Why am I writing
this post?
After using Blogger for a certain period, when you realise
that it has various limitations, you might like to switch your blog to some
other blogging platforms such as WordPress, Tumblr etc. Then this post might
serve your purpose.
You can refer our post (Advantages and Disadvantages of Blogger) to know about the limitations of a Blogger blogging platform.
If you are thinking of shifting your platform from Blogger to
WordPress, then the steps discussed below will be helpful for you to easily
switch your blogging platform.
These are the simple
steps to be followed: -
· Open
your Blogger dashboard by logging into
your Blogger account.
·
Go
to Settings. Then click Other option in the settings.
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Then,
scroll the cursor upwards. As you scroll up, a Blog Tools box appears which shows 3 options – Import, Export and Delete
blog.
·
Click
on Export blog. A dialog box appears which shows 2
options - Close and Download Blog.
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Click
on Download Blog. Then, an XML file
gets downloaded on your system.
·
Next,
go to Wordpress.com.
·
Make
a New account in WordPress platform by
filling all the necessary details.
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Then,
choose the Create a New Blog option.
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Select
an address and title for your blog.
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After
this, click on Create a Blog button.
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Then,
open your WordPress dashboard of
your newly created blog. Thus, a webpage appears in which many options are
given on left hand side of the webpage.
·
Take
your cursor to the Tools option.
Then a dialog box appears in which 4 choices are given to you - Available
tools, Import, Export and Delete blog.
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Click
on Import option. Thus, a list of
Blogging platforms appears in front of you.
· Choose
Blogger as your Platform from which you are going to import the data.
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Next,
click on Choose Files and upload the
XML file that you had downloaded previously from your Blogger blog.
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Thus, by following these steps, your Blogger blog will be successfully
transferred to the WordPress blogging platform.
If you have any queries related to this post, you can comment below....
Author - Pallav Jain
