I did see that. I also got a note from blogger saying that their documentation was behind the actual functionality of blogger. I will point to that link presently.
rklau
· 11 months ago
(re-posting now that you're on Disqus)
Craig - Thanks for pointing this out. I'd like to correct a few things about Blogger - this is a case where our features got out in front of our documentation. (Which is better than the alternative, but still not ideal.) In any event, several months ago Blogger did release an export feature - this exports the entire blog (settings, template, posts, comments) into an Atom file that can then be seamlessly imported into a new Blogger blog. If staying with Blogger isn't your thing, we'd all shed a tear for losing you but our Data Liberation Front team in Chicago has open sourced the "Google Blog Converters" that will convert this exported file into the right import format - for LiveJournal, Movable Type, or WordPress. (http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/01/g...) In fact, those same libraries will work just as well moving from any of those formats to any of the others. We at Google feel pretty strongly about this (as you do, and should) this is your data. While I hope that this makes you feel a bit better about our approach, we're of course open to your suggestions about what we could do better.
Well in my own opinion disqus is much better than typepad, yesterday when I checked my disqus account I was surprise for they did some changes well I think disqus is really making some ways to serve for a better service
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· 2 months ago
I agree, disqus is a ton better than typepad. I only recently discovered it but I really like it.
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· 4 months ago
I also got a note from blogger saying that their documentation was behind the actual functionality of blogger.
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· 11 months ago
yea, not impressive at all
Nancy McGough
· 10 months ago
Another option with Blogger is to use [s]ftp publishing and publish your Blogger blog at your own web hosting provider. This is the #1 reason that I use Blogger. Also one of the reasons that I use Dreamhost (as you do) is because of their great backup and restore options. I also have a copy of each of my blog posts as an email message thanks to Blogger's option of emailing each Blog post (and comment) to an email address of your choice. Hooray for lots of backups!
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· 4 months ago
I also got a note from blogger saying that their documentation was behind the actual functionality of blogger.
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· 9 months ago
I just moved a photoblog from typepad to a hosted wordpress site (http://blog.karensphoto.com). I was also shocked at the very limited export capabilities of Typepad. Even though all of the images in the posts were uploaded and hosted via Typepad, none of that content was exported, just the raw URL in the post text. The URL formats were also inconsistent (I'm guessing they changed their image scheme at some point). I wrote some ruby scripts to help extract and migrate the images. The script and instructions are at http://blog.impressivearray.com/past/2009/3/18/.... Hopefully someone else can make use of them and save a lot of time.
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I also got a note from blogger saying that their documentation was behind the actual functionality of blogger.
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This is an impressive post..All point are valid..The typepad has many problems..By using this we may overcome those probs..
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I really agree with you, still for me wordpress is the best blog platform.. typepad really has its limits and lesser features..
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· 8 months ago
I think the state of blogging sucks because of the amount of spammy blogs that are running on the internet these days. These people infringe all sorts of intellectual rights and other copyrights, many post spam to earn some cheap bucks and this is leading to a mass of useless junk on the net..your article could have highlighted this point also...but one thing good is that people with knowledge about things can share them on a larger platform
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· 4 months ago
I also got a note from blogger saying that their documentation was behind the actual functionality of blogger.
these tips are really handy for any blogger... I always take backups for my blogs... there can be unforeseen troubles and some of them can be fatal even
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· 7 months ago
Already more than two years I use wordpress for the blog. And while in this time there were no failures in site work. But just in case I too constantly do backup the data.
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· 7 months ago
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· 7 months ago
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· 5 months ago
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· 4 months ago
Wordpress is getting better and better, with all those plugins its just awesome
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· 7 months ago
Wordpress is at the end the most powerful blogging tool.
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· 7 months ago
There's too much platform to choose from these days and gone are the days when everybody were just hovering to blog on Blogger.
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· 7 months ago
I'm not a fan of Typepad, that's why they are not making much progress right now.
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· 7 months ago
The backup feature of Typepad is probably the reason that they are going downhill.
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· 6 months ago
If Wordpress say that they make backups, but you cannot get access to them then what's the point in haviung backups!? I tend to not go with hosted services like Blogger or Wordpress because of such problems, and also the feeling of being tied in to their sites. Hosting your own wordpress blog is definitely the way to go. This way you can make sure there are backups and you have no limits to what you can do/change on your blog.
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· 6 months ago
Thank you for this post. I have just say bye to typad for the exact same issue. back up functionality. I did lose a 4 month work. Although I like wordpress.com, I did opt for self-hosted blog. You have more control and can backup anytime.
