So as some of you already know, Blogger is doing a crackdown on so-called “Sex Blogs” ~ specifically blogs that contain “images and video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity” ~ and as of March 23rd, policy changes will take place that will affect the visibility of said blogs. Ferns and Tom Allen have both posted about this recently, and there are additional links and suggestions in their posts and comments sections.
While I am not a fan of censorship, I *do* respect the fact that Blogger is communicating their intent and is addressing specific facets of content in their policy change, as opposed to the gestapo-like lockdown that happened on WordPress in 2013. The WP crackdown came out of nowhere, and people were locked out of their own blogs, had to pay to retrieve their (original!) content, and then either had to figure out how to export or self-host without any guidelines/backup/assistance. (For the record, WordPress’s TOS addresses Mature Content here.)
So today’s How-To post will address importing and exporting content to/from WordPress. I assume Blogger (as well as other blogging platforms, like LiveJournal, etc) have a similar process, so you can adapt as needed and go from there.
First and Foremost: BACK YOUR SHIT UP!
To save your blog content in an easily-converted fashion, do the following:
- From your blog’s Dashboard, mouse over the Tools icon (looks like a wrench).
- Click ‘Export’.
- You will see a screen that looks like this:
In case it’s not obvious, click ‘Download Export File’. Then you can save the .xml file to your computer and it is ready to be imported either (a) into a new WordPress blog / under a new user name, or (b) into another blogging platform.
I generally do this every few months, but considering that the Sex Police are out banging their batons again (heh – take that as you will), I have upped my schedule. Every time you do an export-save, your computer – being the intelligent, sentient being that it is – will ask you if you want to replace the previous version of blahblah.xml. You – being the intelligent, sexual being that you are – must remember to click ‘Yes’. Otherwise you will have 12 different versions of your blog files eating out your hard drive. I mean… Eating up your hard… Well, you know.
To import your blog content to WordPress from another platform, do the following:
- From your blog’s Dashboard, mouse over the Tools icon (looks like a wrench).
- Click ‘Import’.
- You will see a list of systems that are importable, including but not limited to:
- Blogger
- Israblog
- LiveJournal
- Posterous
- Storylane
- Tumblr
- WordPress
- Xanga
- Pick the appropriate platform (if you are importing content previously hosted on Blogger, you click ‘Blogger’), and then follow the import prompts.
Easy peasy.
Just not teasy or squeezy. ‘Cause, sex. GASP!
If you have questions, or need additional information, there are additional details listed on the WP Support Page.
Share as you will.
You’re welcome.
😉
Muchas Gracias Seniorita Caliente
Denada, amiga. 🙂
this is fabulous … I have been wanting to move my stuff from provocativepostures for weeks now and have been reblogging a few every couple of nights. This will probably be very helpful. Thanks!
You’re welcome! 🙂
If you click the “How-To” tag at the bottom of this post, it will take you to the various walk-thrus I’ve posted over the years. You may find them helpful as well, if you’re moving material.
I’m processing right now as we speak. I have also been trying to find a way to save my material on my ‘normal’ blog as well. It contains around 3X’s more material than these two sites. Thanks so much.
Luckily Google had a change of heart, probably when the cash register stopped dinging and reversed their decision. I don’t think they expected the outpouring and anger of thousands of pervs in their raincoats. So continue to post your smut as before.
If you read the fine print – as of yesterday – it’s a matter of said blogs being marked private. Which is much better than being shut down, granted. But both Blogger and WordPress are essentially “at will” platforms, and both TOS agreements allow either party to terminate at any time, with or without cause. So I back my files up regularly. Better safe than sorry. 🙂
I think if you read the follow up news articles, they have pulled back and will only ban sites commercially selling porn. Check this CNN link on it:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/27/technology/google-porn-blogger/index.html
Yes, they are waffling. The “mature content” curtain will go up on blogs that don’t already use it. Overall, I think curtaining is a sensible thing to do, and I wish WP would use that tool, as opposed to the “Mature” flag, which basically disallows public access to blogs like mine, via the general Reader. On Blogger, I think the use of the curtain is inappropriate in some circumstances though, especially as pertains to the sexuality activists. Here’s another link for anyone who’s interested:
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-reverses-ban-on-explicit-blogger-content/
If you have enough hard drive space, then it’s not such a bad thing to save several copies, in case one of them gets hosed when trying to upload it to another platform. I just bought a laptop with a flipping terabyte of space – twice the size of the old 500 Gb backup device that I had been using for my 250 Gb home desktop.
And yes, all those Bloggers moving to WordPress should nota bene that WP clamped down like a virgin a couple of years ago, with no warning.
Men and their size issues… 😉 Hard drive, indeed. 😛
I like my hard drive, but we always wish it could be just a *little* bit bigger…