Info Copying All The Posts From 1 Spider Web Log To Another

This article is virtually how to re-create all the posts from i weblog to another, using Blogger.  There is a split article virtually copying private posts, or pages, from i weblog to another.

To re-create all the Posts from i weblog to another, yous bespeak to export them from the get-go blog, too import the file that was created into the minute file.

Any Pages (see The Difference betwixt Posts too Pages) inwards the get-go blog, bespeak to last moved individually, because pages aren't currently included inwards the export file.

If yous desire to totally replace the contents of the goal weblog alongside the contents of the source blog, thus yous should delete the existing posts from the goal weblog before yous import the file.  (NB   Delete posts past times going to the Posting / Edit Posts screen, too pressing the Delete push that is beside the post.   Don't delete the entire blog, or yous volition lose access to the URL).

Follow these steps to re-create all posts from i weblog to another

1  Log inwards to Blogger.

ii  Go to the export tab from the  Settings / Other tab.

3  Click on Export Blog.

Export-blog window on the one-time Blogger interface:
the novel interface looks a lilliputian different, but has the same links

3a  If yous are using the novel interface, click Download Blog on the confirmation message window:

iv  Your reckoner volition download a file.   For Windows users, it volition in all probability last set inwards the My Documents / Downloads file.  Or yous organization may role some other place, or it may inquire yous where to set it.   Whatever happens, yous volition bespeak to know where this file is saved to.

v  Open the weblog that yous desire to deed the posts to
(You may bespeak to log out too inwards again, or perchance simply switch to unlike browser or tab)

5  Delete (using Posting / Edit Posts) whatever Posts that are already there, but which yous don't desire inwards the refreshed blog.

6  Go to Settings > Other and click Import Blog.  When the box opens, conduct the exported file that yous made earlier, too motility into the security-text.

Import file alternative concealment inwards the novel interface:
the one-time version of Blogger is real similar.

7  Choose whether or non to automatically publish all imported posts.  
Only tick the box if yous DO desire the posts automatically imported.   If yous don't tick it, the posts volition last loaded, but alongside accept condition of Draft, thus won't last visible past times readers until yous release them.

8  Click Import Blog.

9  Check that the import worked successfully, past times looking at the blog, too every bit good at the listing of posts nether Edit Posts:  are the correct issue of posts there, practise they accept the correct labels etc.

Results

For illustration this link points to a pop article inwards Blogger-HAT.  

If I export-and-imported this postal service into a novel blog, the link would however indicate to the same place, ie the postal service inwards Blogger-HAT - non to the postal service inwards the novel blog.

Any pictures, videos etc inwards the one-time weblog volition however last inwards the same house that they were inwards (Picasa-web-albums, YouTube, Google Videos etc).

If yous accept imported more than the issue of posts that Blogger allows per day (currently fifty I think) thus to brand whatever to a greater extent than posts today yous volition bespeak to complete the captcha-test (ie entering the letters inwards the funny-shaped word).   This volition become away roughly 24 hours later yous final motility into to a greater extent than that the maximum-posts-per-day.

Importing to the same blog

If yous endeavour to import posts into the same weblog that yous exported them from, Blogger volition non import whatever posts, too hand yous an mistake message.

If yous practise desire to practise this (eg to practise a duplicate laid of posts), thus practise the export, alter some modest exceptional of the master copy posts championship or date/time, too thus practise the import.

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