Switching from WordPress to Typepad

If you read this blog via a blog reader (i.e. Bloglines, Google Reader, MyYahoo, et al), you may not notice, but I have switched from using WordPress to Typepad.  To be honest, I got tired of continually having to update the WP program every time a new security patch or version came out - it's a rather lengthy, tedious process.  I've been using Typepad for over two years for The Blog of Me and Scrapbooking Industry News, and even started this Scrapbook Marketing blog there, but...yadda yadda yadda...I've moved my marketing blog back to Typepad. 

I redirected the Feedburner feed to pick up the Typepad feed, so hopefully my subscribers will find that a seamless transition.  Just tonight, I redirected the ScrapbookMarketing.com URL from my servers to Typepad, so that will take 24-48 hours to propagate. (During that time, you won't be able to access anything with the ScrapbookMarketing.com URL).

Now I'm wondering how much to import from the WordPress blog.  There's an export feature within WordPress that is supposed to allow you to create an XML document that contains all the data from your blog, including past posts and comments, but my export document is erroring out.  I know I can post to the WP forums for help, but I'm wondering if I need to worry about it.

Do you ever refer to the past blog posts at my Scrapbook Marketing blog?  I've recreated all the Pages with my marketing consulting services here at Typepad, so I'm not worried about that.  Now I'm just wondering if I should take the time to research how to easily export/import the individual blog posts, or take the time to re-post them, one by one.

I still have access to all the blog content, so that's not a problem.  Just wondering if any of you have any thoughts.

Thanks!

Comments

[PaintChip]

Congrats on the switch over. I do actually read your past articles and refer to them from my site sometimes as well. Ihope you find a way to get them brought over. I find you information is wonderful for the digi-scrap industry that I help serve!

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Cindy Angiel
aka PaintChip