Transfer the first content

Transfering content is a manual procedure.

You need to do it post by post and page by page. The procedure is the same for posts and pages and pages can be moved the same way.

Here is the way I do this.

Important warning: By following this procedure, all comments connected with the page and post will be lost. If you want to keep the comments, you need to perform an export of the post from the old site and import it to the new site. On the last page of this training I will link to some resources that explains how this is done.

1 - Open the original post.
On your original blog, open the post you want to transfer in edit mode.

2 - Copy the complete URL of the old post.
Save it somewhere for later use. It is extremely important that you keep this URL for future use.

3 - Copy all text from the post.
Save it to Notepad, Word or any other tool you prefer. (You may skip the save step and paste directly into the editor of your new website).

4 - Strip the text from all images.
You will need to add images all over again when reposting on the new blog.

5 - Remove any internal links.
They will point to the original blog and will not be needed. You may have to add them again pointing internally on your new blog, depending on how your content is presented. All external links can stay as they are.

6 - Repost your post on the new blog.
If you get duplicate content warnings, ignore them. You are not at the risk of creating any duplicate content by doing this.

Remember that you will need to lay out your post all over again with images and links in this process. I prefer to do this at a later stage after all the raw posts have been transferred.

7 - Copy the complete URL of the new post.
Save it somewhere, as you will need it in the next step.

Next: Setting up the 301 redirect