Comments on: You can still switch to Blogger FTP publishing (for now) http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php The blog of a person who can not think of a good tagline Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alistair http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php/comment-page-1#comment-292 alistair Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:45 +0000 http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to-blogger-ftp-publishing-for-now.php#comment-292 It all went surprisingly well and I am writing it up now. I will probably get it finished and published tomorrow. It all went surprisingly well and I am writing it up now. I will probably get it finished and published tomorrow.

]]> By: Jim http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php/comment-page-1#comment-291 Jim Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:42:17 +0000 http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to-blogger-ftp-publishing-for-now.php#comment-291 Hi Alistair, It looks like you got it to work. I double checked a few of your archive paths and your labels to categories, (old file names to new) and it seems to all function. I'm looking forward, with bated breath, to view your solution to the problem. Cool! It also looks like you retained the .php for the articles, but removed the .php file endings on the archives and the labels/categories. What did you do in your .htaccess files? By-the-way, I agree about a backup. Also, when you installed Wordpress in your blog directory, did you remove the files in the directory to begin with? Also, what other issues did you face? Regards, Jim Hi Alistair,

It looks like you got it to work. I double checked a few of your archive paths and your labels to categories, (old file names to new) and it seems to all function. I’m looking forward, with bated breath, to view your solution to the problem. Cool!

It also looks like you retained the .php for the articles, but removed the .php file endings on the archives and the labels/categories.

What did you do in your .htaccess files?

By-the-way, I agree about a backup. Also, when you installed WordPress in your blog directory, did you remove the files in the directory to begin with?

Also, what other issues did you face?

Regards,

Jim

]]> By: alistair http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php/comment-page-1#comment-290 alistair Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:41:01 +0000 http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to-blogger-ftp-publishing-for-now.php#comment-290 One word of warning, when switching these publishing modes some settings can be lost so remember to backup first. One word of warning, when switching these publishing modes some settings can be lost so remember to backup first.

]]> By: Jim Warholic http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php/comment-page-1#comment-289 Jim Warholic Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:15:30 +0000 http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to-blogger-ftp-publishing-for-now.php#comment-289 That sounds like a good idea to place the .htaccess files at the directory level where required, as apposed to the root level. Here is a <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/2010/03/moving-from-blogger-ftp-to-wordpress.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> to a number of articles regarding Blogger to WP that the author has collected. I've read most of the information in the links, and watched a video from another person. Though the video is missing some of the exact details of what files need to go where, there seems to be some good information in many of those articles about the way to do switch from Blogger to Wordpress. You probably have read some of those already.<br /><br />I'm looking forward hearing more about your test case, and what you come up with in your .htaccess redirect files. Feel free to contact me via email if you wish to compare notes. My email address link, which I am not going to publish here, can be found on the right side of my <a href="http://jimwarholic.com" rel="nofollow">website</a>, about midway down.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this FTP Blogger to Wordpress information.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br /><a href="http://wow.jimwarholic.com/contact.php" rel="nofollow">Jim</a> That sounds like a good idea to place the .htaccess files at the directory level where required, as apposed to the root level. Here is a link to a number of articles regarding Blogger to WP that the author has collected. I've read most of the information in the links, and watched a video from another person. Though the video is missing some of the exact details of what files need to go where, there seems to be some good information in many of those articles about the way to do switch from Blogger to WordPress. You probably have read some of those already.

I'm looking forward hearing more about your test case, and what you come up with in your .htaccess redirect files. Feel free to contact me via email if you wish to compare notes. My email address link, which I am not going to publish here, can be found on the right side of my website, about midway down.

Thank you for sharing this FTP Blogger to WordPress information.

