blog content if I decided one day to use a different web host/CMS?
It just seems I'd be risking putting all my eggs in one basket with SBI as I want my blog to become a comprehensive reference bank and I can't risk losing all that information. So what I'm basically asking is could you easily migrate your content from SBI onto another site without having to create a new blog from scratch?
I'd really appreciate a steer as I'd hate to back the wrong horse! Thanks. |
If your main purpose is to make a blog then don't use SBI. They have a blog-like function but really it is not a "blog" per se.
For your question about changing hosts, yes it is possible but probably annoying to do so. If you leave SBI, your domain name still belongs to you along with all of the content you've made. You will have to deal with SBI support and get them to transfer your domain name to some other host or something like that. You will also have to have all your website content saved on your computer so you can re-uploaded it to the non-SBI host.
Personally it sounds like you are sort of "planning to fail" right now with all these worries about transferring away from SBI. If SBI works for you, then you will not need to transfer away from them except in very few circumstances where you absolutely must have something that they don't offer. And if SBI doesn't work for you, then you can ask for a refund.