Comments on: Any Wordpress Gurus? http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jessamyn http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222&cpage=1#comment-492 Jessamyn Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:55:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222#comment-492 I did this. I went from blogspot to wordpress.com and then to wordpress.org. That is, you can switch and switch back, if I understand you correctly. I did it on jessamyn.com/journal. Find me on chat and I can exaplin it, you can keep the URL and all will be well. I did this. I went from blogspot to wordpress.com and then to wordpress.org. That is, you can switch and switch back, if I understand you correctly. I did it on jessamyn.com/journal. Find me on chat and I can exaplin it, you can keep the URL and all will be well.

]]> By: Kian Ann, Blogopreneur http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222&cpage=1#comment-491 Kian Ann, Blogopreneur Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:09:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222#comment-491 Hey Rachel,<br/><br/>When you switch back to the blogspot blog, the content in this URL does not get erased. That means you can still leave this blog active! Hey Rachel,

When you switch back to the blogspot blog, the content in this URL does not get erased. That means you can still leave this blog active!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222&cpage=1#comment-490 Rachel Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222#comment-490 I guess I wasn't clear -- my intention is to move to the Wordpress blog at the new URL, but to leave the current blog active for a while with a pointer on the top post to the new blog. That way people can get the new URL in their RSS feed or if they visit the FTP blog, and can be notified to switch their bookmarks accordingly. <br/><br/>But, if I switch the blog to Blogspot.com in order to make the conversion, then it looks like the FTP blog disappears and I can't leave it up/use it to point people to the new blog. If that makes more sense! I guess I wasn’t clear — my intention is to move to the Wordpress blog at the new URL, but to leave the current blog active for a while with a pointer on the top post to the new blog. That way people can get the new URL in their RSS feed or if they visit the FTP blog, and can be notified to switch their bookmarks accordingly.

But, if I switch the blog to Blogspot.com in order to make the conversion, then it looks like the FTP blog disappears and I can’t leave it up/use it to point people to the new blog. If that makes more sense!

]]> By: Steve Lawson http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222&cpage=1#comment-489 Steve Lawson Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=222#comment-489 I'm certainly no guru, and I have never done this before, so take this with a big grain of salt.<br/><br/>That said, how would the ftp blog -> blogspot blog --> wordpress blog "lose the current URL?" Wouldn't exporting the blog directly (were that possible) do that anyway?<br/><br/>I don't know how easy this is, but the path I would probably try to follow would involve backing up the current blog; exporting the current entries to a test wordpress installation; make sure everything works in the test location; backing up the current blog again; moving the test wordpress installation into this directory to maintain the URL of the home page.<br/><br/>I would assume that any procedure will nuke your old permalinks, but I'm not sure about that either. I’m certainly no guru, and I have never done this before, so take this with a big grain of salt.

That said, how would the ftp blog -> blogspot blog –> wordpress blog “lose the current URL?” Wouldn’t exporting the blog directly (were that possible) do that anyway?

I don’t know how easy this is, but the path I would probably try to follow would involve backing up the current blog; exporting the current entries to a test wordpress installation; make sure everything works in the test location; backing up the current blog again; moving the test wordpress installation into this directory to maintain the URL of the home page.

I would assume that any procedure will nuke your old permalinks, but I’m not sure about that either.

]]>