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. I'd like to correct a few things about Blogger - this is a case where our features got out in front of our documentation. (Which is better than the alternative, but still not ideal.) In any event, several months ago Blogger did release an export feature - this exports the entire blog (settings, template, posts, comments) in
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· 4 months ago
Wordpress is getting better and better, with all those plugins its just awesome
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· 6 months ago
se [s]ftp publishing and publish your Blogger blog at your own web hosting provider. This is the #1 reason that I use Blogger. Also one of the reasons that I use Dreamhost (as you do) is because of their great backup and restore options. I also have a copy of each of my blog posts as an email message thanks to Blogger's option of emailing each Blog post (and comment) to an email address of your choice. Hooray for lots of backups!
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· 6 months ago
the images in the posts were uploaded and hosted via Typepad, none of that content was exported, just the raw URL in the post text. The URL formats were also inconsistent (I'm guessing they changed their image scheme at some point). I wrote some ruby scripts to help extract and migrate the images. The script and instructions are
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· 6 months ago
at the very limited export capabilities of Typepad. Even though all of the images in the posts were uploaded and hosted via Typepad, none of that content was exported, just the raw URL in the post text. The URL formats were also inconsistent (I'm guessing they changed their image scheme at some point).
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· 5 months ago
Wordpress is getting better and better, with all those plugins its just awesome
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· 5 months ago
You have the point, guy. I've tried from Typepad, Movetype,... and I ended with Wordpress ;) It's friendly and professional blog platform with many cool features that no others blog system can catch up with.
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· 5 months ago
This post makes me think about backuping my blogs...
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· 5 months ago
SEO is very important and cannot be lost or “downgraded” during the transition — your tips will help me get things in the right direction. Perhaps I will publish an article when we’re online in the next 3-6 months and get more details out in my experience of SEO optimization and Drupal.
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· 4 months ago
When you have lost your blog, then some content can be saved with Google cache. Though making backups is easier and safer.
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· 4 months ago
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· 4 months ago
There's a plug-in for Wordpress that lets you back up your blog that I've been using. Does anyone know if this plug-in is any good? I'd like to know now if it's not good for restoring your blog BEFORE my blog goes down. Thanks.
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· 4 months ago
What a useful post here. Very informative for me..TQ friends...
Very extreme call. I agree there are too many bloggers and many cannot write.
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· 4 months ago
This article made me think about my blogs. I have to review them again.
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· 4 months ago
I do know about the export feature. While this is an ok solution if you are a wordpress user and plan to stay that way. It only helps a little to the blogger that wants to move somewhere else.
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These people infringe all sorts of intellectual rights and other copyrights, many post spam to earn some cheap bucks and this is leading to a mass of useless junk on the net..your article could have highlighted this point also.
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· 4 months ago
After reading this I thought I would check out the WordPress backup options that I have as I am still quite new to blogging. I have seen that I can export all of my posts, pages, categories, comments and tags; but it does leave me worried that I cannot backup my uploaded images or any of the blog settings to make it easier to re-establish if disaster were to strike. Time to start looking for a hosted solution I think.
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Hosted server will be a better option as discuseed as it will help on a long term rather than using free servers hosted by the blog providers.
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Wordpress is at the end the most powerful blogging tool.
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· 3 months ago
What the support page doesn’t tell you is that you don’t have a backup of the database that Typepad uses for your blog. Typepad “renders” a page from its database everytime a page is requested. You can only back up that text from renders. This sucks.
Thanks
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· 3 months ago
I tried typepad, but I don't like it. Wordpress is still the best
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· 2 months ago
The best solution I have seen so far is to find a service provider that will host your wordpress blog and archive the database for you. You must also do an off-line backup and store backups of the database—not just the posts and pages—of your blog.
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· 2 months ago
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All Comments
Craig - Thanks for pointing this out. I'd like to correct a few things about Blogger - this is a case where our features got out in front of our documentation. (Which is better than the alternative, but still not ideal.) In any event, several months ago Blogger did release an export feature - this exports the entire blog (settings, template, posts, comments) into an Atom file that can then be seamlessly imported into a new Blogger blog. If staying with Blogger isn't your thing, we'd all shed a tear for losing you but our Data Liberation Front team in Chicago has open sourced the "Google Blog Converters" that will convert this exported file into the right import format - for LiveJournal, Movable Type, or WordPress. (http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/01/g...) In fact, those same libraries will work just as well moving from any of those formats to any of the others. We at Google feel pretty strongly about this (as you do, and should) this is your data. While I hope that this makes you feel a bit better about our approach, we're of course open to your suggestions about what we could do better.
--Rick Klau, Business Product Manager, Blogger
rklau@google.com
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