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    Migrating to Posterous

    This morning I finished migrating my blog to Posterous.

    The blog was originally a self hosted WordPress blog. This worked pretty well. However it may seem strange being an IT guy but I was getting tired of applying updates to WordPress and some of the plug-ins I was using. I wanted to move to a more simpler system. Something which meant I would spend the time writing on the blog rather than messing with themes and plug-ins!

    Posterous makes it so easy. I like the fact I do not have to mess with a theme. I like how clean it looks and how easy it is. In fact I like pretty much everything about it. The import from WordPress took about 30 seconds - very cool.

    But the best way to test technology is to use it. So I have moved the entire blog and domain over to Posterous. This could be a genius move or a total disaster (I hope it is not the latter). If it all goes well I may even think of using it to run the new ServerTastic blog I have planned.
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    • 24 June 2009
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    over 2 years ago Daniel Honigman responded:
    Daniel Honigman
    How has it worked out for you so far? Do you regret the switch at all?
    over 2 years ago Andy Gambles responded:
    Andy Gambles
    No regrets at all. Migrated all my blogs to posterous. In fact I am a little unhappy they have now launched themes as it means I will end up spending ages customizing :).
    over 2 years ago Daniel Honigman responded:
    Daniel Honigman
    I hear ya. I think I may stick with Wordpress for now, but I'll still use Posterous for quick hits/what I'm reading/seeing/etc.

    Thanks!
    over 2 years ago S S Yap responded:
    S S Yap
    how do you do it? from self-hosted Wordpress to Posterous. I am also an IT guy. I rather concentrate on writing content but tweaking the tool. Thanks in advance
    over 2 years ago Andy Gambles responded:
    Andy Gambles
    @S S Yap I used the Posterous import tool at http://posterous.com/import works a treat. The bonus was I already used the /post-name URL structure so inbound links still worked fine.
    over 1 year ago Carl responded:
    Have you been able to import your comments from Wordpress?
    over 1 year ago mark responded:
    I tried the import from a self-hosted WP site and it's a mess. No paragraph formatting, no pictures/video, not even full posts. Not sure what I did wrong. Suggestions?
    over 1 year ago Andy Gambles responded:
    Andy Gambles
    Mark - I suggest you email [email protected] It can take around a day for them to respond but they have always been helpful.
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