waleon

HandySolo,
Where did I specifically ask for paid help in my post? Falsely accusing me of hijacking this post is further evidence of your hostility.

I will immediately look for a web host who supports Movable Type.

F: Paying for services
Requesting paid help is discouraged. We do not want to give any impression that WordPress help is anything but free. We also do not need bidding wars in the forums.
If you have posted some contact information your thread will be closed.
If you have not posted that information we will ask you to and when you do the thread will be closed.
Any thread that offers any service for money can be closed at any time. We are not against paid services but these forums are not the right place for them.

This is a hostile attitude toward some (perhaps many) of your users. Why? Because we are not all developers and programming experts.

I spent two hours installing WordPress last month and almost gave up an hour and a half into the process. Since then I’ve spent many hours writing for my blog. Now I’m expected to perform an extensive backup, delete most of my WordPress files and install version 2.2.3.

The only option for finding paid help to update WordPress is to join the “wp-pro” mailing list” which is about as user-friendly as DOS. Are you kidding me? This is 2007. Where is the 2.0 community site for non-programmers who need help?

I expect some replies to the tune of “you should have used Typepad” but I wanted to give WordPress a chance. Yes, WP is a tremendous tool, but don’t penalize those of us who are not programmers and/or don’t accept the entire “open source/everything should be free” way of thinking.

I am more than willing to pay someone to insure that I don’t destroy my blog.