blogger to wordpress migration
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This slideshow covers important steps need to migrate from Blogger.com to self-hosted Wordpress without affecting your permalinks, search engine ranking, traffic, etc.TRANSCRIPT
Blogger to WordPress Migration
By-
Rahul BansalFounder& Director
rtCamp Solutions Pvt. Ltd. http://rtcamp.com/
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Basic – Wordpress.org v/s Wordpress.com
From Wordpress.org, you can download wordpress and install it on your server. You normally pay for server space. You normally buy a domain name in this
case.
Wordpress.com is like Blogger.com. You can blog without paying any bucks. You don’t have control that
Wordpress.org can offer you normally.
Why to move?
Better Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
You don’t have to wait for Google to add some X feature to blogger
You are not restricted by Bloggers’ template tags which limit the way you can enhance your blogs’ user interface.
…
Step 0: Add your custom domain name to blogger
First and most important step is - “BUY A CUSTOM DOMAIN NAME FOR YOUR BLOG”
Because… It gives unique identity to your blog It also makes your blog accessible across
wider geographic reason
Step o: Add your custom domain name to blogger
Steps… Log into Blogger’s dashboard. Find your blog’s publishing settings. Go to advance settings or buy a domain
name from their itself.
Need Help? http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?a
nswer=55373
Step o: Add your custom domain name to blogger
Step 1: Setup a dummy WordPress blog
You can do this on your PC locally
http://www.google.com/search?q=install+wordpress+locally
Some articles suggest using wordpress.com for this!
Step 2: Configure permalinks on locally installed wordpress Go to “Settings >> Permalinks”
Step 3: Import Blogger.com blog to local WordPress
Go to “Tools >> Import”
Step 3: Import Blogger.com blog to local WordPress
Step 4: Changing DNS settings for your domain name
We initially assumed that you are using custom domain name.
One domain can point to one blog. Currently its pointing to Blogger.com blog.
You need to make it point to your webhost where you want to install and run your Wordpress blog.
Step 5: Fixing permalinks for imported post
WordPress post link: http://localhost/2009/01/national-conference-on-advanced-computer-systems-ncacs-09-hindustan-college-of-engineering.html
Blogger.com post link for same post: http://www.example.com/2009/01/national-conference-on-advanced.html
Fixed permalink: http://localhost/2009/01/national-conference-on-advanced.html
Step 5: Fixing permalinks for imported post<?php require_once('wp-load.php'); $res = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT post_id, meta_value FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key = 'blogger_permalink'"); $wpdb->print_error(); foreach ($res as $row) { $slug = explode("/", $row->meta_value); $slug = explode(".", $slug[3]); $wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET post_name ='" . $slug[0] . "' WHERE ID = $row->post_id"); $wpdb->print_error(); } echo "DONE";?>
Step 6: Exporting local wordpress blog
Go to “Tools >> Export”.
Step 7: Prepare Your Webhost…
Configure custom domain on your webhosting account.
Upload & Install WordPress. Most webhost provide one-click interface for this.
Change permalink structure like we did in step 2. (Ref: Slide #8)
Step 8: Moving from local wordpress to WordPress @ your webhost
Go to “Tools >> Import” (again) but select Wordpress this time.
Upload XML file we saved in step 6 and just follow next few steps. (Ref: Slide #14)
Step 9: Miscellaneous but important Testing new wordpress’ permalinks & SEO
What to do with Blogger.com blog now? Don’t Delete it!
Moving feed subscribers
Installing Blogger to Wordpress permalink redirection plugin - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blogger-to-wordpress-redirection/
Open Ends…
Your images in old posts will remain on your Blogger account.
There is no tool which can “generate” Wordpress theme from a Bloggers template.
What if I can’t do this myself
Ask a friend!
Need free support? Use our forum -
http://www.devilsworkshop.org/forum/
Ready to spend some bucks! ;-) Ask rtCamp - http://rtcamp.com/
References
Complete guide with an example migration http://www.devilsworkshop.org/moving-fro
m-blogger-to-wordpress-maintaining-permalinks-traffic-seo/
Plugin to maintain permalinks from your xyz.blogspot.com to new wordpress blog http://www.devilsworkshop.org/blogger-to-
wordpress-traffic-permalinks-redirection-plugin/
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