Hi there and welcome to the brand new look and newly redesigned “house” of the Office Psychology Weblog (WorkplacePsychology.Internet).
On this put up, I will speak about Office Psychology Weblog’s migration from a WordPress.com theme and platform over to a a lot cleaner and clutter-free Wix theme and platform.
I am very excited to FINALLY unveil this transformation.
It has been fairly a drama-filled journey. Though the brand new house on the Wix platform can be way more costly for me, I actually really feel this transfer is worth it and can significantly profit readers, guests, and me (the only author and administrator).
After I first began my Office Psychology Weblog in late 2009, I used the WordPress.com* platform to construct the weblog and to compose the entries and pages.
* WordPress.com is completely different from WordPress.org. WordPress.com is a service that helps you construct a web site utilizing the WordPress software program with managed internet hosting. With WordPress.org, you obtain the software program after which construct and preserve a web site by yourself.
All through the years for the reason that launching of the Office Psychology Weblog on WordPress.com, I’ve tinkered with the design and format by utilizing completely different WordPress.com themes to alter how the weblog appeared.
A number of years in the past, I started entertaining the concept of shifting utterly away from WordPress.com to utilizing a weblog operating on both a Wix or Squarespace platform.
Ultimately, I made a decision that Wix was the perfect match for the Office Psychology Weblog.
For anybody who has ever “migrated” their weblog from one platform to a different, I believe you possibly can relate to how a lot effort and time it takes.
I’ve three major objectives for the Office Psychology Weblog on the Wix platform:
(1) To be clear, clutter-free, and straightforward to search out and skim the weblog entries.
That is my greatest precedence for Office Psychology Weblog’s new house. Whereas I will miss the previous look, the theme I used on WordPress.com made the weblog very cluttered and the duty of finding, scrolling by the entries, and simply studying every weblog entry fairly difficult.
On the previous WordPress.com theme, there have been two columns on both sides of the weblog entries and, for some insane motive, I felt the necessity to fill them up with widgets of texts and pictures. In consequence, the weblog turned fairly bloated.
In fact, I might nonetheless follow the WordPress.com platform and simply use a WordPress.com “weblog” theme. This then results in #2 (beneath), the highest motive for me (as the location administrator) to change platform.
(2) To have an administrative again finish that lets me effortlessly compose & edit weblog entries, and preserve the weblog with out getting misplaced or having to combat with the platform.
From the attitude of the administrator and sole author for the Office Psychology Weblog, that is maybe a very powerful precedence when it comes to managing the weblog.
I used to be continuously confronted with challenges on the WordPress.com platform, and so they appeared to have solely gotten worse over time. If I wasn’t always battling the WordPress.com admin web page and dashboard, I do not suppose I might have gone by all of the hassles and expense of migrating the weblog over to Wix.
And, so as to add insult to damage, WordPress.com utterly bungled my area switch to Wix and I ended up losing every week contacting and ready on WordPress.com tech help. WordPress.com didn’t let me or their tech help staff change the title servers. They did handle to unlock my area, however with the WordPress.com title servers unchanged.
This despatched me right into a catch-22 scenario the place Wix would repeatedly reject the area switch from WordPress.com as a result of the area nonetheless confirmed the WordPress.com title servers. And there was nothing I might do to alter or replace the title servers — not on Wix and never on WordPress.com.
Sadly, Wix was additionally in charge because it rejected the area switch a number of instances (in the course of the 7 day course of) as a result of the area nonetheless confirmed the WordPress.com title servers. What was so irritating was that I used to be actually “caught” as a result of there was additionally no strategy to replace the title servers on Wix.
So Wix despatched me again to WordPress.com to work the issue, and WordPress.com stated it was out of their fingers for the reason that area switch was already “in progress” and I needed to look ahead to the switch to complete, after which replace the settings on the new registrar (Wix).
It went like this, back-and-forth, for 7 days.
My “break up” with WordPress.com was a really disagreeable and long-drawn-out drama as a result of they only would not let me go. And settling into my new Wix area house has been a little bit of a letdown as a result of they, too, fumbled the area switch course of and expertise.
Hopefully, going ahead, all of this area switch & area title servers drama can be far behind me. What a nightmare!
(3) To eradicate weblog entries and pages that have been outdated, had outlived their usefulness, or contributed to creating the weblog “bloated.”
As soon as I made a decision that the weblog migration to Wix wanted to occur, I instantly considered the variety of weblog entries to take away. Fact be advised, once I revisited my weblog entries during the last 12.5 years, I wasn’t pleased with about half of them. Many have been fairly dated and the contents have been now out of date. A few of the entries have been of TED Speak movies or quotations I had discovered inspirational. Lastly, there have been practically a dozen weblog entries that cited and relied solely on a useful resource that’s not in use (i.e., the now defunct “HBR Reply Alternate”).
Though these weblog entries weren’t horrible, unhealthy, or incorrect, I did not really feel like they wanted to proceed on within the new Office Psychology Weblog house.
In consequence, out of the 265 authentic posts on the Office Psychology Weblog (on the WordPress.com platform), solely 130 posts made the ultimate lower and have been ported over to the Wix platform. Relaxation assured that an unimaginable period of time was invested on this vetting course of.