Regards,

Jim

]]> By: Alistair MacDonald http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php/comment-page-1#comment-288 Alistair MacDonald Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:47:33 +0000 http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to-blogger-ftp-publishing-for-now.php#comment-288 Hi Jim,<br /><br />I plan to keep the same file name structure so each blog post will have the exact same URL. I have produces an SQL script to do this in conjunction with the WordPress permalink options. There are a few URLs that will need to change because of name clashes, but I have a script to check for these, and the old ones will be directed to the new ones. The archive and label pages will move, but I am fixing this with a simple htaccess to do the 301 redirections (Actually with two files to to reduce the long term impact on the server). I will share all these files along with my other notes what I have finished my migration, hopefully later this week for this blog.<br /><br />As for the CPannel question, I don't know, but if all goes wrong you can always republish the full blog from Blogger. My suspicion is that it will overwrite the index file. Personally I am testing on a new sub-domain and then move it across when it is done. Again there is a little SQL, but again I will be publishing this.<br /><br /> Alistair Hi Jim,

I plan to keep the same file name structure so each blog post will have the exact same URL. I have produces an SQL script to do this in conjunction with the WordPress permalink options. There are a few URLs that will need to change because of name clashes, but I have a script to check for these, and the old ones will be directed to the new ones. The archive and label pages will move, but I am fixing this with a simple htaccess to do the 301 redirections (Actually with two files to to reduce the long term impact on the server). I will share all these files along with my other notes what I have finished my migration, hopefully later this week for this blog.

As for the CPannel question, I don't know, but if all goes wrong you can always republish the full blog from Blogger. My suspicion is that it will overwrite the index file. Personally I am testing on a new sub-domain and then move it across when it is done. Again there is a little SQL, but again I will be publishing this.

Alistair

]]> By: Jim Warholic http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to.php/comment-page-1#comment-287 Jim Warholic Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:09:44 +0000 http://www.agm.me.uk/blog/2010/03/you-can-still-switch-to-blogger-ftp-publishing-for-now.php#comment-287 Hello Alistair,<br /><br /><b>Thank you for this Blogger FTP switch back insight.</b><br /><br />I see that you have two blogs at two different directories off of your main URL. I am in a similar situation of FTP hosted blogs on Blogger. Some of these websites I have switched using the Blogger FTP migration tool. However, there are others that I too am thinking of switching to Wordpress.<br /><br />I noticed that you have your blogs published as .php file names, just like mine at: <a href="http://jimwarholic.com" rel="nofollow">www.jimwarholic.com</a>. I was wondering what you are going to do with the file names, and if the export feature from Blogger, will keep the PHP file names of the original files hosted via FTP with .php file names when switching to a Blogspot address just prior to importing into WordPress? Are you planning on doing some special .htaccess rules in order to go from the files and postings you currently have with Blogger, and switch them to the default WP format?<br /><br />In essence, what is your game plan if I may ask?<br /><br />I know there are some specific addons to WP that can help with this conversion process, but there are still some things that need to be done at the .htaccess area. Also, I have the main domain on mine as a Blog, plus several others off the main at the subdirectory levels. I have switched some of the subdirectories to sub domains using Blogger, but I am considering switching to Wordpress at the root (public_html) level.<br /><br />By-the-way, I have CPANEL access with the automated Fantastico installer available. I want to make sure that the following does not occur. If I use the automated Fantastico program to install Wordpress at the public_html folder directory, will that wipe out the public_html folder directory?<br /><br />Thank you for any insight you have in this area.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Jim Hello Alistair,

Thank you for this Blogger FTP switch back insight.

I see that you have two blogs at two different directories off of your main URL. I am in a similar situation of FTP hosted blogs on Blogger. Some of these websites I have switched using the Blogger FTP migration tool. However, there are others that I too am thinking of switching to WordPress.

I noticed that you have your blogs published as .php file names, just like mine at: http://www.jimwarholic.com. I was wondering what you are going to do with the file names, and if the export feature from Blogger, will keep the PHP file names of the original files hosted via FTP with .php file names when switching to a Blogspot address just prior to importing into WordPress? Are you planning on doing some special .htaccess rules in order to go from the files and postings you currently have with Blogger, and switch them to the default WP format?

In essence, what is your game plan if I may ask?

I know there are some specific addons to WP that can help with this conversion process, but there are still some things that need to be done at the .htaccess area. Also, I have the main domain on mine as a Blog, plus several others off the main at the subdirectory levels. I have switched some of the subdirectories to sub domains using Blogger, but I am considering switching to WordPress at the root (public_html) level.

By-the-way, I have CPANEL access with the automated Fantastico installer available. I want to make sure that the following does not occur. If I use the automated Fantastico program to install WordPress at the public_html folder directory, will that wipe out the public_html folder directory?

Thank you for any insight you have in this area.

Regards,

Jim

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