Balls and Walnuts
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Floppy defeats Blogger! Woo-hoo!
I’m not sure how I did it, but I managed to import my blogger archives into this new & improved WordPress Balls and Walnuts. For what it’s worth, here’s what I did:
I replaced my Blogger template with Andy Skelton’s template script (the stuff in the gray blockquote box).
Next, I went to my wp-admin dashboard, clicked on Import, and then clicked on Reset this Importer. I guess that got rid of my previous screw-ups, because this time, I was able to click on my blog-of-choice (Balls and Walnuts, of course), and it worked!
Since I’m still feeling siiiiick, I spent the last hour or so categorizing my May ’05 posts. As of this instant, all of the April and May ’05 posts are categorized. I’m going to try chipping away at this, a little each day.
Only one problem importing from Blogger: the photos I had uploaded using Blogger’s photo import tool did not transfer over. Out of laziness, I deleted those posts. Fortunately, I didn’t use that tool very often.
‘Kay, that’s it for tonight. See ya tomorrow.
D.
PS: This should go without saying, but some folks are as dense as I am, so . . .
Make sure you make a copy of your Blogger template before substituting the Skelton template. That way, you’ll be able to restore your Blogger blog to its original glory after you’re done importing to WordPress — assuming you want to do that.
Congratulations on getting your frog up.
Um, that didn’t come out like I meant it.
Um, neither did that.
Aw hell. I’m in TACOMA and I’m stealing computer time to READ YOUR BLOG.
Tonight, two cosmos, a glass of (FREE) champagne, and knitting with akabini and Threadingwater.com. Nothing else NEEDS to make sense.
My apologies. When you said that you were trying to import your Blogger posts, I thought that you were referring to the Andy Skelton template method. Sometimes I’m pretty thick, but that seems extraordinarily dim even for me.
Well done! I’ve been wondering how the Blogger import feature in WordPress worked. It looks like you successfully imported all your comments, too.
I guess those on Haloscan for comments are out of luck, though.
Blue Gal, I’m honored.
Dean, I had to do some digging to find Andy Skelton’s page. Well, actually all I had to do was read the discussion boards for an hour until I found the appropriate link. WordPress doesn’t make it easy.
Glad to hear you got it all up and running. (And no, I didn’t mean it like that, either.)
PPS some are denser. I have no fucking idea what the fuck you’re talking about.
Thanks for giving $$ and making me look up the lyrics of Spinal Tap songs.
[…] And some news pertinent to all my Blogspot/Blogger friends out there. Douglas Hoffman successfully switched from Blogger to WordPress. He also (get this) successfully imported his Blogger archives (including comments) into his new home site. All that remains: cataloging his archives. Bad news for Blogger/Blogspot! […]
Kate, does this mean you’re practicing to sing Gimme Some Money? Good.
We’re talking WordPress, btw.