I just uploaded it and if everything goes smoothly, it will be in tonight’s build for testers. If you are a tester, please try it!
Update: Changeset 2880 has the new importerÂ
I just uploaded it and if everything goes smoothly, it will be in tonight’s build for testers. If you are a tester, please try it!
Update: Changeset 2880 has the new importerÂ
September 16, 2005 at 1:31 pm |
[...] A lot of work is going on behind the scenes to improve the import feature on WordPress to help people make the transition from whatever blogging service they have to WordPress. Word is trickling out that WordPress 1.6 will feature a built-in import content feature and Andy Skelton announces he’s added the “One Click Blogger Importer� to the next changeset of WordPress 1.6, another sign that faster and easier importing to WordPress is on the way. [...]
September 20, 2005 at 7:19 am |
[...] Andy Skelton has added a one-click importer for Blogger to WordPress 1.6. [...]
October 1, 2005 at 12:58 am |
I played around with this using the daily build and my dreamhost account. The main problem I found is that Dreamhost (and probably various others) doesn’t allow you to simply open a url like a file. I replace the grab of the main page and the grabs of the archive pages with curl calls and it worked fine for me. It’s something you might want to put into the next version. Also, have you thought about adding in code to pull in images that have been stored using the blogger image upload? I’ve now learned enough php to be able to write the code, but I figured I’d make sure that I’m not duplicating work.
October 1, 2005 at 7:49 am |
[...] Update: I came across this post & link after quite some searching on the net as well as the blogosphere and as of sep 15 there has been ‘import from blogger’ feature that has been added on the site but has not probably gone through a round of testing. [...]
October 7, 2005 at 1:57 pm |
sorry if I am missing something, but I am new to wordpress.com, and can’t find this option in my account….is it only available to testers at present? Thanks, Jason.
December 2, 2005 at 1:57 pm |
[...] Remember how you can upload your precious photos to Blogger? If they’re losing your posts, do you really want to trust them with your pictures? Flickr can be directly integrated with your wordpress.com blog and is a far more reliable and versatile service than Blogger photos. And with Andy Skelton’s new ‘One Click Blogger Importer’ it looks as though they’re trying to make switching over to WordPress a snap. [...]