opying all the posts from one blog to another
To copy all the Posts from one blog to another, you need to export them from the first blog, and import the file that was created into the second file.
Any Pages because pages aren't currently included in the export file.
If you want to totally replace the contents of the destination blog with the contents of the source blog, then you should delete the existing posts from the destination blog before you import the file. (NB Delete posts by going to the Posting / Edit Posts screen, and pressing the Delete button that is beside the post. Don't delete the entire blog, or you will lose access to the URL).
2 Go to the export tab from the Settings / Other tab.
3 Click on Export Blog.
3a If you are using the new interface, click Download Blog on the confirmation message window:
4 Your computer will download a file. For Windows users, it will probably be put in the My Documents / Downloads file. Or you system may use another place, or it may ask you where to put it. Whatever happens, you will need to know where this file is saved to.
5 Open the blog that you want to move the posts to
(You may need to log out and in again, or perhaps just switch to different browser or tab)
5 Delete (using Posting / Edit Posts) any Posts that are already there, but which you don't want in the refreshed blog.
6 Go to Settings > Other and click Import Blog. When the box opens, choose the exported file that you made earlier, and enter the security-text.
Any Pages because pages aren't currently included in the export file.
Follow these steps to copy all posts from one blog to another
1 Log in to Blogger.2 Go to the export tab from the Settings / Other tab.
3 Click on Export Blog.
3a If you are using the new interface, click Download Blog on the confirmation message window:
4 Your computer will download a file. For Windows users, it will probably be put in the My Documents / Downloads file. Or you system may use another place, or it may ask you where to put it. Whatever happens, you will need to know where this file is saved to.
5 Open the blog that you want to move the posts to
(You may need to log out and in again, or perhaps just switch to different browser or tab)
5 Delete (using Posting / Edit Posts) any Posts that are already there, but which you don't want in the refreshed blog.
6 Go to Settings > Other and click Import Blog. When the box opens, choose the exported file that you made earlier, and enter the security-text.
7 Choose whether or not to automatically publish all imported posts.
Only tick the box if you DO want the posts automatically imported. If you don't tick it, the posts will be loaded, but with have status of Draft, so won't be visible by readers until you publish them.
8 Click Import Blog.
9 Check that the import worked successfully, by looking at the blog, and also at the list of posts under Edit Posts: are the right number of posts there, do they have the right labels etc.
All the posts from the source blog will be copied to the destination blog.
Many of the post characteristics will be the same as in the original blog. This includes:
Only tick the box if you DO want the posts automatically imported. If you don't tick it, the posts will be loaded, but with have status of Draft, so won't be visible by readers until you publish them.
8 Click Import Blog.
9 Check that the import worked successfully, by looking at the blog, and also at the list of posts under Edit Posts: are the right number of posts there, do they have the right labels etc.
Results
All the posts from the source blog will be copied to the destination blog.
Many of the post characteristics will be the same as in the original blog. This includes:
- title
- post contents
- published-date and time
- label(s)
- post-author.
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