How to move your blog from Wordpress to Blogger
However, I had a suspicion that Wordpress would not make the task simple for me. After all they do NOT want their bloggers deserting them for one of their main rivals and who can blame them?
And I was right. When I tried to move the Wordpress posts across to Blogger, using the Wordpress export facility, it was impossible. Surprise, surprise, the files were incompatible and the Blogger import facility would not work.
How did I do it? Drum roll please.....
A nifty conversion utility that made the whole process easy and painless. Well, that is after I spent ages surfing the web to find a workaround. There's quite a few but none that I could actually work with because it meant using code and hey, I am not THAT clever!
So, here's the step by step instructions on how to export all your blog posts from Wordpress to Blogger in just a few minutes. (Note: if your blog files are bigger than 1mb, then sorry, it won't work.)
Oh and as it is freeware it won't cost you a penny. AND you do not have to download it!
Step 1: Set up your Blogger blog!
If you don't already have one
And if you have already posted entries on Blogger, don't worry. The Import from Wordpress won't over-write them, but it makes sense to backup Blogger first using the Blogger Export facility.
Step 2: Backup Blogger
Note: You can skip this step if you have no posts
Select the "Settings" tab
Click on "Export Blog"
Click on "Download blog"
Save the file in a folder on your hard drive.
Step 3: Tootle over to Wordpress
Open up your Dashboard and on the left hand menu, click on "Tools"
Click on "Export"
Click on "Download Export File"
Click "Save"
Wordpress will create an export file, which is NOT compatible with Blogger
Save the file to a folder on to your hard drive (remember the name and where you saved it!)
Step 4: Go to the Conversion Webpage
See below for the link
Browse for the Wordpress export file that you saved and select it
Click "Convert" and save the file with a new name
Step 5: Blogger Import
Converting Wordpress posts to Blogger posts
Select the "Settings" tab
Click on "Import Blog"
Select the file to import
Enter the captcha code
If you want to immediately publish all posts, tick the box
Click "Import Blog"
Sorted!
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- juandy juandy Nov 29, 2009 @ 11:30 am
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- We luv Blogger blogs! All of my blogs are on Google's Blogger! So easy to use, even a dog can do it, BOL!!
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- Hey Julie!!! You may be interested in what we did to bring in our Google Blog to my website, we just linked it in! You can see it here: http://www.johannthedog.com/My_Blog.html
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Oct 1, 2009 @ 9:26 am
- This is something I want to know -- how can I take my Google blog and pull it into my website(s) -- I have more than a few blog posts and have thought of doing my blogging from my web hosted websites. Is there instructions on the best case scenario for this endeavor?
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