Moving to WordPress
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007I’ve made the decision. I have the WordPress account for a couple of months now, and the only thing stopping me was the fear of what would happen when I tried to move all my Blogger posts over to their new home.
Anyway, this evening, in a fit of boredom, I logged into WordPress, hit the Import button, and guess what happened? It imported my entire Blogger site with no problems at all. None. It just happened like magic, and I didn’t have to do anything except take the occasional swig of Rolling Rock.
So the scary bit is done.
Now, I have to set up all those widgety things again, with lists of posts, and links and shit. If anyone knows something I should be aware of, don’t be shy. Speak up for fucksake.
The other thing is, I have to contact all those other services like Technorati and re-set my url, or at least, I think I do. Again, if anyone knows an easy way to do this, feel free to shout.
There’s probably a pile of other stuff to do, which I don’t know about, so it will probably be a while before the final move, but I’ll keep you informed.
This is so exciting. Oh God, this is as exciting as . . . as . . . as that time I got excited. About something.
Stumble it!
April 18th, 2007
Good luck, sir!
April 18th, 2007
have you any image hosted on blogger.com. might be an idea to store them somewhere like photobucket , if only as a back up.
April 18th, 2007
Bock,
You’re doing the right thing. Time will be saved in the long-run. And probably in the medium run for that matter.
You moved all your comments successfully too?
April 18th, 2007
Good man Bock! Look forward to seeing the new blog, and hope it is as prolific and irreverant as usual! Cheers Tim
April 18th, 2007
I’m around as before Bock - you can shout if you want to. Just set up technorati with your new address and make sure you leave a note here telling people to change their links - whatever you do, DO NOT DELETE THIS BLOG. Just leave it with one post on the front page or whatever.
April 19th, 2007
Folks: Thanks for shouts. I’m not going to move until it works properly, and I still have a shitload of questions.
All the comments moved successfully, and also, to my surprise, all the pictures, even though they tell you it has to be done manually. Hey, what the fuck do I know?
I will definitely be shouting at you, Kav, but I don’t want to scream any stupid questions prematurely, so I’ll wait a few days and scream stupid questions at you when the time is right.
Tim, it will be the same blog, only living somewhere else. Offending the world must go on.
Squid, I have the images on my computer and they seem to have transferred anyway, so it seems to be ok.
I don’t like it Carruthers - it’s too quiet.
April 19th, 2007
Well done, Bock! Welcome to the fold.
I didn’t know about Kav’s warning to leave at least one post on the old blog. I deleted it and now it’s been hijacked and full of crap.
I’m doing a short paper on Web 2.0 Usability and would like your permission to draw on your experiences. i.e. What yu say in this post and anything else you would like to add. Full details over at my place.
April 19th, 2007
Am in process of moving too so hope it goes as smoothly for me. Will drop you line in a week or two to see how you get on. How posh are we!
April 19th, 2007
I’m getting all caught up in the excitement of this and I am already on wordpress. Perhaps I should start drinking earlier in the day.
April 19th, 2007
oooooh…so if all your friends jumped in the river etc,etc
Good luck with the move Sham
April 19th, 2007
Good luck with it, Bock. I’m too stupid to offer you any assistance with it, I’m afraid, but I hope it goes without a hitch.
April 19th, 2007
So, like, are you here or there or what?
See Ireland lasted a day longer at the CRICKET world cup than England. Life is stranger than shit.
April 19th, 2007
Rolling Rock? Eeeuuuwwwwww!
April 19th, 2007
Mr Sneeze: Yes. I saw that with someone else’s site too, and it really fucks things up. I can’t understand how that can happen.
Flirty: Let us know how you get on.
Conortje: In Holland, any time is a good time for a beer.
Devin: Thanks Boss.
Sam: I’m stupid too. Will you marry me and we’ll raise a stupid family, put the fuckers on the dole and live off the State for the rest of our fat lives?
Maroon: Not there yet. Still taking baby-steps in this. And yes. How ridiculous is it to have Ireland beating ANYONE in the cricket? I mean, it’s not as though it’s rugby or anything.
Mr Trousers: What the fuck is wrong with Rolling Rock? It keeps me drunk. How else would I be able to write all this shit?
April 20th, 2007
Whatever keeps the demons at bay, Bock.