The migration over to a a lot cleaner and clutter-free Wix theme and platform additionally meant that a few of the previous weblog “pages” on the Office Psychology Weblog (on WordPress.com) needed to be left behind (e.g., “Sources” [my list of books on I-O psychology, leadership, organizational development, coaching, HR, training, etc.], “Interviews” [my instructions for reporters who wish to interview me], and “Archives” [a list of all blog entries]). I am tremendous with this trade-off, particularly since Office Psychology was at all times meant to be a weblog first. By including an increasing number of pages to the WordPress.com theme, I had veered away from the simplicity of a weblog format and turned it right into a cramped web site.
As you possibly can see from the above screenshots, the previous Office Psychology Weblog on WordPress.com was very “busy.” There was simply a lot happening that it was very easy to be distracted or get misplaced.
New Weblog – Clear and Muddle-Free
This Wix weblog is designed to be clear and away from litter so you possibly can have a extra optimum studying expertise.
However do not let this NEW theme idiot you. Along with the clear and clutter-free format, the Office Psychology Weblog on Wix is now extra refined and offers real-time search choices.
New Weblog – Pages, Menu, Classes, Search
The new Office Psychology Weblog on Wix has these “pages” (discovered on the prime menu): “About Website“, “About Steve“, and “I-O Psychology.”
Sure, the I-O Psychology web page continues to be right here, nevertheless it’s now beneath “Extra” since there wasn’t room for it on the menu.
All weblog entries could be discovered on the “My Weblog” menu hyperlink. When you’re on that web page, you may see the Classes (the place you possibly can browse posts by matter; for instance, Attitudes & Feelings, Change Administration, Enterprise, and so forth.). You may discover further classes listed while you hover the cursor over “Extra ⌄“. Lastly, you should use the “Search” field and kind in your search phrases.
New Weblog – Contact Me/Feedback/Messages
On the backside of each web page is a “Drop Me a Line, Let Me Know What You Suppose” part the place you possibly can share your ideas or feedback, or ask a query.
New Weblog – Subscribe & Subscribers
In case you are not a subscriber and wish to “subscribe” to the Office Psychology Weblog, it is simpler than ever. On the primary “Dwelling” web page, scroll down and discover a part titled, “By no means Miss a New Publish.” Kind in your electronic mail and click on the “Subscribe” button.
Additionally, on the primary “Dwelling” web page, in case you scroll down additional and look on the right-hand aspect, you may discover a part titled, “Subscribe.” Kind in your electronic mail and click on the “Subscribe” button.
Lastly, for the 1,300 people who find themselves “subscribers” to the Office Psychology Weblog on WordPress.com, you might be nonetheless “subscribers” on this new Wix platform.
Thus, if in case you have already subscribed, you do not have to do it once more (HOWEVER, see notes beneath). When a brand new weblog entry is posted, I will notify you through electronic mail*. Search for an electronic mail from me (both Steve Nguyen or Office Psychology) with the label “Ascend by Wix” on the backside.
So Sorry If You Have not Obtained Notifications
I wish to APOLOGIZE to anybody who had “subscribed” beforehand through Mailchimp, however had not been getting my emails notifying subscribers of recent postings.
The Mailchimp electronic mail marketing campaign I used was not superb and there have been many “bounced” emails from recipients that prevented me from persevering with to ship you emails. Should you signed up or subscribed and by no means heard from me, that is more than likely the explanation why. Once more, I am very sorry about this.
So, if in case you have not been getting emails from me (WorkplacePsychology.Internet) for the previous a number of months, please resubscribe on the brand new Wix platform. Simply comply with the directions within the “New Weblog – Subscribe & Subscribers” part above.
Future notifications of recent weblog posts will come to your electronic mail inbox from the brand new Wix electronic mail marketing campaign. Please examine your SPAM folder (in early August) as a result of it’s extremely potential that the brand new Wix electronic mail marketing campaign can be marked as spam.
*Only a reminder: In case you are a subscriber, please CHECK your SPAM folder as a result of there’s an excellent likelihood that my new Wix electronic mail marketing campaign can be marked as spam and find yourself in your electronic mail spam folder.
New Weblog – Work In Progress; Will Proceed to Replace & Repair Damaged URLs
Within the coming weeks and months, I’ll proceed to work on and enhance the Office Psychology Weblog on Wix.
Sadly, there can be some damaged URLs, particularly if these URLs hyperlink to the previous WordPress.com weblog. Please bear with me as I work as quick as I can to ensure that I replace and proper them.
Over 3.8 Million Distinctive Guests
I have been extraordinarily lucky to have had and proceed to have so many frequent guests and devoted readers to the Office Psychology Weblog.
On the time of this weblog entry (now on the Wix platform), there have been 3,835,310 distinctive guests to the Office Psychology Weblog on WordPress.com! That is phenomenal for a weblog concerning the science of individuals at work. Thanks!
Whereas it was thrilling to know that thousands and thousands of individuals had stopped by, going ahead on the Office Psychology Weblog on Wix, I’ll not embrace a customer counter. It was actually good to see the weblog rising in reputation once I first began on WordPress.com practically 13 years in the past, however now, in 2022, it is pointless.
Thank You!
Thanks to each subscriber, reader, and follower of the Office Psychology Weblog. I hope you may discover that these adjustments will significantly improve your expertise while you go to the Office Psychology Weblog on the Wix platform (WorkplacePsychology.Internet).
Thanks for visiting,
Steve Nguyen, Ph.D.
Organizational & Management Improvement Chief