importing my entries from blogspot.com to wordpress.org
Ha, was having a hard time trying to import my posts from my blogger account (http://edearns.blogspot.com) to my new domain in wordpress (http://edearns.com). I wonder how many times I scratched my hand for trying so hard and feeling so lame.
In any case, I’m able to import my blogspot posts to this new wordpress blog.
What I did before is keep on changing the folder names using my ftp client (Filezilla). But I always had errors.
And I don’t want to painstakingly copy and paste all my entries from the first to the present one by one cause it’s such a tedious task.
I tried to install, uninstall and reinstall my wordpress versions cause probably there’s a bug in the Wordpress versions somewhere. However, I don’t know what happened that all of them have some issues with the “Magic Button” for Importing. Because when I tried to press it, I just couldn’t import anything, it would just stay stagnant.
When I was able to chance upon a forum for Blogspot users wanting to import their posts to Wordpress, most of those posts didn’t have any clear answer. It would be hard as well cause I don’t know how updated the conversations were.
But I was able to chance upon a post that said you can create a free Wordpress blog and then use that Import Button, and then Export it from your free Wordpress Blog to your domain.
So basically, that’s what I did. I created a free wordpress account, used the import button of wordpress and now the entries are in my free wordpress blog. Afterwards, I exported my free wordpress account entries and saved a file on my computer. Then, I imported the Wordpress.com to my new domain in Wordpress.org.
Blogger/Blogspot –> Wordpress.COM (free account) -> Wordpress.ORG (paid account)
Waaa. I also encountered some problems along the way like having issues with the READ/WRITE access. Apparently you have to grant access by changing the permissions.
I was so upset and I almost wanted to give up. However, I remembered that I had the same problem during the first website that I set up; so I tried to lengthen my patience. After doing the necessary troubleshooting, I’m now able to update all my blog entries! It’s so tiring when you don’t know where to start. At least right now, if ever I’ll create some new sites, I’ll have this as a guide to help me.
